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| A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 22nd. LG Moon Bo-kyung is cheering after hitting a two-run shot with one out and second base in the top of the first inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.22/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 22nd. LG Oh Ji-hwan is cheering after hitting a solo shot in the bottom of the eighth inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.22/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 22nd. LG starter Chirinos is cheering after the sixth inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.22/ |
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The LG Twins started the 2025 season with an opening game victory with a perfect combination of two-hitters.
In the opening match against the Lotte Giants at Jamsil on the 22nd, LG won a 12-2 victory due to starter Yoni Chirinos' two runs in six innings and an explosion of 15 hits, including two homers.
LG won its opening game in Jamsil for two consecutive years following last year (8-2 victory in Hanwha).
Lotte started the season with one loss in a difficult game as starter Charlie Barnes showed sluggish performance of seven runs in three innings, the batting line did not explode, and the defense also made mistakes.
Chirinos, who newly started this year, took over the opening lineup, and LG's starting lineup consisted of Hong Chang-ki (right wing), Kim Hyun-soo (left wing), Austin (first baseman), Moon Bo-kyung (third baseman), Oh Ji-hwan (striker), Song Chan-eui (designated hitter), Park Dong-won (captor), Park Hae-min (middle fielder), and Koo Bon-hyuk (second baseman).
The opposing starter was left-handed Barnes, so right-handed batters Song Chan-eui and Koo Bon-hyuk were used, and Moon Sung-joo and Shin Min-jae were on standby for the second half of the game.
Lotte, which started Barnes, who is in his fourth year in the KBO League, started a complete lineup including Hwang Sung-bin (center fielder), Ko Seung-min (second baseman), Na Seung-yeop (first baseman), Reyes (left fielder), Yoon Dong-hee (right fielder), Jeon Joon-woo (designated hitter), Son Ho-young (third baseman), Yoo Kang-nam (catcher), and Park Seung-wook (striker). Son Ho-young, who played a good role as the third batter last year, came down to No. 7. The reason was that his batting average fell into a severe slump of 91 (two hits in 22 at-bats) in the exhibition game. Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung said, `I got off 7 times in a more comfortable state than 3 times.'
LG set the tone from the first inning. After Chirinos took the top of the first inning with three outs, LG took the lead in the bottom of the first inning. After one out, Kim Hyun-soo's double on the left-field line and Austin's double on the right-field line scored the first run, and Moon Bo-kyung hit his first home run of the 2025 season over the right fence, leading 3-0 at once. Moon Bo-kyung did not miss it and made it a home run when the 128km slider in the third ball count of 2S came up high in the middle.
In the second inning, both missed chances with one out and runners on first and second bases, and LG scored an additional point in the bottom of the third inning. With two outs and a bases loaded with the first-runner Moon Bo-kyung's left-handed hit, Oh Ji-hwan's surprise bunt hit, Song Chan-ui's sacrifice bunt, and Park Dong-won's walk, Koo Bon-hyuk drew a push walk, 4-0. LG, which gained one more point with a wild pitch, then widened the gap to 7-0 with Hong Chang-ki's two-run double to the right-center.
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 22nd. LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop is smiling. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.22/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 22nd. In the bottom of the fourth inning, LG Song Chan-eui is cheering after hitting a timely hit with two outs and a runner on second base. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.22/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 22nd. Lotte Barnes is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.22/ |
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Lotte starter Barnes recorded his first loss of the season with eight hits and two walks, two strikeouts and seven runs in three innings.
Lotte finally scored a point in the top of the fourth inning and went on a chase. Following Reyes' double to left-center after one out, Yoon Dong-hee and Jeon Jun-woo walked consecutively to create a chance to load the bases, and Son Ho-young's left-handed hit scored two runs to make it 2-7. Yoo Kang-nam's right-handed hit continued the opportunity to load the bases with one out, but Park Seung-wook struck out and Hwang Sung-bin stepped down as a catcher foul fly, failing to turn the mood around.
LG added one more run in the bottom of the fourth inning with Song Chan's left double with two outs and a wild pitch, and in the bottom of the fifth inning, Kim Hyun-soo's groundout in front of the second base with one out and two walks led by 9-2 due to second baseman Ko Seung-min's throwing error.
LG starter Chirinos pitched until the sixth inning with the help of the batters, spraying 103 pitches in his debut game, recording a quality start of five hits, three walks, eight strikeouts, and two runs. Up to 151km of determination and up to 140km of folk balls were powerful.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, Oh Ji-hwan fired a wedge solo shot and later scored two more points to lead 12-2.
Song Chan-ui stood out in the lineup. Song Chan-eui, who started to target left-handed starter Barnes, recorded three hits and one RBI from four times at bat on the day, recording the most hits in one game since his debut. Oh Ji-hwan also had three hits, one RBI and two runs, and overall LG hitters showed good batting performance, with Hong Chang-ki scoring two hits and two RBIs and two hits and two RBIs in Moonbo games.
After Chirinos went down, LG posted Kim Jin-sung, Park Myung-geun, and Woo Kang-hoon to block Lotte's batters to the end.
The most encouraging part is that Son Ho-young, who lost but was sluggish in the exhibition game, hit a scoring hit in the chance. Reyes, who had the most hits last year, still showed good batting performance with two hits.
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 22nd. Lotte Son Ho-young is cheering after hitting a timely hit with one out and runners on the second and third bases in the top of the fourth inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.22/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 22nd. In the top of the fourth inning, Lotte Yoo Kang-nam is hitting a hit with one out and runners on the first and second bases. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.22/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 22nd. Lotte's Jeon Jun-woo is cheering after hitting a hit. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.22/ |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
