8/28 - Lotte 12, Heroes 5
8/29 - Lotte 4, Heroes 3
8/30 - Heroes 4, Lotte 3
Karim Garcia started the series the right way for Lotte. With a mammoth grand slam in the first inning of Friday night's game. The right fielder didn't even blink. Garcia must have had family on hand because he posed for a full 10 seconds after he connected. The Lotte slugger finished 3-4 with 2 doubles, 5 RBIs and 3 runs scored. The Giants added an RBI double by outfielder Kim Joo-chan and a 2-run bomb from 2nd baseman Kim Min-seong in the 2nd inning. That was all the offense Lotte would need and the Giants were able to coast to an easy W.
On Saturday, the Giants turned to starting pitcher Cho Jeong-hoon to eat up some innings and Cho did exactly that. Cho tossed 8 innings(112 pitches, 66 strikes)of 3-run baseball. Cho gave up 7 hits and 4 walks while striking out 5. With the score tied at 3 in the bottom of the 7th, the Giants mounted a rally. With runners on 1st and 3rd with no outs, infielder Kim Min-seong hit a ground ball through the left side for a base hit and drove in the go-ahead run. Lotte closer Jon Adkins tossed a 1-2-3 9th for the save.
Sunday's game was eerily similar to Saturday's. The only difference is that Jerry Royster left his starting pitcher in a liiiiiittle too long. In the top of the 9th with the score tied at 3, Royster had a tired Song Seung-joon on the mound. With runners on 1st and 2nd with two outs, Heroes shortstop Kang Jeong-ho hit a blooper down the right field line that fell in for a hit. The go ahead run would score easily. Song threw well enough, he just should've known when to say when. He tossed 8 2/3 innings(125 pitches, 77 strikes), but gave up all 4 runs. Song allowed 8 hits and 2 walks while striking out 5. Heroes starting pitcher Hwang Doo-seong was every bit Song's equal. Hwang tossed 8 innings(98 pitches, 73 strikes) of 3-run ball. He gave up only 6 hits and struck out 3. The only players that had any success against Hwang were Lee Dae-ho and Karim Garcia. Both players homered and doubled off of him.
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