Failure to select a substitute + 2 consecutive luggings that will plummet → 60 percent. LG's First Crisis + Meet Hanwha
Apr 28, 2025
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LG lost to the NC Dinos in Jamsil last week with one win and two losses, and lost to KIA in Gwangju on the weekend for the second straight time. Eliaser Hernandez's injury caused a hole in the starting lineup, breaking the overall balance.
LG, which had Lim Chan-kyu on the 22nd but lost 5-6 after a close game of extra time, gave up the winning run, won 3-0 on the 23rd with Song Seung-ki's six innings of no-hit ball, but lost 1-3 to the opponent's starting pitcher Riley Thompson on the 24th.
In the first game against KIA in Gwangju on the 25th, LG made all-out efforts. Starter Son Joo-young gave up five points, but he followed until the end and the bullpen blocked it to the end, winning a 6-5 come-from-behind victory. On the 26th, LG, which lost 4-8 as substitute starter Lee Ji-gang collapsed in the early stages and was blocked by opposing starter Adam Oler, scored two runs in the sixth inning from James Nail, who was playing well, to tie the game 2-2, but gave up one run in the bottom of the seventh inning and later failed to hit the KIA bullpen, and had to suffer a one-run loss by 2-3.
With 20 wins and 9 losses, the winning rate of 70% collapsed, falling to 609%. It has narrowed down to three games with the second-ranked Samsung Lions (17 wins and 12 losses), who have won five consecutive games.
The biggest problem is hitting. LG's team batting average was only 207 percent in six games last week. The team batting average for the season also fell to 267. The team came in third behind Samsung (0.285) and Lotte (0.282). It was 3.5 points per game with 21 points in six games. Compared to LG's average score of 5.8 this season, it seems to have fallen by more than two points.
All the main players seem to have lost their sense of hitting. Only Austin had a batting average of 364 (8 hits in 22 at-bats) last week, and no one had a batting average in the 300s, while Moon Sung-joo had 95 (2 hits in 21 at-bats), Park Dong-won 190 (4 hits in 21 at-bats), and Hong Chang-ki 1706 (3 hits in 17 at-bats) and Shin Min-jae only had 133 (2 hits in 15 at-bats).
The mound is holding out. It's a pity that the replacement starter couldn't hold out, but the other starters are generally stable, not as early as they were. Since it has been more than a month since the opening, fatigue can come little by little. Chirinos threw 77 pitches in five innings against NC on the 24th and volunteered for the steel plate due to fatigue. What was your good pitching in the beginning??a situation in which the weather is causing ups and downs. It is fortunate that Lim Chan-kyu is steadily stable and Song Seung-ki, the fifth starter, is throwing better than expected.
This week is expected to be a critical moment for LG. They will meet the third-ranked Hanwha Eagles in Daejeon during the week and play SSG and Jamsil in three consecutive weekend games. Hanwha has a strong starter and a good bullpen centered on Kim Seo-hyun, so the strength of the mound is enormous. The key will be how much LG's declining lineup can target. I have to meet Choi Jung who is returning before the weekend SSG. We can keep the No. 1 spot only when we finish our batting slump and come up. The appearance of the new foreign player, Coen Win, is likely to affect the team's atmosphere.
In a week, even the 70% range of 'Absolute First Round', which had a winning rate of 80%, collapsed. How will he overcome the first crisis of the 2025 season to regain the championship title.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
