 Giants Drop Two, Tie One in Seoul 5 weeks 6 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... |
 Lotte Swept by KIA in Rain Shortened Series 6 weeks 6 days ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- The Lotte Giants came back to earth after a terrific 5-0 start to the season, losing both games to KIA to drop to second in the standings after the first full weekend of games to the young season.
Sohn Ah-seop continued his torrid start to the season with his first homerun, a solo shot in the sixth, and also had two more hits but it wasn't enough as the Giants fell 3-1 to KIA on Sunday. Shane Youman (1-1) lost in the pitching battle of former major leaguers as Seo Jae-... |
 Sohn Ah-seob leads Giants to Sweep Hanwha 7 weeks 6 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 8 weeks 1 day 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 Wins Last Preseason Game 7-0 8 weeks 6 days ago
DAEJEON, South Korea -- Hwang Jae-kyun hit a two-run homer and Lotte pounded out 14 hits as the Giants finished their exhibition season with a 7-0 win over Hanwha.
The Giants finished the preseason an unimpressive 3-8, which showed few bright spots in the offense, while the pitching staff was up and down for most of the spring.
Recent Lotte signing Chris Oxspring picked up the win, giving up one hit in 3 2/3 innings, while striking out three.
The Giants open up the... |
 Lotte Losses Third in a Row 9 weeks 6 hours ago
DAEJEON, South Korea -- The Lotte Giants bats continued to struggle this spring as they fell 2-1 to Hanwha. The Giants managed only six hits against the Eagles after only managing four the day before against a weaker NC team.
Yong Duk-han and Park Gi-hyuk both had two hits for Lotte in the game. Kim Seung-hui's bases loaded walk to Kim Kyung-eun in the sixth gave Hanwha a 2-1 advantage which they held on to for the win.
Lotte fell to 2-7 with the loss.
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 Giants Swept in Masan 9 weeks 19 hours ago
MASAN, South Korea -- The Lotte Giants managed only four hits Friday, losing the final game of a two game series 2-1 to NC. NC outscored Lotte 8-3 in the two game series.
Back to back RBI singles by Mo Chang-min and Lee Hyun-gon in the second off loser Hong Seung-min was enough for NC starter No Seung-ho and five relievers who struck out six Lotte batters while only giving up one extra base hit, a third inning double to Cho Seung-hwan.
Lotte finishes their... |
 Lotte Falls on the Road in Masan 9 weeks 2 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 9 weeks 3 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 9 weeks 3 days 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... |
