LG, the leader with 15 hits and 11 points, destroyed SSG despite the suspension of 2 hours and 35 minutes!

Apr 19, 2025

LG, the leader with 15 hits and 11 points, destroyed SSG despite the suspension of 2 hours and 35 minutes!
The KBO League SSG and LG match held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 19th. LG Austin hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.19/



Is it the dignity of the first round. The LG Twins won consecutive games without shaking despite the 155th minute of rain stoppage.

LG won 11-4 in the second match of the season against SSG Landers at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 19th. LG, which won two consecutive games on the day, secured 18 wins (four losses) of the season. While maintaining the sole lead, he secured a winning series of three away games against SGS this weekend in advance. On the other hand, SSG, which has lost six consecutive games, is on the verge of falling to the bottom as a total crisis.

▶LG starting lineup = Hong Chang-ki (right wing) - Moon Sung-joo (designated hitter) - Austin (first baseman) - Moon Bo-kyung (third baseman) - Oh Ji-hwan (striker) - Kim Hyun-soo (left wing) - Park Dong-won (catcher) - Park Hae-min (middle fielder) - Koo Bon-hyuk (second baseman) starting pitcher Son Joo-young




▶SSG starting lineup = Park Sung-han (striker) - Kim Sung-hyun (second baseman) - Kim Jihoon Choi (middle fielder) - Han Yu-sum (right fielder) - Ko Myung-jun (first baseman) - Lee Ji-young (fosu) - Oh Tae-gon (left fielder) - Hyun Won-hoe (designated hitter) - Park Ji-hwan (third baseman) starting pitcher Young-jin

The biggest variable in the game was the weather. Rain, which stopped for a while before the start of the game, began to fall again during LG's attack in the top of the first inning. Soon after leadoff hitter Hong Chang-ki grounded out to third base, and second batter Moon Sung-joo got on base with a straight walk. The rain suddenly thickened. a difficult situation to play.

LG, the leader with 15 hits and 11 points, destroyed SSG despite the suspension of 2 hours and 35 minutes!
The KBO League SSG and LG match held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 19th. The game was suspended due to rain in the top of the fourth inning. the stadium's host personnel doing ground maintenance. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.19/
In the end, two minutes into the game, the referee declared a suspension of rain. The suspension didn't last long. At 2:15 p.m., the rain didn't stop completely, but as the rain weakened, the referee asked the SSG fielders to prepare for the game again. And after about 16 minutes of suspension, the game resumed at 2:18 p.m.




LG scored the first run in the top of the second inning. With Kim Hyun-soo's hit after the first out and Park Hae-min's walk after the second out, two outs and runners on the first and second bases. No. 9 hitter Koo Bon-hyuk called second baseman Park Dong-won home with a timely hit that fell in front of left field. Another runner scored as Hong Chang-ki's hit became a timely hit to get out of the second baseman. LG took a 2-0 lead.

LG, the leader with 15 hits and 11 points, destroyed SSG despite the suspension of 2 hours and 35 minutes!
The KBO League SSG and LG match held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 19th. LG Austin hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.19/
However, during LG's attack in the top of the fourth inning, a second rain stoppage was declared. After about 2 hours and 20 minutes of suspension, the game resumed after ground maintenance. LG starter Son Joo-young, who had been pitching well with just one hit and five strikeouts until the third inning, was forced to leave the mound due to the prolonged rain stoppage time. LG replaced the pitcher with Lee Ji-gang.

However, after the resumption, LG immediately scored an additional point. Austin hit Park Si-hoo's curveball and connected it to a three-run home run on the left side in a chance with two outs and runners on the first and second bases made by Park Hae-min's bunt hit and Hong Chang-ki's walk. LG ran 5-0 at once.




LG, the leader with 15 hits and 11 points, destroyed SSG despite the suspension of 2 hours and 35 minutes!
The KBO League SSG and LG match held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 19th. LG's Hong Chang-ki hit a timely RBI single in the second inning. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.19/
SSG, which had been quiet, finally scored a follow-up score in the bottom of the fourth inning. Kim Sung-hyun's left-handed hit after one out. Jihoon Choi struck out swinging, but Han Yu-sum drew a walk and continued his hope. With two outs and runners on first and second bases. No. 5 hitter Ko Myung-joon hit a hit that fell in front of left field against Lee Ji-gang, and second baseman Kim Sung-hyun dug home, making SSG chase by four runs.

While LG was steadily on base but failed to lead to additional points, SSG succeeded in chasing to the bottom of its chin. It started with a walk by leadoff hitter Kim Sung-hyun in the bottom of the sixth inning. The Jihoon Choi also drew a walk and reached the first and second bases with no outs.

LG, the leader with 15 hits and 11 points, destroyed SSG despite the suspension of 2 hours and 35 minutes!
The KBO League SSG and LG match held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 19th. LG Park Hae-min hitting. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.19/
Han Yu-sum scored one point when he hit a timely hit against Kim Jin-sung. A chance that led to 2 outs and 2nd and 3rd base. Oh Tae-gon, the seventh batter, hit Kim Jin-sung's fastball and connected it with a two-run timely hit that fell in the left-center. SSG went on a one-point chase.

But without being able to turn it over, LG ran away again. LG made it safe with Hong Chang-ki's sacrifice bunt following leadoff hitter Koo Bon-hyuk's double in the top of the eighth inning, and pinch runner Shin Min-hyuk, who was on third base, scored due to pitcher Kim Min's wild pitch. The chances continued with Moon Sung-joo's hit, Austin's walk, and Moon Bo-kyung's hit.

With the bases loaded, Oh Ji-hwan scored an additional point with a walk to push, and another point was obtained with a walk to push Kim Hyun-soo. LG, which added a timely hit by Shin Min-jae to Park Dong-won's sacrifice fly RBI, ran away 11-4 by adding six runs in the top of the eighth inning. In fact, it solidified the atmosphere of victory.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.