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| A game between the LG Twins and the Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil Stadium on the 26th. LG starter Lim Chan-kyu, who won his first shutout in his life, is cheering. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.26/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil Stadium on the 26th. LG Lim Chan-kyu is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.26/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil Stadium on the 26th. LG starter Lim Chan-kyu, who won his first shutout in his life, is cheering. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.26/ |
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The LG Twins won their opening four games in a row and ranked first alone. LG won 4-0 at home against the Hanwha Eagles in Jamsil on the 26th. Four wins and no losses since the opening. On this day, the Samsung Lions lost to the NC Dinos and lost 3-1, making LG the only unbeaten team to be the first place.
The decisive reason why LG ranked first is because of the stellar pitching of the starting team.
In the opening game against Lotte on the 22nd, starter Yoni Chirinos scored a quality start with two runs in six innings, and the team's batting line-up exploded to win a 12-2 victory.
In the match against Lotte on the 23rd, Korean lefty Son Joo-young, who started as the second starter, recorded seven scoreless innings, and his team won two consecutive games with a 10-2 victory.
Saturday was a fierce pitching match. LG Elijah Hernandez and Hanwha Ryu Hyun-jin face off. Ryu Hyun-jin pitched six scoreless innings, but Hernandez tied the Hanwha lineup with seven scoreless innings. LG's batters attacked Hanwha's bullpen and won 5-0.
And on the 26th, LG Lim Chan-kyu showed his best pitching since his professional debut. Until the ninth inning, he recorded just two hits, two walks and five strikeouts, marking his first shutout victory since his debut. The batters got 10 hits, nine four outs, and only got four points, but thanks to Lim Chan-kyu's good pitching, they were able to win the game 4-0.
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| LG Hernandez is delighted to finish the game between Hanwha and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 25th and the defense in the top of the 7th inning. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.03.25/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 23rd. LG starter Son Joo-young is catching his breath. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.23/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 22nd. LG starter Chirinos, who won the opening game, is delighted. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.22/ |
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LG pitched 36 innings in four games, giving up just four runs. The team has a 1.00 ERA. In particular, four starters gave up just two runs while taking charge of 29 innings, showing an accountable figure of 0.62. In addition, Chirinos has been pitching an iron wall, not giving a single run in 25 innings since giving up two runs in the top of the fourth inning of the opener.
LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop showed expectations for the starting lineup this season. Chirinos and Hernandez's foreign one-two punch said he was the best in the three years he came to LG, hoping the two would work together for about 30 wins. In addition, Lim Chan-kyu, who is becoming more mature in his ability to control his speed, and left-handed Son Joo-young, who joined the starting team last year and showed strong pitching, have four clear starters.
The reason LG did not bother to catch Choi Won-tae in the FA was that four starters were good. It was judged that strengthening the bullpen instead of Choi Won-tae and raising the fifth starter would help LG regain the championship. And this judgment proved right with the opening.
Expectations are also rising that four 10-win pitchers can be produced for the first time since the 2000s. LG produced four 10-win pitchers in 1994 (18 wins in Sanghoon Lee, 16 wins in Kim Tae-won, 15 wins in Jeong Sam-heum, 10 wins in In Hyun-bae) and in 1997 (12 wins in Kim Yong-soo, 11 wins in Cha Myung-seok in Lim Seon-dong, 10 wins in Sanghoon Lee). Unfortunately, there has not been one since 2000. Last year, Son Joo-young and Choi Won-tae tried, but unfortunately failed because they only won nine games.
Four starters are starting in good condition, and LG is making a fresh start to its opening four consecutive wins, covering its weakness without closer Jang Hyun-sik. It is a start worthy of the goal of reclaiming the championship.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
