For now, he avoided being out for the season. Hong Chang-gi's left knee outer tibia joint microfracture was determined. A re-examination is required a week later
May 14, 2025
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Hong Chang-ki, the main outfielder of the LG Twins and the KBO League 'On base King', avoided the decision to be out of the season for now. LG said on the 14th that Hong Chang-ki was diagnosed at four hospitals and was diagnosed with a microfracture of the tibia joint outside his left knee. It is said that it is a part that does not undergo surgery"But due to swelling inside the joint, we plan to have a re-examination in a week."
The club explained that there were concerns about major injuries such as cruciate ligament rupture at the time of the injury, but so far, no ligament rupture has been seen. However, we have to wait for the results of the examination a week later. It is known that the current injury takes more than a month to return.
Hong Chang-ki started as the No. 1 right fielder in the home game against the Kiwoom Heroes in Jamsil on the 13th, the previous day, and played well with two hits and three RBIs in five at-bats, including a timely RBI hit by Masugul's two-run shot, but injured his left knee in the top of the ninth inning when he collided with first baseman Kim Min-soo while trying to catch a foul ball with the bases loaded with two outs.
With a 3-point lead of 9-6, with two outs, both Kim Min-soo and Hong Chang-ki were running to catch the ball, but unfortunately, they couldn't catch the ball, but Kim Min-soo collided with Hong Chang-ki's left knee, which was running when he fell, and Hong Chang-ki's knee was shocked. Hong Chang-ki collapsed, and all LG defenders headed for Hong Chang-ki. When the paramedics came running with a stretcher and recognized that the condition was serious, an ambulance came to the ground. He was quickly taken on a stretcher and taken to a nearby fast hospital in an ambulance.
Usually, even if an ambulance comes in, if it is not a major injury, the player often gets up and walks into the dugout, but Hong Chang-ki was expected to be a major injury in that he was quickly transferred.
The players' actions, which saw Hong Chang-ki leave in an ambulance, also showed that Hong Chang-ki was a major injury. In the subsequent game, Park Joo-hong was caught on a fly to the second baseman, and the game ended with LG's victory, but the players could not laugh. There was no ceremony on the mound, and the interview with the Su-hoon player, which is usually conducted by one fielder and one pitcher in front of the audience, was canceled after asking the fans for their understanding. Hero Austin Dean, who led the victory by hitting two home runs, politely declined interviews with broadcasts and reporters. Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop also refused to comment on the victory after the victory, but only made basic victory comments and entered the manager's office with a gloomy face.
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Hong Chang-ki's exact condition will be known a week later, but the fact that it is not a season out decision makes us breathe a sigh of relief. For the time being, the game should be played without Hong Chang-ki, but if he returns even in the second half of the year, it will be a thousand troops.
LG has never imagined a batting lineup without Hong Chang-ki. He had never left the LG outfield since he took the lead in 2020.
From 2020 to this season, he hit 312 (797 hits in 2,551 at-bats) with 17 home runs, 295 RBIs, 495 runs and 459 walks. After Samsung's Koo Ja-wook (0.314) and Kiwoom's Kim Hye-sung (0.314), he ranked third in the batting average among the players who filled the regular at-bats during the period, ranking fourth on the most hits and first on the walk. During this period, the on-base percentage is 430, ranking first. There is no denying that it has played a major role in LG's offense.
Hong Chang-ki, who was sluggish at the beginning of this season but rebounded in May, showed an even better batting performance by hitting his first home run this season. He hit a two-run shot in the bottom of the fourth inning with a 4-0 lead, receiving teammates' 'Indifference' cenemy, and in the bottom of the eighth inning with two outs and runners on the first and second bases with a 1-point lead of 7-6, he hit a wedge RBI.
Still, for the time being, I have to meet an unfamiliar LG. LG, which declared its recapture of the championship, was in a difficult situation to form a lineup without Hong Chang-ki at a time when it had to compete for the lead with Hanwha as the joint first place. LG's outfield has been composed of four main players, including Kim Hyun-soo, Park Hae-min, Hong Chang-ki and Moon Sung-joo. It was basic for three players to go out to the outfield and one to go out as a designated hitter. Now, a player who has to fill Hong Chang-ki's attack in one outfield must come out. Given his accomplishments, it is clear that it is not easy.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
