The fate of the first day of the first and second place match for the 156km first-place prospect and the 87th-ranked fifth-choice team in this important game
May 19, 2025
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LG and Lotte will play three consecutive games during the week at Sajik Stadium in Busan from the 20th. LG ranks first with 30 wins and 16 losses, and Lotte is tied for second with Hanwha Eagles with 28 wins, 2 draws and 18 losses. The difference between the first and second places is only two games. In other words, if Lotte sweeps three consecutive games, the rankings of the two may change.
Of course, the first game is important, but the weakest pitcher comes out in order. Lotte's replacement starter Yoon Sung-bin will take the mound, while LG's fifth starter Song Seung-ki will take the mound.
Yoon Sung-bin had a chance to start after many twists and turns. He showed tremendous pitching in the Futures League to get a chance to start, but he missed it once due to an injury. In early May, there was an opportunity for a first-team call-up in the nine consecutive games. At that time, Yoon Sung-bin was striking out wildly in the second division.
On April 12, he allowed one hit and 10 strikeouts in five innings against KIA, and allowed one hit and eight strikeouts in six innings against Samsung on the 19th. And when he recorded two hits, 10 strikeouts, and two runs in four ⅓ innings against LG on the 29th, he seemed likely to be called up in early May, but he had to rest because his back muscle was not good.
And on the 14th, the first-team call-up was decided after returning to the game with good pitching with no hits and six strikeouts in three innings against KT. At that time, Yoon's maximum speed was 156 kilometers.
Yoon Sung-bin also got a chance to start the first team last year based on his good pitching in the Futures League. However, he pitched disappointingly four hits (one home run) and two walks and five runs in one inning against the Incheon SSG Landers on July 30 and went back down to the second team. This time, attention is being paid to whether he can overcome the burden because it is a game against No. 1 LG.
For LG, Song Seung-ki, who is the fifth starter to beat the first starter, will come out. Song Seung-ki is in the starting rotation for the first time this year and is starting as a fifth starter, showing better-than-expected pitching. He has four quality starts in eight games this season, with 3 wins, 3 losses and a 2.96 ERA. In the last four games, only foreign pitchers such as NC Logan, Hanwha Weiss, Doosan Colerbin and Kiwoom Rosenberg have met, but they have won and lost 2 games.
By saving up to 150 kilometers of strong fastballs, sliders, changeups, forks, and curves, he proves that last season's Futures League triple crown was not just luck. The game against Lotte will be his first appearance this season.
In the order of rotation, Na Kyun-an and Park Se-woong are likely to take the mound after Yoon Sung-bin, and Lim Chan-kyu and Koen-win are expected to take the mound for LG.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
