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On the 14th, Busan Sajik Stadium. The Lotte Giants played the seventh game of the season against the Hanwha Eagles.
The series was 5-1 in favor of Lotte. The starting pitchers for the game were Lotte’s Straylor and Hanwha’s Kim Min-woo.
Staley was looking for her fourth win of the season. In April, he struggled with a 5.82 ERA. She struggled to last five innings.
In May, he turned things around. From May 9 against the Doosan Bears to June 2 against the KIA Tigers, he had four quality starts (6+ innings or less) in five games. In particular, he pitched his best game of the year against KIA, allowing two runs in seven innings.
He struggled against the KT Wiz on April 8, giving up five runs (four earned) in five innings. The Hanwha game was a chance to turn things around. There was also the upside of the team winning after a four-hour battle the day before.
However, the first inning was an unexpected one. The Hanwha batting order scored three runs in the top of the first inning to shake up the stalemate.
The first batter, Lee Jin-young, walked and was followed by Jung Eun-won’s single. Noh Si-hwan singled to deep right field, advancing both runners to second and third. Chae Eun-sung followed with a triple and Kim In-hwan and Kim Tae-yeon followed with back-to-back singles to make it 3-0.
With the bases loaded, the first inning ended with no runs scored. However, in the second inning, Noh Si-hwan hit a 130-meter home run to left-center field, and in the third inning, Moon Hyun-bin hit a 125-meter home run to right-center field.
After barely getting through the fourth without allowing a run, Straily turned the mound over to Park Jin for the fifth. He gave up six runs on seven hits (two home runs) and three walks in four innings, throwing 86 pitches. His ERA spiked from 4.11 to 4.72.
Hanwha starter Kim Min-woo, who was looking for his second win of the season, pitched a strong first inning with one walk and three strikeouts, but was pulled after one inning due to sudden shoulder discomfort.