Lotte Giants' Noh Jin-hyuk (34) has been in an extreme slump throughout July. Until the 25th, he was silent with two hits in 31 at-bats (0.065 batting average) and one RBI without a home run. The team was also in the bottom (10th place) of July's performance, so it was a lot of trouble.

The aftermath of being away for 20 days from June 15 to July 4 due to a side injury did not seem to have easily disappeared. Lotte manager Larry Sutton expected, "I hope Roh Jin-hyuk will have a lot of training and what he prepared," but he also bowed his head with no hits and two strikeouts in four at-bats against the Doosan Bears in Jamsil on the 25th. The season's batting average, which was 0.287 until May, plummeted to 0.240. It was far from what the club expected for a player who signed a four-year free agent (FA) contract for a total of 5 billion won before this season.

However, in the match against Doosan Bears in Jamsil on the 26th, it signaled a rebound. He started as shortstop for the eighth batter and led the team to a 7-2 victory with two hits and two RBIs in four at-bats, including the winning hit. Lotte (40-42), which lost three consecutive games, lost its first loss in July to Doosan, which won 11 consecutive games the previous day, a new club record. 스포츠토토

We got off to a good start. In the top of the second inning with one out and a full base, Doosan starter Kwak Bin's third fastball of 150 kilometers per hour hit a two-run double that fell between the right fielder and the second baseman. There is a myth in the baseball community that "one hit missed by a batter in a slump can serve as an opportunity for a rebound," and Noh Jin-hyuk did so on that day. He failed to hit the fastball on the body with 100% power, but the missed ball led to the best result. It was the final hit of the day. Noh Jin-hyuk even scored when follow-up hitter Kim Min-seok hit a timely hit.

Roh Jin-hyuk, who found confidence, also hit a heavy hit against Kim Kang-ryul in his third at-bat in the top of the sixth inning with a 4-2 lead, setting the stage for additional points. It is the first multi-hit in 49 days since the match against KT Wiz (two hits in four at-bats) on June 7. Noh Jin-hyuk's hit added value as Kim Min-seok's walk and Yoon Dong-hee's ground ball to second base made additional runs. In the top of the seventh inning, he hit an ordinary ground ball with two outs and a full base, but Doosan's second baseman Lee Yoo-chan's error led to the luck of two runners scoring.

It was a game that Lotte earned a lot. Aaron Wilkerson, a foreign pitcher who made his KBO league debut on the day, threw 76 pitches in five innings, winning his first victory with six hits, two walks, three strikeouts and two runs. He responded to the lineup's early scoring support, which began with Roh Jin-hyuk's two-run double, showing hope for the starting lineup. Koo Seung-min, who blocked one inning without losing a point in the bottom of the sixth inning with a 5-2 lead, was the 15th player in the KBO League history and the first Lotte pitcher to achieve 100 holds in his personal history.