At Jamsil, he won 21 defense games, and is 3.5G behind second place. Chagrin hero Park Hae-min's excellent defense is crucial

May 27, 2025

At Jamsil, he won 21 defense games, and is 3.5G behind second place. Chagrin hero Park Hae-min's excellent defense is crucial
In a game between Hanwha and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 27th, LG center fielder Park Hae-min is catching Hanwha Choi Jae-hoon's ball in the top of the third inning. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.05.27/



At Jamsil, he won 21 defense games, and is 3.5G behind second place. Chagrin hero Park Hae-min's excellent defense is crucial
A game between Hanwha and LG held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 27th, LG Lim Chan-kyu is cheering by striking out Hanwha Choi Jae-hoon with two outs in the top of the seventh inning. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.05.27/
At Jamsil, he won 21 defense games, and is 3.5G behind second place. Chagrin hero Park Hae-min's excellent defense is crucial
The game between Hanwha and LG held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 27th, LG won 2-1. Park Myung-geun and Park Dong-won sharing the joy of victory. Jamsil= Reporter Huh Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com/2025.05.27/
LG Twins is currently in a crisis. Three must-win teams were missing from the closing Jang Hyun-sik, including veteran setup man Kim Kang-ryul and Bae Jae-joon, who pitched well this year. In fact, only two must-win groups, Kim Jin-sung and Park Myung-geun, are reliable in a one-point gap or crisis. On top of that, Hong Chang-ki was ruled out for the season due to a ruptured knee ligament, and most of the main players are playing hard in small injuries. LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop said, "It hurts my head to plan the lineup considering the players' injuries.

But LG is in first place. He is even widening the gap with second place.

LG won 2-1 at home against the Hanwha Eagles in Jamsil on the 27th, keeping the two points earned in the first inning until the end with starter Lim Chan-kyu's good pitching of one run in seven innings and Kim Jin-sung and Park Myung-geun's scoreless finish.




LG, which won two consecutive games, recorded 34 wins, 1 draw, and 18 losses, while Hanwha recorded 31 wins and 22 losses. Now, the first and second-place wins are 3.5 games wide. The Lotte Giants, who were third in the three-game gap, also lost to the Samsung Lions on the same day, and the gap with LG became four games. It seems to be more different from the second place group than when they run to the first place.

LG played as Moon Sung-joo (right wing), Kim Hyun-soo (left wing), Austin (first baseman), Moon Bo-kyung (designated hitter), Park Dong-won (captor), Koo Bon-hyuk (captor), Shin Min-jae (second baseman), Park Hae-min (middle fielder), and Lee Young-bin (third baseman), while Hanwha played Floral (center fielder), Ha Joo-seok (striker), Moon Hyun-bin (left wing), Noh Si-hwan (third baseman) - Chae Eun-sung (first baseman) - Lee Jin-young (right wing) - Kim In-hwan (designated hitter) - Choi Jae-hoon (captor.

It was a must-see game for LG, with Lim Chan-kyu of 7 wins and 1 loss and Hwang Jun-seo of Hanwha as a new starter.




The first inning was crucial. After two outs, Austin's left-handed hit and fastball gave him a chance to second base, and Moon Bo-kyung immediately scored one point with a right-handed hit. Hwang Jun-seo did not miss the shaking. Park Dong-won drew a walk and led the chance to the first and second bases, and Koo Bon-hyuk, who recently showed a good batting sense, hit the first pitch and connected it to the left-handed hit to make it 2-0. Shin Min-jae walks again and gets the bases loaded with two outs, and one hit can lead to a big inning. However, Park Hae-min grounded out in front of the shortstop and failed to score additional points.

It seemed that additional points would continue to be scored, but the LG lineup was rather blocked by Hwang Joon-seok. He only got two walks until the fifth inning, but remained hitless. At the bottom of the fourth inning, Park Hae-min drew a walk and stole second base, but it was regrettable that he was out after being threatened by Hwang Joon-seo while digging up to third base.

At Jamsil, he won 21 defense games, and is 3.5G behind second place. Chagrin hero Park Hae-min's excellent defense is crucial
In the game between Hanwha and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 27th, LG Park Hae-min catches Hanwha Floral's ball in the top of the 8th inning. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.05.27/
At Jamsil, he won 21 defense games, and is 3.5G behind second place. Chagrin hero Park Hae-min's excellent defense is crucial
In the game between Hanwha and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 27th, second baseman Park Hae-min is being chased by intimidation during LG Lee Young-bin's at-bat with one out and second base in the bottom of the fourth inning. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.05.27/
At Jamsil, he won 21 defense games, and is 3.5G behind second place. Chagrin hero Park Hae-min's excellent defense is crucial
The game between Hanwha and LG held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 27th, LG won 2-1. LG players sharing their joy of victory. Jamsil = Reporter wook@sportschosun.com/2025.05.27/
Lim Chan-kyu pitched well with two hits and two walks until the fifth inning. In the top of the third inning, Hwang Young-mook hit a double and was on the verge of being on second base with one out, but he did not give a score.

After two outs in the top of the sixth inning, Moon Hyun-bin doubled to the left and Roh Si-hwan hit to the left and lost his first run. In the top of the seventh inning, he also allowed a right-handed hit to the leadoff Lee Jin-young, but he caught pinch runner Lee Won-seok with a check ball and struck out Kim In-hwan and Choi Jae-hoon in a row to complete his mission. Quality start plus with five hits, two walks, seven strikeouts and one run in seven innings.

Lim Chan-kyu, who became a winning pitcher on the day and earned his eighth win (one loss) of the season, became a joint leader in multiple wins along with Lotte's Park Se-woong and Hanwha's Ponce. He also lowered his ERA from 2.56 to 2.43

Later, in the top of the eighth inning, Kim Jin-sung came out and the runner went out due to an error after two outs, but he caught Moon Hyun-bin with a ground ball in front of the first base, and in the top of the ninth inning, Park Myung-geun finished with a three-out strikeout against the centerline, securing a thrilling victory by one point. Kim Jin-sung had 15 holds and Park Myung-geun had four saves.

LG manager Yeom Kyung-yup said after the game that he was able to bring the overall flow of the game to our side by scoring the first run with RBIs by Moon Bo-kyung and Koo Bon-hyuk in the first inning"Isn't there an additional point?" It was a game, but Kim Jin-sung and Park Myung-geun, the perfect pitching and must-win group of starter Lim Chan-kyu, were able to win by doing their part well," he said of the factors behind his victory.

Then "The decisive role of today's victory was Park Hae-min's excellent defense. I want to praise all the players who showed their concentration centered on Park Hae-min." Center fielder Park Hae-min chased Lee Jin-young's double-base hit deep in the left-center in the top of the second inning, jumped slightly and caught it, and in the top of the third inning, Choi Jae-hoon's short hit hit ran forward and fell and caught it. In the top of the eighth inning, when they were chased 2-1, Floral showed off his tremendous defense by running and catching a big hit that flew toward the fence in the middle.

Jamsil Stadium sold out 23,750 people to watch the first and second place match even on weekdays. Manager Yeom said, `Thanks to the enthusiastic support of the fans who filled Jamsil Baseball Stadium today, the players were able to show their concentration and win. Thank you very much."



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.