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| A game between the LG Twins and the Kiwoom Heroes at Jamsil Stadium on the 14th. LG Song Seung-ki is catching his breath. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.14/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Kiwoom Heroes at Jamsil Stadium on the 14th. LG Song Seung-ki is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.14/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Kiwoom Heroes at Jamsil Stadium on the 14th. LG Song Seung-ki is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.14/ |
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He's the fifth starter, but he's already facing a foreign pitcher four times in a row. In fact, it can be called the first starter. Since he won two games with two quality starts, he can be called a fifth starter catching foreigners.
LG Twins' Song Seung-ki continues to take the mound steadily enough to wonder if he is the first full-time starter. This time, he beat Kiwoom's first starter Rosenberg.
In a home game against Kiwoom held in Jamsil on the 14th, Song Seung-ki pitched four hits, two walks, and five strikeouts in six innings, winning his third victory of the season with his team's 12-0 victory. The ERA also fell back to the two-point level from 3.40 to 2.96.
Song Seung-gi, who passed the crisis with two outs and runners on second base in the top of the second inning, two outs and runners on first and second base in the top of the fifth inning, said, "However, due to the large number of pitches in the first half, I thought he would be replaced by throwing 92 pitches by the fifth inning, but he also came out in the sixth inning and made a three-out strike with 16 to complete his third victory with a quality start." It's the first time I've exceeded 100 pitches since my debut. Thanks to Song Seung-ki's stable throwing in the early stages, LG won a huge 12-0 victory after leading by scoring four points in the third inning and five points in the sixth inning, and was able to beat Hanwha, which lost to Doosan, to rank first alone.
This season is the first full-time starter, and he is continuing his stable pitching to the extent that he can't believe it's his first time. The only case in which he failed to pass five innings out of eight starts was the match against Samsung on April 17 (four runs in four ⅔ innings). Since it is a fifth starter connected to the first starter, there were more days to meet the opponent's first starter or domestic ace. Opponents who have met so far include Hanwha Moon Dong-joo, KIA Yang Hyun-jong, Doosan Choi Won-joon, Samsung Won Tae-in, NC Logan, Hanwha Weiss, and Doosan Cole Irvin. Still, after continuing his pitching well without being intimidated, he also earned the honorable nickname '5 starters to catch the first starter'.
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Kiwoom Heroes at Jamsil Stadium on the 14th. LG catcher Lee Joo-heon and starter Song Seung-ki are giving high fives. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.14/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Kiwoom Heroes at Jamsil Stadium on the 14th. LG Song Seung-ki is catching his breath. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.14/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Kiwoom Heroes at Jamsil Stadium on the 14th. LG first baseman Kim Hyun-soo catches Kiwoom Song Sung-moon's ball in the top of the first inning and is tossing it toward Song Seung-ki. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.14/ |
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After the game, Song Seung-ki said, "It was a little out of balance until the third inning, and I had a lot of strength. Coach Kim Kwang-sam told me to relax a little, although I know I have strength because I take a good rest. I think the balance was good from the 4th episode," he said, evaluating his pitching on the day.
He thanked catcher Lee Joo-heon, who always plays as a partner. "Change-up and folk ball were unstable, but Jooheon quickly caught and led me that the curve and slider were good today. Jooheon helped a lot in overcoming the initial crisis. Thank you very much.
I didn't think it was a big deal to get over the first 100. Song Seung-ki said, "It's my first time in the first team, but when I was in Sangmu, I had a few games where I threw more than 100 pitches, and I pitched in the second half of 90 pitches, so it wasn't too much of a burden to get more than 100 pitches.'
I always feel what coaches and coaches call aggressive matches. Song Seung-ki said, `These days, I think I have to be aggressive to show my strengths, rather than throwing a lot of balls.' So I try to be as aggressive as possible. I still lack a lot, but I'll continue to work hard to show good performances."
Song, who joined in 2021, is still eligible for the Rookie of the Year award. Among the current candidates for the Rookie of the Year award, he is quite prominent. If he continues his full-time selection as it is, he will be able to gain the upper hand in the competition for the Rookie of the Year.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
