It's crazy. Lim Chan-gyu's first shutout victory since his debut. LG 4-0 has won four games in a row. He has lost three consecutive games even after paying 7.8 billion won in free trade. Floral is 0 for 15
Mar 26, 2025
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LG won the home game against the Hanwha Eagles in Jamsil on the 26th with a 4-0 complete victory thanks to the good pitching of starter Lim Chan-kyu's first shutout victory and the concentration of the batters.
After winning the opening two games consecutively with Lotte, LG also garnered two consecutive wins during the week against Hanwha, and has thus become the first team in the Korean pro baseball league to grab the top spot amid selling out in the opening four consecutive games for the first time in the Korean pro baseball league.
Like the previous three games, LG's winning formula continued as the starter blocked it this time and the lineup exploded in the meantime.
Starter Lim Chan-kyu won his first victory of the season by showing tremendous pitching with two hits, two walks and five strikeouts in nine innings. It is the joy of his first shutout since his debut in 2011. Moon Bo-kyung shot his third solo shot of the season, and Moon Sung-joo, who started the season for the first time, played as the best second batter with two hits and two RBIs.
Hanwha starter Um Sang-baek, who transferred for a total of 7.8 billion won over four years this year, became a losing pitcher in his first appearance at Hanwha with six hits (one home run), two walks, one strikeout and two runs in four ⅔ innings.
LG finally put together a complete lineup in the fourth game. The starting lineup will consist of Hong Chang-ki (right wing), Moon Sung-joo (left wing), Austin (first baseman), Moon Bo-kyung (third baseman), Oh Ji-hwan (eliminated hitter), Kim Hyun-soo (designated hitter), Park Dong-won (captor), Park Hae-min (middle fielder), and Shin Min-jae (second baseman). Moon Sung-joo and Shin Min-jae have been benched so far, but on this day, sidearm Um Sang-baek took the mound and started the game. Song Chan-eui, who started instead of Moon Sung-joo in the third game and hit well, seemed likely to start again on the day, but LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop showed trust in the main players.
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LG's domestic ace Lim Chan-kyu and Hanwha's fans filled Jamsil with the appearance of Um Sang-baek, who moved to Hanwha from KT, and recorded a sellout in the opening four consecutive games. This is the first time since KBO has officially counted since 2001.
LG starter Lim Chan-kyu filled seven scoreless innings. Until the sixth inning, no one allowed Hanwha batters to step to second base. He walked Hwang Young-mook after two outs in the top of the second inning and gave up a hit to Noh Si-hwan after two outs in the bottom of the fourth inning. In the top of the seventh inning, he gave up a walk to the leadoff Floral and got the leadoff hitter on base for the first time, but he caught Noh Si-hwan with a double play in front of the shortstop. He then sent a runner to the scoring position for the first time after Chae Eun-sung hit a double to the left, but he caught Hwang Young-mook with a ground ball in front of the shortstop to finish without losing a point.
Lim Chan-kyu, who threw 79 pitches until the seventh inning, also took the mound in the top of the eighth inning and caught Lim Jong-chan, Lee Jae-won and Shim Woo-joon all with a fly to the left field to enter the dugout with loud cheers from the first base crowd.
He also went up in the top of the ninth inning, caught the lead Kim Tae-yeon with a ground ball in front of the third base, and hit a straight hit after a full count match with Moon Hyun-bin, who caught him with a line drive himself. And he catches Floral's ball himself and throws it to first base to end the game.
LG's batters clearly scored points to advance to victory. In the bottom of the first inning, LG, who missed the first opportunity due to Moon Bo-kyung's double play with one out and runners on the first and second bases, had Park Dong-won hit following a walk after one out in the bottom of the second inning, but Park Dong-won was out while first baseman Kim Hyun-soo went to third base, followed by Park Hae-min striking out and failing to score again. However, he beat and beat to score the first run in the bottom of the third inning. Leader Shin Min-jae made a second base with no outs with a stolen base following a right-handed hit, and Hong Chang-ki's ground ball in front of the first base went to third base and homered on Moon Sung-joo's sacrifice fly to left field, 1-0.
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In the bottom of the fifth inning, he made a hit ball and Moon Bo-kyung's intentional four pitches, making it two outs and runners on first and second bases, but he failed to score again.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, he scored an extra point after two outs. Park Hae-min went to second base with an error on a surprise bunt hit from the changed pitcher Joo Hyun-sang, and added one run with Shin Min-jae's heavy hit. Hong Chang-ki's walk made the first and second bases, and Moon Sung-joo's heavy hit added one more point to make it 4-0.
LG also had an additional scoring opportunity with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning, but Moon Bo-kyung struck out and Oh Ji-hwan grounded out in front of the first base.
He got 10 hits and 9 four outs, but he scored only four runs, which was a big disappointment, but Lim Chan-kyu blocked Hanwha's batters without allowing a run, which also led to a big four-point gap.
Hanwha's foreign hitter Esteban Floral, who had no hits in three consecutive games, got on base with one walk, but he had no hits in three at-bats, falling into a slump of no hits in 15 at-bats.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
