LG and Son Joo-young are sluggish in the beginning, KIA and Yang Hyun-jong. The result of the left-handed ace face-off before the MVP return game is

Apr 25, 2025

LG Son Joo-young and KIA Yang Hyun-jong. Sports Chosun DB



LG and Son Joo-young are sluggish in the beginning, KIA and Yang Hyun-jong. The result of the left-handed ace face-off before the MVP return game is
KT-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 17th. Starting pitcher Yang Hyun-jong is pitching. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.4.17/
LG and Son Joo-young are sluggish in the beginning, KIA and Yang Hyun-jong. The result of the left-handed ace face-off before the MVP return game is
A game between the LG Twins and the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Stadium on the 13th. LG Son Joo-young is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.13/
The starting showdown between the rising left-handed ace and left-handed legend. If it's expected before the season, it should be 'Korean Series in advance', but this time the position is different.

LG Twins Son Joo-young and KIA Tigers Yang Hyun-jong will meet with the team's fate.

LG and KIA will play three consecutive games on the weekend starting on the 25th in Gwangju, and the two of them will be in charge of starting the first game.




The team situation is that both must win.

LG lost 1-3 to the NC Dinos the previous day. He took the mound with the first starter, Yoni Chirinos, and lost to NC for the first time in a 1-2 losing series of the season.

LG is slowing down after Eliaser Hernandez was injured. It is 5 wins and 4 losses in 9 games since the match against Samsung on the 15th when Hernandez emerged. LG, which had previously been on a high march with 14 wins and 3 losses, went 19 wins and 7 losses. It's 4.5 games behind the second-place Hanwha Eagles.




LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop said "Hernandez is out due to injury. I need to make more plus in a good overall situation for the team..."In the end, players' injuries can come at any time and we need to be prepared."," he said, expressing regret over the bad news of the injury.

KIA still hasn't achieved a 50% win rate. He is tied for seventh with the Doosan Bears with 11 wins and 14 losses.

It was especially bad during the away game in Daegu during the week. He played Hwang Dong-ha with Kim Do-hyun, a Korean starter, on the 23rd and 24th, but was completely defeated by the Samsung batters. On the 23rd, Samsung failed to target Choi Won-tae and lost 2-7, lost to Won Tae-in on the 24th, and lost a lot of points in the second half of the game and suffered a 5-17 defeat.




LG and Son Joo-young are sluggish in the beginning, KIA and Yang Hyun-jong. The result of the left-handed ace face-off before the MVP return game is
KT-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 17th. Yang Hyun-jong, who finished the fifth inning without losing a point, is welcoming the fielders. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.4.17/
LG and Son Joo-young are sluggish in the beginning, KIA and Yang Hyun-jong. The result of the left-handed ace face-off before the MVP return game is
LG-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 8th. Starting pitcher Son Joo-young is pitching. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.4.8/
Both LG and KIA need to reverse the bad atmosphere recently, and they cannot miss the victory even more because they were competing for first place last year. Since LG is currently in first place, it is a big obstacle for KIA, which aims to win its second consecutive Korean Series title. LG also needs to win a lot when they can win because KIA is a team that can come up anytime this season.

LG Son Joo-young and KIA Yang Hyun-jong also need to win. Son Joo-young, who has 3 wins and 1 loss with a 3.81 ERA in five games, won three consecutive games in the beginning, but won two games in a row??had to cry in the weather. On the 13th, Doosan recorded its first loss in three innings of six hits, three walks and six runs due to poor control due to strong winds in hail. In the match against Incheon SSG on the 19th, just before, he was throwing well with one hit and five strikeouts until the third inning, and the team was leading 2-0, but he was replaced after 2 hours and 19 minutes due to rain in the top of the fourth inning.

It's time to break the bad luck and return to ace mode.

Yang Hyun-jong is off to a bad start this season. Although he is a slow-starter, he has lost three games without winning five games and has a 6.31 ERA. He has only one quality start, and his hit rate is not good at 348.

Since the team is also in a two-game losing streak, Yang Hyun-jong has to break his losing streak and his team's losing streak.

This day is also the return match of last year's MVP, KIA Kim Do-young. Yang Hyun-jong will return to heaven and earth. If Kim Do-young raises the atmosphere of KIA's batting lineup, it could be a turning point.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.