"I'm sorry for Na Gyun An"…Lotte has won three consecutive games, and the master is disappointed in 'the first win of the fifth starter.'
"I'm sorry for Na Gyun An"…Lotte has won three consecutive games, and the master is disappointed in 'the first win of the fifth starter.'
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Lotte Giants right-hander Na Kyun-an showed good pitching that drew praise from the head coach. Masu-gul did not win the 2025 season, but he pitched enough to receive applause.
Na Kyun-an took the mound as a starter and allowed five hits, two walks, six strikeouts and two runs in five ⅓ innings in the second game between the teams against the Hanwha Eagles in the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 3rd.
On the day, Na threw 98 balls, including a fastball with a maximum speed of 149 km/h and an average speed of 142 km/h, as well as a fork ball, curveball, and cut fastball, which are his main weapons. He pitched better than the score of four hits, three walks and six strikeouts during four ⅔ innings against the Munhak SSG Landers on April 27, his first appearance in the 2025 season.
Na Gyun-an dominated the Hanwha Eagles from the beginning with good ball power and control. In the bottom of the first inning, he grounded out Hwang Young-mook, the leadoff hitter, to the third base, and An Chi-hong to the left field with a fly ball, to give a fresh start. He allowed a walk to Floral after two outs, but ended the inning with Roh Si-hwan, the fourth batter of the Hanwha Eagles, grounded out to the shortstop.
Na Kyun-an struck out leadoff hitter Chae Eun-sung and Kim Tae-yeon at shortstop in the bottom of the second inning and showed a sharp ball. After Lim Jong-chan hit a heavy hit after two outs, Choi Jae-hoon struck out and did not allow a run.
In the bottom of the third inning, Na Kyun-an was on the verge of first and second bases with one out after giving up a double to Hwang Young-mook and a walk to An Chi-hong, but quickly settled down. He grounded out Floral to second and Roh Si-hwan to third and continued his scoreless streak.
Na remained steadfast despite his defensive errors. Shortstop Lee Ho-joon made a catch error on Kim Tae-yeon's fly ball after one out in the bottom of the fourth inning, putting the runner in the scoring position, but he overcame the crisis by himself. He struck out Im Jong-chan and Choi Jae-hoon in succession to block Hanwha's score.
Na Kyun-an blocked Hanwha's batters until the bottom of the fifth inning. Lotte's batters gave two runs in the top of the fifth inning with a timely RBI single by Cho In-geun and an RBI single by Jeon Joon-woo.
Na Kyun-an, however, struggled with Hanwha's strong counterattack in the top of the sixth inning. He allowed hits to leadoff hitter Noh Si-hwan and Kim Tae-yeon after one out, and the crisis of first and third bases came. Lotte Bench replaced the pitcher with left-hander Song Jae-young, considering that Na Kyun-an had nearly 100 pitches here.
Lotte expected Song Jae-young to cut off Hanwha's pursuit, but the gap narrowed to 2-1 when pinch hitter Lee Jin-young hit an RBI double. He replaced the pitcher again and put in right-hander Park Jin-young, but it was tied 2-2 when the third baseman scored when Moon Hyun-bin grounded out with runners on the second and third bases with one out.
Manager Kim Tae-hyung said Lotte beat Hanwha 4-2 and won three consecutive games, but it was on his mind that Na Kyun-an did not become a winning pitcher. "I'm sorry that Na Kyun-an threw well, but I couldn't protect the victory," he said, expressing his consolation message.
"I prepared just as much to comfortably take the mound as I did in the first game (against Munhak SSG on March 27). Talking to catcher Cho In-geun even before the game helped me a lot. I think I was able to throw well because Cho led well," Na said.
Na Kyun-an also expressed his determination, saying, "I will try to show a more stable pitch in the next game." 먹튀검증