Stop the 2nd place crash. The pride of the first round. Will the first starter without losing a point against Doosan save LG
May 06, 2025
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The LG Twins lost 2-5 against the Doosan Bears on Children's Day in Jamsil on the 5th. 5th starter Song Seung-ki blocked Doosan's batting line with 4 runs in 6 innings, but LG hitters failed to target Doosan's starting Cole Irvin. There was a chance to change the flow several times, but he lost without a shot.
LG, which won two consecutive games after five consecutive losses, failed to continue its trend and lost 22-13. And the Hanwha Eagles, who defeated the Samsung Lions 3-1 on the day, won seven consecutive games and became 22-13 to tie the two for first place.
It is unfamiliar to LG, which has won seven consecutive opening games and ranked first all along, that there is another team next to it. And now, if he loses, he is in a situation where there may be a fear that he could go down to second place. It is said that even if the ranking goes down, it can go up again, but suddenly falling to second place after ranking first with a good performance for more than a month cannot avoid a decline in the team's atmosphere.
Therefore, the game against Doosan on the 6th is a game that LG must win unconditionally. The first starter, Yoni Chirinos, was in charge of the victory.
Chirinos is 4-1 with a 1.67 ERA in seven games this season. Only once, he recorded quality starts six times except for voluntarily replacing two runs (one earned run) in five innings due to fatigue in his right arm against Jamsil NC Dinos on April 24.
On April 30, the previous game against Hanwha in Daejeon, he recorded four hits, two walks, six strikeouts and one run in six innings, and came down with a 2-1 lead to qualify as a winning pitcher, but the team later lost the game and failed to record a victory.
Currently, LG is the most reliable pitcher. He throws well in Jamsil. He pitched in four games with a 3-1 record and a 1.50 ERA.
On April 12, against Doosan, he became a winning pitcher with three hits, one walk, and eight strikeouts in six innings. It was Chirinos' only scoreless game. At that time, Park Joon-young and Yang Eui-ji Cave had hits one by one, and Yang Eui-ji also gave up a walk.
Doosan starter Choi Won-joon has three losses and a 3.93 ERA without winning seven games. He started against LG on April 11, when he recorded a quality start with four hits (one home run) and one run in six innings.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
