"It's still early in the season, there's time to make up for it."

Lotte beat the Doosan Bears 8-1 in the second game of the season in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 6th. It ended its losing streak after shaking off the disappointment of two consecutive come-from-behind losses against the Hanwha Eagles in Daejeon on the 4th and the Doosan on the previous day.

Jeon started as the fourth batter and left fielder, and recorded two hits, two RBIs and one run from four times at bat. He wielded his bat vigorously at every opportunity and took the lead in targeting Doosan starter Kwak Bin.

In the bottom of the third inning, when Lotte was leading 2-0, Jeon shot a hot long ball with two outs and a runner on the first base. With one ball and one strike, he swung Kwak Bin's fastball at the third pitch, 148 kilometers, to hit an RBI double that fell next to the right fielder. He made the score 3-0, bringing the overall trend of the game to Lotte. He then stepped on the home plate to score a point when his follow-up batter Junghoon Lee had a double that separated the left-center field.

Jeon continued his performance. As Doosan chased after Park Joon-young with his solo home run in the top of the fifth inning, the team narrowed the score gap to 4-1, and displayed its instinct to clutch once again in the bottom of the fifth inning. With runners at first and third bases with one out, he garnered a clean left-handed hit against Kwak Bin, bringing third baseman Jang Doo-sung home.

Based on Jeon's two RBIs, Lotte beat Doosan and successfully escaped its two-game losing streak. After the opening of the regular season on April 23, it had suffered from a slump in the batting lineup, and succeeded in turning the mood around with a triumphant victory.

Since the opening of the regular season, Jeon has consistently displayed good batting performance. He has a batting average of 0.341 (15 hits in 44 times at bat) with one homer and four RBIs in 11 games, demonstrating his role as the pillar of the Lotte lineup.

While new foreign hitter Victor Reyes also settled on the KBO League stage smoothly with a batting average of 0.419 (18 hits in 43 times at bat) with two homers, eight RBIs and an OPS of 1.060 in 11 games, Lotte's No. 3 and No. 4 are solid compared to any other nine teams.

After the game, Jeon Joon-woo said, "After the opening of the game, there were some parts where our team did not play well, but the atmosphere was not bad," adding, "The players are doing their part well, so I think if they do their best as they are now, they will be able to get the atmosphere and go up quickly."

"As a captain, I didn't have any special message for the team. Everyone knows what to do, so I encouraged them and cheered them up even one more thing, rather than just saying anything," he said.

With the victory over Doosan, Lotte recorded three wins and eight losses in this season, trailing the seventh-ranked Doosan (5 wins and eight losses) by one game and the sixth-ranked LG Twins (7 wins, five losses, one draw) and the fifth-ranked Kiwoom Heroes (6 wins and four losses). If the team secures the final day of the three consecutive games on Saturday, it will win its first consecutive wins and a winning series this season. It is an opportunity to elevate the mood in various ways.

Jeon Jun-woo said, "If it's a relief among the unfortunate things, it's still early in the season, so there's still time for us to make up," adding, "If we catch one game from now on, we can have a good enough season." 토토사이트넷

Meanwhile, foreign pitcher Charlie Barnes will pitch as a starting pitcher for the Lotte Giants on Tuesday. Barnes was strong against Doosan with two wins, three losses and an ERA of 1.07 in 33 ⅔ innings in five games last year. Due to lack of batting support, the team effectively subdued Doosan hitters as it had more losses than wins.

However, Barnes has recorded an ERA of 5.59 without a win in two games since the opening of this season. He had many ups and downs as he allowed four hits, one homer, three walks, six strikeouts and one run in six innings at the match against the KIA Tigers in Gwangju on April 26, and five hits, five walks, one walk, three strikeouts and five runs in three ⅔ at the match against the NC Dinos in Sajik on April 31.