Lotte Giants has released its opening game lineup.
Lotte will face the LG Twins in the 2025 KBO League opening game at Seoul's Jamsil Stadium on the 22nd. The starting pitcher for Lotte is Charlie Barnes, and the starting pitcher for LG is Yoni Chirinous.
Lotte's starting lineup includes Hwang Seong-bin (center fielder), Ko Seung-min (second baseman), Na Seung-yeop (first baseman), RAY (left fielder), Yoon Dong-hee (right fielder), Jeon Jun-woo (designated hitter), Son Ho-young (third baseman), Yoo Kang-nam (catcher), and Park Seung-wook (shortstop).
Lotte has placed left-handed batters in the 1-4 spots, including switch hitter RAY, against LG's right-handed starter Chirinous. Yoon Dong-hee is in the 5th spot, and Son Ho-young dropped to 7th. Last March, Son Ho-young, known as the 'trade jackpot,' was traded from LG to Lotte, where he had an impressive .318 batting average with 18 home runs and 78 RBIs, but he has struggled in the exhibition games, recording a batting average of .091 (2 hits in 22 at-bats).
Lotte's starting pitcher Barnes is in his fourth year in the KBO League. Last year, he recorded a record of 9 wins and 6 losses with an earned run average of 3.35 over 25 games. In the exhibition game, he appeared in 1 game, pitching 4 innings with 3 hits allowed and 7 strikeouts, recording no earned runs.
Barnes has a career record against LG of 2 wins and 5 losses with an earned run average of 4.94, which is quite unfavorable.
Meanwhile, LG's starting lineup includes Hong Chang-ki (right fielder), Kim Hyun-soo (left fielder), Austin (first baseman), Moon Bo-kyung (third baseman), Oh Ji-hwan (shortstop), Song Chan-eui (designated hitter), Park Dong-won (catcher), Park Hae-min (center fielder), and Koo Bon-hyeok (second baseman). Right-handed batters Song Chan-eui and Koo Bon-hyeok are included in the lineup, making it four right-handed batters.
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