The first-place team's worries are unending, with a one-point difference of nine, with Bae Jae-joon as the coach and Park Myung-geun as the coach. So what's the result? the batters solve their problems

May 16, 2025

The first-place team's worries are unending, with a one-point difference of nine, with Bae Jae-joon as the coach and Park Myung-geun as the coach. So what's the result? the batters solve their problems
A game between the LG Twins and the Kiwoom Heroes at Jamsil Stadium on the 15th. LG Bae Jae-joon is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.15/



The first-place team's worries are unending, with a one-point difference of nine, with Bae Jae-joon as the coach and Park Myung-geun as the coach. So what's the result? the batters solve their problems
A game between the LG Twins and the Kiwoom Heroes at Jamsil Stadium on the 15th. LG Park Myung-geun is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.15/
The first-place team's worries are unending, with a one-point difference of nine, with Bae Jae-joon as the coach and Park Myung-geun as the coach. So what's the result? the batters solve their problems
A game between the LG Twins and the Kiwoom Heroes at Jamsil Stadium on the 15th. The winning LG players are happy. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.15/
There's no final pitcher. There is no temporary finish. Depending on the situation, the LG Twins, a collective finishing system in which the pitcher who blocks at the end is the finisher.

As a result, we cannot help but think about who to throw in the ninth inning in the save situation. With veteran setup man Kim Kang-ryul missing from the closing Jang Hyun-sik, in fact, only Kim Jin-sung and Park Myung-geun remain in the must-win group, so how to play the two became key points in victory. Yeom said he will put the two in the most important situation in the game.

And Kim Jin-sung took the mound following starter Lim Chan-kyu in the top of the eighth inning with a 3-1 lead over Kiwoom on the 15th. If Kim Jin-sung blocks the eighth inning well, Park Myung-geun can come out in the ninth inning.




However, an error came out after one out, and Choi Joo-hwan was allowed to hit, resulting in a crisis of first and second bases. He caught Lee Joo-hyung with a fly to left field, with two outs and runners on first and second bases. When Puig came to bat, he replaced him with Park Myung-geun. Park Myung-geun had an RBI single from Puig, but struck out Oh Sun-jin and prevented additional runs.

LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop and coach Kim Kwang-sam differed in the bottom of the eighth inning over the pitcher who will go out in the ninth inning with a 3-2 and one-run difference. Coach Yeom said on the 16th "I had two left-handed hitters in the ninth inning, so let's give him Bae Jae-joon, who was preparing, and coach Kim Kwang-sam said let's give him Park Myung-geun, who has experience, as he is. "I gave him the option to take care of himself."

The first-place team's worries are unending, with a one-point difference of nine, with Bae Jae-joon as the coach and Park Myung-geun as the coach. So what's the result? the batters solve their problems
A game between the LG Twins and the Kiwoom Heroes at Jamsil Stadium on the 15th. Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop is in thought. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.15/
The first-place team's worries are unending, with a one-point difference of nine, with Bae Jae-joon as the coach and Park Myung-geun as the coach. So what's the result? the batters solve their problems
LG-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 10th. LG starter Lim Chan-kyu is talking to pitching coach Kim Kwang-sam after finishing the first inning without losing a point. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.4.10/
However, the players solved the concerns of coach Yeom and coach Kim. Park Dong-won hit a solo shot in the bottom of the eighth inning, followed by Song Chan's hit after two outs, Ham Chang-gun's double and Koo Bon-hyuk's timely hit, adding two more runs to lead 6-2. The gap widened to four points, eliminating the need to discuss save pitchers.

Coach Yeom laughed, saying, `Coach Kim said he would raise Bae Jae-joon because it was a four-point difference.'

Bae Jae-joon took the mound in the top of the ninth inning, struck out Lim Byung-wook, caught Park Joo-hong with a fly to left field, and struck out Lee Hyung-jong to end the game neatly with three outs. For LG, this kind of concern is bound to continue for the time being.

But it could be resolved by the end of next week. Yoo Young-chan, who made 26 saves last year, is scheduled to return. Coach Yeom said, `Yoo Young-chan is scheduled to play his first game in the second division on Sunday. After that, I will throw about two more times and put him in the first team if his speed exceeds 145 kilometers,' he said. "I think the speed will increase once I come to the first team and build up once."




Ham Deok-ju has also recently started throwing balls. Director Yeom said, `I think Ham Deok-ju will be able to come around mid-June"When Lee Jung-yong comes, the mound will be completed. In the meantime, if young players grow up and become a must-win group, they will be able to hold on to the bullpen and make a game where they win by hitting, even if the starter collapses like in 2023.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.