On Children's Day, the absolute first place is now a common first place. Is it a dream to win wire-to-wire?

May 05, 2025

On Children's Day, the absolute first place is now a common first place. Is it a dream to win wire-to-wire?
A game between the Doosan Bears and the LG Twins at Jamsil Stadium on the 5th. Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop is watching the game. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.05/



On Children's Day, the absolute first place is now a common first place. Is it a dream to win wire-to-wire?
A game between the Doosan Bears and the LG Twins at Jamsil Stadium on the 5th. LG players who lost are disappointed. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.05/
On Children's Day, the absolute first place is now a common first place. Is it a dream to win wire-to-wire?
A game between the Doosan Bears and the LG Twins at Jamsil Stadium on the 5th. In the top of the second inning, leadoff hitter LG Moon Bo-kyung is complaining of pain after being hit by Doosan starter Colerbin's first pitch. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.05/
The LG Twins, who ruled in the 'absolute first round', are now in a situation where they could go down to second place.

LG lost 2-5 in an away game against the Doosan Bears in Jamsil on the 5th, Children's Day, and Hanwha and Hanwha tied for first place with 22 wins and 13 losses as Hanwha Eagles, who were second in the first game, won 3-1 against the Samsung Lions.

On April 19, when LG dominated with 18 wins and 4 losses and a winning rate of 81.8%, Hanwha was second place. At that time, Hanwha was 13 wins and 11 losses. The difference between the two is 6 games.




Since then, LG has suffered a slump of four wins and nine losses, including five consecutive losses, and Hanwha has won seven consecutive games and gained a tremendous rise of nine wins and two losses.

The result was a side-by-side rise to the top.

If LG loses in the game on the 6th and Hanwha wins again, Hanwha will fall to first place alone and LG to second place.




LG, which had been expecting to win the Wire to Wire title since the opening game, will face a major crisis in the early stages.

Still, the good thing is that LG's starting rotation has regained stability. Coen Win, a short-term alternative foreign pitcher to replace injured Eliaser Hernandez, became the winning pitcher in his debut match on the 4th with a quality start of three runs in six innings against SSG Landers.

Again, five starters from Yonny Chirinos, Son Joo-young, Lim Chan-kyu, Koen Win and Song Seung-ki will allow Hernandez to set up May until he returns.




In mid-June, when they are exhausted, Lee Jung-yong, who is throwing as a starter in Sangmu, will come. At this time, as Lee Jung-yong comes in as a starter, the starters who have been throwing so far will be able to take a break. The bullpen will also be able to operate a more stable bullpen as Yoo Young-chan can return as early as the end of May.

If only the batters burst again like they did at the beginning of the season, they can return to the upward trend. LG scored 12 points against SSG on the 4th with home runs by Moon Bo-kyung and Park Dong-won, and scored double-digit points for the first time in a long time, but only had seven hits against Doosan on the 5th. In particular, there was no shot to break down the opponent's pitcher unfortunately in the scoring opportunity.

As manager Yeom Kyung-yeop emphasizes, LG is a team of batters. Only when the batters live and lead the team's atmosphere can the mound and defense live and rise.

A crisis situation that could go down to second place. LG will post ace Chirinos against Doosan on the 6th.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.