"Guwon Duo" Kim Won-joong (32) and Koo Seung-min (35), who signed FA contracts with Lotte Giants side by side ahead of this season, announced an uneasy start.

Lotte announced on the same day the renewal of contract with Kim Won-joong and Koo Seung-min in November last year. It gave Kim a four-year maximum of 5.4 billion won (4.1 million U.S. dollars) and Koo a two-year maximum of 2.1 billion won (2.3 million dollars).카지노사이트

The two so-called "Guwon Duo" players have been reborn as the best must-win team in the club's history in recent years by keeping Lotte's back door. Kim Won-joong, who became the first Lotte pitcher to make 100 saves in the 2023 season, has recorded 132 saves until last year, writing a new history of the club's franchise.

Koo Seung-min, who was reborn as the league's most consistent mid-term pitcher with more than 20 holds (20-20-26-22) from 2020 to 2023, is also the Lotte club's record for most holds (121 holds).

Although it contributed to the team's poor performance through ups and downs last season, it was an irreplaceable resource at Lotte, where bullpen conditions were difficult. Now the two oldest members of Lotte's pitching staff, they worked hard in their own way and aimed for a splendid revival this season.

But it creaked from the start. Koo Seung-min, who took his first appearance against the LG Twins in Jamsil on the 23rd, collapsed with four runs in ⅔ innings. Koo Seung-min, who took over the mound by Jung Hyun-soo in the bottom of the eighth inning with one out and a runner on the first base when his team was trailing 1-5, was hit by Park Dong-won after allowing a runner on the first base to steal a timely hit. He built firewood by walking follow-up hitter Park Hae-min, and even gave up a sweeping triple to Koo Bon-hyuk to add a run.

That was not the end of the game. He was at a disadvantage count of two balls and one strike against Moon Jung-bin, who entered the next batter's box as a pinch hitter for Hong Chang-ki, and was hit with a two-run shot over the left fence as a fork ball thrown to catch a strike rushed to the center. Lotte eventually removed Koo from the first team roster ahead of the match against SSG Landers on Wednesday.

Kim Won-joong reenacted last year's "nightmare" against SSG on the 25th. Kim Won-joong, who took the mound in the bottom of the ninth inning with his team leading 2-1, turned leadoff hitter Park Sung-han to center field with a fly ball to face "natural enemy" Guillermo Herredia. Kim allowed two home runs only to Herredia last season. One of them was a walk-off home run that determined victory or defeat of the game.

Again, Kim Won-joong failed to overcome his inferior opponent's record and added a home run. After three balls and one strike, the fastball that she threw to catch the count rushed to the center. Herredia did not miss a real throw and connected it with a tying solo shot over the central fence. Kim Won-joong had a bitter blone save since his first appearance in the season.