 Exclusive Interview: American Pitcher Shane Youman Reacts to Controversial Remarks 1 week 1 day ago
 BUSAN, South Korea -- It’s been an interesting 24 hours for Lotte Giants pitcher Shane Youman. The 33-year-old starting pitcher from New Iberia, Louisiana unsuspectedly...
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 Korean Baseball Star Catches Heat Following Racist Remarks Towards American Pitcher 1 week 1 day ago
 BUSAN, South Korea -- South Korea national baseball team member and Hanwha Eagles first baseman Kim Tae-kyun is facing criticism from fans for making what are being called...
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 Giants Drop Two, Tie One in Seoul 9 weeks 3 days ago
SEOUL, South Korea -- The Lotte Giants winless streak hit five games this weekend after dropping the final two games of the series after tying the opener on Friday.
Doosan's Son Si-hun hit a two-out single to right with two out in the bottom of the 11th to give the Bears a 7-6 victory Sunday afternoon at Jamsil. Starter Shane Youman struggled in 3 1/3 innings, giving up five runs on five hits including two homers. Hwang... |
 Sohn Ah-seob leads Giants to Sweep Hanwha 11 weeks 3 days ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- Sohn Ah-seob's walkoff RBI single in the bottom of the ninth saved the Giants Sunday afternoon, giving Lotte a 6-5 win and a dramatic sweep of Hanwha in the opening weekend of KBO action.
Sohn had three hits in both games over the weekend, but he saved the best for last pounding a deep single to score Jeon Joon-woo from second. After Lotte fell behind 2-0, they rallied for a five run sixth inning only to let Hanwha climb back and tie it on Kim Tae-kyun's ... |
 Interview: Shane Youman Talks About the 2013 Lotte Giants 11 weeks 5 days ago
 BUSAN, South Korea -- Last year was a turbulent one for the Lotte Giants. They finished fourth in the league with a 66-63-6 record, which are good stats for fourth place, but fans won’t soon forget their disappointment in the playoffs against SK. The Giants lost the...
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 Lotte Falls on the Road in Masan 12 weeks 6 days ago
MASAN, South Korea -- The Lotte Giants lost their first game against their new local rival, dropping a 6-3 decision to NC Thursday afternoon.
Park Jong-yoon hit a two run homer in the fourth inning to give Lotte a 2-1 lead, and extended the lead to 3-1 in the fifth with a Kang Min-ho RBI, but NC came back and hammered Lotte closer Kim Sa-yeol (0-1) for five runs in 2/3 innings of work.
Lotte starter Song Seung-joon continued his impressive spring with six innings of work, giving... |
 Giants Replace Injured Richmond with Oxspring 12 weeks 6 days ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- The Lotte Giants have added ex-LG Twins pitcher Chris Oxspring to the roster to take over for the injured Scott Richmond. Richmond injured his knee earlier in the spring and will be out a minimum two more months according to local reports.
Oxspring made his professional debut for the San Diego Padres in 2005, and compiled a 0-0 MLB record with 11 strikeouts and a 3.75 ERA. He last pitched for LG in 2009 and had a 14-15 career record in the KBO with 151... |
 Giants Hammer LG 9-2 13 weeks 8 hours ago
BUSAN, South Korea - Park Jong-yoon had three hits and the Giants pounded out 16 hits as Lotte crushed LG 9-2 in their series finale at Sajik Stadium.
After LG opened the game with a run in the first, Lotte scored three times in the first and twice in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings to have their best offensive output of the preseason.
Shane Youman pitched four innings for the win, giving up four hits and two runs while striking out four. Kang Min-ho hit his first homer... |
 Giants Bats Struggle Again, Lose 2-0 to LG 13 weeks 1 day ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- The Lotte Giants scoreless streak hit 19 innings as they lost 2-0 to LG Wednesday afternoon. The Giants haven't scored since getting two runs in the eighth inning on March 14th, five days ago.
Jeon Jun-woo led Lotte with two hits, as the team only managed five against six LG pitchers. Go Won-jun pitched four innings in the start for Lotte, striking out four while giving up three hits and no runs. Kim Seung-hui took the loss for Lotte.
The two teams will play... |
 Newest KBO Club NC Dinos Exhibition Schedule 20 weeks 2 days ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- The newest franchise to the KBO, the NC Dinos will begin their exhibition season March 9th at home with a two game series with Nexen. All exhibition games will begin at 1 p.m. and will only last nine innings regardless of a tie, and home games will be played at the Masan Baseball Stadium.
2013 NC Dinos Exhibition Schedule
Saturday, March 9 - Nexen
Sunday, March 10 - Nexen
Tuesday, March 12 - LG
Wednesday, March 13... |
