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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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| 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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| 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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"I've never done it in the U.S., but I want to try it."
LG Twins' new first starter Yoni Chirinos held a hot reporting ceremony. Chirinos started the opening game against the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 22nd, recording a quality start of five hits, three walks, eight strikeouts and two runs in six innings, and became the winning pitcher in his debut match with his team's 12-2 victory.
A talented player who has won a total of 20 games in the major leagues. LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop is a pitcher who can work in the KBO League with no part to be corrected to the extent that what he said to him during the camp is "Nice Pitcher," and has been preparing since the Okinawa practice game.
Coach Yeom's trust remained unchanged, and the true value of that trust was revealed in the opening game, although he was anxious with nine hits, two walks, three strikeouts and five runs in eight innings in two exhibition games.
Chirinos, who handed over the first crisis of the first and second bases with one out in the top of the second inning with a strikeout and a fly, suddenly gave up two walks in a row in the top of the fourth inning with a big 7-0 lead, and was on the verge of loading the bases, and allowed two runs after a timely hit by Son Ho-young. However, he escaped the crisis again with a strikeout and a foul fly in the middle of the bases-loaded crisis, and then cruised to the sixth inning.
On this day, Chirinos threw 103 pitches. Coach Gyeonggi Jeon said "I'm not going to pass over 100." but when I tried to finish the sixth inning, I exceeded 100." Chirinos responded, "Focusing on throwing as many innings as possible. I didn't care about the number of pitches."
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 22nd. LG Chirinos is pitching hard. 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 Chirinos is catching his breath. 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 Chirinos is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.22/ |
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He threw 54 pitches of up to 151 kilometers and only three 150 kilometers of fastballs. He added 27 fork balls of up to 140 kilometers and 19 sliders.
The most impressive part was the strikeout. He struck out all eight with fork balls on the day. In the exhibition game, he caught only three in eight innings, but suddenly increased to eight in six innings.
There was a reason.
Chirinos revised his grip before the start of the season because the movement of the splitter (fork ball) I wanted didn't come out during camp"He said "The grip was a little easier and he played the opening game with more confidence, but as I threw it with confidence, the splitter seems to have become efficient"
"For the first time in my career, I felt a lot of responsibility because I came out as a starting pitcher on the opening day, but I think there was a good result because the pitching I prepared came out and the fans cheered me a lot`When Chirinos say Yeom hopes to win about 15 games, he has never won 15 games in the U.S. in 13 years. I want to try it this season. However, I think it is important to do my best in every game, although winning is important. Rather than thinking that I should be a winning pitcher, I will pitch with the thought that it should help the team."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
