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| In the game between Hanwha and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 27th, LG Kim Hyun-soo, with two outs, hits a timely two-run hit and cheers in the bottom of the eighth inning. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.03.27/ |
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| A game between Hanwha and LG held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 27th, and LG Song Seung-ki, who overcame the crisis of losing a point with two outs and second base in the top of the seventh inning, is cheering. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.03.27/ |
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| LG Park Myung-geun is pitching hard in a game between Hanwha and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 27th. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.03.27/ |
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The LG Twins have won the opening five consecutive games to take the first place.
In the home game against the Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil Stadium on the 27th, even fifth starter Song Seung-ki showed fantastic pitching with seven scoreless innings, and Kim Hyun-soo hit a two-run finishing hit in the bottom of the eighth inning with two outs and a bases loaded.
LG, which sold out for the first five consecutive opening games in the KBO League history, also sold out on the same day, got off to a good start with five consecutive opening wins and went down to Changwon to face the NC Dinos for three consecutive weekends.
Hanwha met LG after one win and one loss in two consecutive weekend games against KT Wiz, and suffered from empty stomachs that could not score a single point during the three consecutive games. He had 29 scoreless innings from the top of the 10th inning against KT on the 23rd. Now, Hanwha will go down to Daejeon and play its first game in the new stadium against the KIA Tigers.
LG, whose fifth starter Song Seung-ki made his first debut in the first division, consisted 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), Lee Joo-heon (possession), Park Hae-min (middle fielder), and Shin Min-jae (second baseman). It's the same lineup as the previous day, but Lee Joo-heon entered the No. 7 position of Park Dong-won. In order to give Park a break, catcher Lee Joo-heon of No. 2 has to start once a week, but that day is the game where the 5th starter comes out.
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| A game between Hanwha and LG held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 27th, and LG starter Song Seung-ki is pitching hard. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.03.27/ |
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| YEJI, a member of the girl group ITZY, throws the first pitch at a game between Hanwha and LG held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 27th. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.03.27/ |
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| The game between Hanwha and LG held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 27th, and Hanwha Moon Dong-joo, with two outs, strikes out LG Park Hae-min in the bottom of the fifth inning and roars after the inning. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.03.27/ |
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Hanwha's starting lineup consists of Kim Tae-yeon (left wing), Moon Hyun-bin (designated hitter), Floral (middle fielder), Noh Si-hwan (third baseman), Chae Eun-sung (first baseman), An Chi-hong (second baseman), Lim Jong-chan (right wing), Choi Jae-hoon (captor), and Shim Woo-jun (striker). An Chi-hong, who was absent from the selection the previous day, returned, and Choi Jae-hoon wore a catcher mask.
On this day, Hanwha lowered its closing main player to the second division and selected Kim Seo-hyun as the new closing player, renewing the atmosphere.
Moon was strong against LG last year. He started three games, pitched 17 innings, allowed four runs (two earned runs) and posted a 1.06 ERA with two wins and no losses, better than his season record (7-7, 5.17 ERA).
LG starter Song Seung-ki is the first first team starter since his debut, and Moon Dong-ju is supposed to throw only about three innings, so many expected that it would be a batting match, but it was not. The game flowed in a thorough pitching match.
Song Seung-ki once again showed the fear of LG's starting lineup. Starting with three outs in the first inning, he gave up only one hit until the sixth inning, and showed tremendous pitching with no four outs and five strikeouts. The only hit was a double on the right-field line hit by the leadoff Lim Jong-chan in the top of the third inning. At that time, he faced a crisis of one out and third base, and he showed a strong power to strike out Shim Woo-joon and Kim Tae-yeon in a row.
He allowed a walk to Floral after one out in the top of the seventh inning and even recorded a wild pitch, putting him on the verge of second base, but he caught both Noh Si-hwan and Chae Eun-sung with misfires, ending his first start with a quality start plus with one hit, one walk, five strikeouts and no runs in seven innings.
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| The game between Hanwha and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 27th, and Hanwha second baseman Ahn Chi-hong is regretting that he could not handle LG Hong Chang-ki's infield ground ball in the bottom of the first inning. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.03.27/ |
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| The game between Hanwha and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 27th, and Hanwha starter Moon Dong-joo's fastball arrest thrown to LG Austin at the bottom of the first inning, appear on the electronic display. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.03.27/ |
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| A game between Hanwha and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 27th, LG catcher Lee Joo-heon. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.03.27/ |
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However, Moon Dong-ju also threw in the fifth inning beyond the third inning. He handled LG batters quickly with a fastball of up to 158km and a high-speed forkball of 143km. He threw 61 pitches until the fifth inning and allowed one hit, no four outs, and six strikeouts. LG had a chance to score with two outs and a runner on second base in the bottom of the first inning and a runner on second base in the bottom of the fourth inning, but they all missed it.
In the midst of a tense 0-march, LG got a first-run opportunity against Hanwha's changed pitcher Cho Dong-wook. After two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning, Song Chan-eui hit a double that fell on the left-field line. At first, it was ruled a foul, but it was a pair and was recognized as a double after a video review. Austin then drew a walk, with two outs and runners on the first and second bases. Moon Bo-kyung, who retired as a mistake in both the first and second bases with two outs in the first inning and one out in the fourth inning, is out again with a fly to the right field.
After getting out of the woods in the top of the seventh inning, he got another chance at the bottom of the seventh inning. Lee Joo-heon and Park Hae-min got back-to-back walks after two deaths. In Shin Min-jae's at-bat, Hanwha lowered Cho Dong-wook and raised Han Seung-hyuk to burn their will to win. Shin Min-jae's ball rolled in front of the first baseman and was still 0-0.
Hanwha got another chance in the top of the eighth inning when Lim Jong-chan walked after one out of LG's second pitcher Park Myung-geun. However, pinch hitter Choi In-ho stepped down due to a double play in front of the second baseman.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, LG created another chance after two outs. Austin and Moon Bo-kyung's back-to-back hits made them the first and third bases. Oh Ji-hwan played against Han Seung-hyuk, but he picked out four balls in a row and walked to get on base. With the bases loaded with two outs, Kim Hyun-soo's at-bat. At 1B1S, Kim Hyun-soo's hit exceeded the second baseman's height, and two runners came in to make it 2-0. With two outs and runners on the first and third bases, Hanwha's new closer Kim Seo-hyun came up and caught Park Dong-won with a ground ball in front of the shortstop, but it was very disappointing.
In LG's first save situation, Kim Kang-ryul took the mound. Kim Kang-ryul, who handled Shim Woo-joon with a ground ball but allowed Kim Tae-yeon to walk, caught Moon Hyun-bin with a ground ball in front of the pitcher. With two outs and runners on first base, Floral came out as the last batter. He went 1 for 18 with a clean right-handed hit. The second baseman homered and Hanwha chased by 1-2 and 1 point.
Kim Kang-ryul made his first save in an LG uniform by catching Noh Si-hwan with a fly to shortstop with two outs and a first base.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
