Rosenberg 13K Fantastic To LG Announces Birth Of A New Killer, Second Defeat Of The Shock Season

Apr 09, 2025

Rosenberg 13K Fantastic To LG Announces Birth Of A New Killer, Second Defeat Of The Shock Season
A game between the Kiwoom Heroes and the LG Twins at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 9th. Kiwoom Rosenberg smiles after pitching scoreless until the seventh inning. Gocheok = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.09/



Is it a moment to announce the birth of a new LG killer.

Kiwoom Heroes broke the momentum of the LG Twins, which was doing well, and escaped from three consecutive losses. Foreign ace Rosenberg made the right accident.

Kiwoom won 4-0 in the second game of the three consecutive games against LG at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 9th with Rosenberg's performance in eight innings with 13 strikeouts and three home runs.




Kiwoom escaped from three consecutive losses by beating strong team LG, and the rebound created an opportunity. On the contrary, LG, which had shown tremendous momentum with 10 wins and 1 loss since the opening, had to taste its second loss of the season.

a game against expectations. It was a game in which LG, with four consecutive wins, is likely to overwhelm Kiwoom, which has lost three consecutive games. However, it was a game that showed what would happen if the starting pitcher dominated the game.

Rosenberg 13K Fantastic To LG Announces Birth Of A New Killer, Second Defeat Of The Shock Season
A game between the Kiwoom Heroes and the LG Twins at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 9th. Kiwoom Song Sung-moon is cheering after hitting a solo shot in the bottom of the first inning. Gocheok = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.09/
Kiwoom starter Rosenberg got off to a good start, striking out two as soon as the start of the first inning and disposing of three outs.




The fielders helped Rosenberg. In the bottom of the first inning, leadoff Song Sung-moon hit his first leadoff home run in the bottom of the first inning against LG starter Hernandez.

Rosenberg's fight continued. He struck out every inning. 10 strikeouts to 2 outs in the 6th inning. Perfect. In the meantime, Kiwoom widened the gap by hitting Lee Joo-hyung in the third inning and Park Joo-hong in the fourth inning with a solo shot.

Rosenberg also struck out Moon Jung-bin and Koo Bon-hyuk in the sixth inning to gain momentum. But this is where the scene through came out. showed such a perfect control that a real pitch came out. The first slider was pushed to the middle. Koo Bon-hyuk also failed to get the timing right. The backlog became a lucky rip-off hit that fell between the first baseman and the right fielder. Perfect, the moment the no-hitter breaks. However, Rosenberg, who did not lose his concentration, struck out Hong Chang-ki and overcame the crisis of losing points.




Rosenberg 13K Fantastic To LG Announces Birth Of A New Killer, Second Defeat Of The Shock Season
A game between the Kiwoom Heroes and the LG Twins at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 9th. Kiwoom Lee Ju-hyung is cheering after hitting a solo shot with two outs in the bottom of the third inning. Gocheok = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.09/
Kiwoom accumulated the fourth score in the bottom of the sixth inning with Park Joo-hong making a sacrifice fly RBI in a chance obtained by Lee Joo-hyung's walk and Choi Joo-hwan's double against Hernandez, who was shaken. It was regrettable that Choi Joo-hwan, who was rushing home when Jeon Tae-hyun had a hit, was out, but four points were enough for Rosenberg's condition on the day.

Rosenberg allowed Moon Bo-kyung to get on base for the second time due to shortstop Kim Tae-jin's error after two outs in the seventh inning, but he roared after striking out Park Dong-won again.

Rosenberg 13K Fantastic To LG Announces Birth Of A New Killer, Second Defeat Of The Shock Season
A game between the Kiwoom Heroes and the LG Twins at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 9th. Rosenberg roars as Kiwoom left fielder Puig catches a hit by LG Hong Chang-ki with two outs and runners on the first and second bases in the top of the eighth inning. Gocheok = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.09/
The last crisis is episode 8. Song Chan-eui was struck out, and Moon Sung-joo, a pinch hitter, was handled with a fly to left field. However, pinch hitter Oh Ji-hwan allowed his first walk on the day as if he was burdened. And he got a hit by pinch hitter Kim Hyun-soo, who appeared again. However, he overcame the big crisis by catching Hong Chang-ki with a fly to left field. A well-hit ball, left fielder Puig made a bad judgment for the first time and followed it anxiously, but when he caught it hard, a sigh of relief came out from Kiwoom.

the beginning of the ninth inning of fate. Rosenberg pitched 96 pitches. He could have pitched well enough to take the mound for the shutout challenge. A shutout against the well-known LG allowed both individuals and teams to rebound.

Rosenberg faced the final crisis in the bottom of the ninth inning with consecutive hits from lead Shin Min-jae and Austin. The Kiwoom bench made a cold judgment. The player's personal record is good, but the team's victory came first. He put up the closing Joo Seung-woo. Joo Seung-woo calmly handled the sluggers of Moon Bo-kyung, Park Dong-won and Song Chan, leading to a team shutout victory.

Rosenberg 13K Fantastic To LG Announces Birth Of A New Killer, Second Defeat Of The Shock Season
A game between the Kiwoom Heroes and the LG Twins at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 9th. LG Hernandez, who committed a pitch to Kiwoom Lee Ju-hyung with one out in the bottom of the first inning, is sorry. Gocheok = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.09/
Rosenberg failed to complete and complete the shutout, but he made a strong impression by pitching hard with 13 strikeouts in eight innings. The 13 strikeouts are tied for second place in Kiwoom's history for the most in a game. The first place was 14 strikeouts set by Han Hyun-hee (currently Lotte) in 2015. Still, he was able to comfort himself by winning two games of the season.

LG starter Hernandez had four hits in five ⅓, but three of those hits were solo home runs. Four runs. He became a losing pitcher. Both of LG's two losses this season came in Hernandez's starting games.

LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop was conscious of left-hander Rosenberg and made a strong move to exclude all of the main left-handed hitters Kim Hyun-soo, Oh Ji-hwan and Park Hae-min from the starting lineup. However, he had to suffer a painful defeat as he was tricked by Rosenberg on the day, regardless of whether he played, right-handed or left-handed hitters.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.