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| Austin (7th inning) and Shin Min-jae (6th inning), who were replaced in the second half of the game, sit in the dugout and chat happily. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun |
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How long has it been since the twins enjoyed their time at Gocheok Dome? LG Twins' main players enjoyed the team's victory in audience mode.
LG won a 13-1 victory in its first showdown of the season against the Kiwoom Heroes at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 8th. Twins who became weak when they met heroes. It was a pleasant victory that wiped out the bitter memories of losing to Kiwoom, the lowest place, 6-10 last year.
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| Second baseman Shin Min-jae scores when Moon Bo-kyung's timely hit with the bases loaded with one out in the top of the first inning. |
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| Austin hit a two-run timely hit with two outs and a full base in the top of the second inning. |
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| After Moon Bo-kyung hit a timely hit with two outs and runners on first and second bases in the top of the second inning, Puig's error is advancing to third base. |
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The game was decided early in the game. Starting with leadoff hitter Hong Chang-ki's heavy hit in the first inning, LG, who scored three runs with Moon Bo-kyung's two-run timely hit and Oh Ji-hwan's one-run sacrifice fly, also added six runs against Kiwoom starter Yoon Hyun in the second inning, leading 9-0.
LG, which added one run in the third inning, scored a total of 13 points in the seventh inning with back-to-back solo home runs by Kim Hyun-soo and Park Dong-won and a timely RBI by Oh Ji-hwan in the eighth inning.
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| Kim Hyun-soo's solo shot with one out in the top of the seventh inning. This is the moment that manager Yeom Kyung-yeop was most happy about. |
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On the mound, Son Joo-young pitched hard with one run in seven innings and won three games (no loss) of the season. Son Joo-young efficiently neutralized Kiwoom's batters, with only 76 pitches.
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| Son Joo-young | who blocked Kiwoom's batters in unwavering form
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The perfect balance of Tuta. The game was decided early. Hong Chang-ki (1 hit and 2 runs from 3 times at bat), Shin Min-jae (1 hit and 2 runs from 3 times at bat), Austin (1 hit and 2 RBIs from 4 times at bat, Moon Bo-kyung 3 hits from 5 times at bat, 3 RBIs from 4 times at bat), Oh Ji-hwan (2 hits and 3 RBIs from 4 times at bat), Kim Hyun-soo (1 hit, 1 homer, 1 RBI from 4 times at bat), and Park Dong-won (3 hits, 1 homer, 2 RBIs from 4 times at bat) began to fall out of the lineup one by one.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, center fielder Park Hae-min was replaced by Choi Won-young, and in the sixth inning, second baseman Shin Min-jae was changed to Koo Bon-hyuk. In the seventh inning, first baseman Austin and right fielder Hong Chang-ki were replaced by Moon Jung-bin and Song Chan-ui, respectively. In the eighth inning, Lee Joo-hyun wore a catcher mask instead of Park Dong-won.
No matter how much the score gap widened, if the bullpen is not reliable, the head coach has no choice but to hesitate to remove the main player. However, LG is currently showing off its strongest bullpen in the league. As of the 9th, LG's bullpen ERA is 1.60, ranking first in the league. The bullpen, which ranked only sixth (5.21) last year, has turned over.
The expressions of Austin and Shin Min-jae, who took off their uniforms and sat in the dugout and laughed and chatted in the second half of the game, clearly showed LG's mood these days.
Of course, it's still early in the season. This season's face-off against Kiwoom, a natural enemy that started from the time of El Necrasico, has only played one game now. It remains to be seen whether LG, which has succeeded in gaining the upper hand, will be able to liquidate its natural enemy relationship.
In the second game on the 9th, LG's Hernandez (1-1). 9.39 ERA) will start the game. In response, Kiwoom predicted Rosenberg (1-2, 6.19 ERA).
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
