In the game played on 8/23, Lotte was shut down by Doosan pitcher Kwak Bin and lost 1-3, failing
to secure a sixth straight win. Lotte's batters really are hopeless against Kwak Bin.
(Even in the past, the lineup would just freeze up whenever they faced Kwak Bin.) On this day as well, they struggled,
held to 2 scattered hits, and were then shut down by the pitching staff of Takada and Lee Young-ha,
ultimately managing to scrape together only 1 run.
Lotte starter Park Se-woong put up a decent effort with 6 innings, 6 hits allowed, and 3 runs (2 earned), but with the lineup
silent he was tagged with the loss, while Doosan starter Kwak Bin pitched like an ace with 7 innings, 1 hit allowed, and no runs
to pick up the win.
However, despite the loss, NC and Hanwha both lost as well, so Lotte edged ahead on winning percentage,
passing NC and Hanwha to settle into 6th place, while the gap with 5th-place Doosan widened back to 8 games.
