Lotte Giants defeat KT Wiz 4‑1 in Suwon
SUWON, South Korea (Interstat) — The Lotte Giants beat the KT Wiz 4-1 on Saturday evening at Suwon Baseball Stadium, with an Independence Day crowd of 18,700 on hand.
Lotte jumped ahead with two runs in the sixth inning. Hwang Seong-bin singled and scored, and Na Seung-yeup reached on a fielder’s choice to bring home Go Seung-min. Park Seung-wook added an RBI single in the eighth, and Hwang drove in another run with a single in the ninth.
KT managed its only run in the third when Kim Min-jun doubled to score Kwon Dong-jin. Wiz pitchers held Lotte to nine hits, but their own offense managed just three hits against Lotte’s Beasley and the bullpen.
Beasley, Ko Young-pyo, Woo Kyu-min, Lee Sang-dong, Iimura Shota, Jeon Yong-ju, Kim Won-jung, Choi Jun-yong, Son Dong-hyun and Sugimoto Koki all took the mound in the contest.
The Giants improved to 36-43-2, while KT fell to 44-35-2. Lotte won the previous night’s game 4-0 and will face KT again Sunday.