It was his first shutout victory in his 206th start in his 15th year with a 145-km straightforward 91-km curve. I want to tell my late father
Mar 26, 2025
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In the home game against the Hanwha Eagles in Jamsil on the 26th, Lim Chan-kyu threw 100 pitches in nine innings and recorded two hits, two walks, and five strikeouts, becoming the first shutout winner of this season.
In his 206th career start, he produced an emotional scene in which he recorded his first complete game and shutout.
Even though it was a Wednesday game, LG and Hanwha fans flocked to the game, recording the first four consecutive games in history, and 23,750 baseball fans watched Lim Chan-kyu's first shutout.
Lim Chan-kyu overwhelmed Hanwha's batting lineup by throwing 41 fastballs of up to 145km, 28 curves of up to 91km (maximum 114km), 25 changeups of 130km, and 6 sliders of 135km. The difference between the maximum fastball speed and the lowest curve speed was 54km.
Lim Chan-kyu, who started neatly from the first inning with three outs, did not have a scoring crisis until the sixth inning. He allowed a walk after two outs in the top of the second inning and a hit after two outs in the top of the fourth inning, but immediately ended the inning, and the third, fifth and sixth innings were all three outs.
The first and last crisis was in the top of the seventh inning with a 4-0 lead. Giving up a walk to the front-runner Floral. However, Noh was treated as a double play in front of the shortstop. And he allowed Chae Eun-sung to double to the left and hit his first long ball. It was the first crisis of scoring position. However, he escaped the crisis by catching Hwang Young-mook with a ground ball in front of the shortstop.
Lim Chan-kyu, who had 79 pitches until the seventh inning and also appeared in the top of the eighth inning, caught both Im Jong-chan and Lee Jae-won and Shim Woo-joon with fly to left field. There were only eight pitches and a total of 87, so he took the mound in the top of the ninth inning.
Lim Chan-kyu, who caught Kim Tae-yeon with a ground ball in front of the third baseman at the first pitch, was strongly hit by throwing a 129km changeup for the ninth pitch in a full count battle with Moon Hyun-bin. The ball headed in front of Lim Chan-kyu, but Lim Chan-kyu caught it with his glove and went on a line drive out. He also caught Floral's ball himself and threw it out to first base to complete the shutout.
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After finishing the eighth inning, he decided to try in the ninth inning after a meeting with the coaching staff. Lim Chan-kyu said "The coach asked me when I would try it because it was a rare opportunity, and I also said I wanted to try it." And when the director said okay, my heart beat"It became more tense, and it seems that trying to simplify and press as much as possible has led to a good result."
No matter how hard I try to press the emotions, it won't be easy if I go up to the 9th episode. Lim Chan-gyu also "Something came up from the mound. Fans are cheering for us, but I can hear that. Listening to the cheering sound makes me want to stop typing. So I threw it with more concentration."
In fact, I was rather worried when pitching the bullpen in the game. Lim Chan-gyu also jokingly said to the coach, "'I think you have to prepare a bullpen for me because it was so bad that I wondered if this could be okay.'"But as I went up and threw, my ball got better, so I was able to throw well."
LG defenders' good defense continued on this day as well. Lim Chan-kyu also said, "Our defenders were so good from the beginning, and I think they were really solid"I've seen defenders practice really sweaty from winter to spring camp." I'm so grateful to throw from a team with perfect defense. Thank you.
Lim Chan-kyu, who thanked catcher Park Dong-won for making the shutout together, said "I thought a lot of my sister, mother, and father who came to the stadium today. I want to deliver today's shutout to my late father."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
