The 1.5G car is being chased, but NC, ranked 8th, and Kiwoom, ranked 10th, met the flower road? There is a thorn. Logan, Riley, Rosenberg, Alcantara Meet

Jun 03, 2025

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/

In the first game of a doubleheader between NC and Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 11th, NC starter Logan is pitching hard. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.05.11/

The Hanwha-NC match held at Changwon NC Park on the 30th. NC starter Riley is pitching. Changwon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.30/

LG Twins are again trailing second by 1.5 games. There may be baseball fans who think they can relax a little bit in this week's schedule. This is because they will hold six consecutive games with the NC Dinos, ranked eighth, and the Kiwoom Heroes, ranked 10th.

But the reality is that it is not. Rather, it is likely to have four consecutive games with the opponent's foreign aces, so a tough week is waiting.

LG will play three consecutive games during the week against NC in Changwon on the 3rd. NC remains in eighth place, but with 24 wins, 3 draws and 27 losses, it is only 3.5 games behind KT Wiz (30 wins, 3 draws and 26 losses) in fifth place. LG played five games against NC this year, with 3 wins and 2 losses.

In May, he ranked fourth with 13 wins, 3 draws and 10 losses. The team's ERA in May was second overall with 3.58 and the team's batting average was fourth with 256. Since LG ranked fifth with a 3.88 ERA in May and a team batting average of 2666, NC had a good mound in May, and LG had better batting.

In this three consecutive games, NC will have Mok Ji-hoon on the 3rd, Logan Allen on the 4th and Riley Thompson on the 5th in the rotation. Both appeared in two games against LG.

Logan had only one loss but had a good ERA of 2.61. On March 28, he pitched well with six hits (one home run) and two runs in six innings in Changwon, but failed to record a win or loss due to lack of support from the batters. On April 23, he became a losing pitcher with five hits and one run in four ⅓ innings in Jamsil.

Riley had one win and one loss and a 4.76 ERA, and he became a losing pitcher with seven hits (two homers) and nine runs (six earned) in five ⅓ innings in Changwon on March 29, the first meeting, but he became a winning pitcher with three hits and no runs in six innings in Jamsil on April 24. Riley continued his good pitching and won five consecutive games, but lost the match against Hanwha on May 30 with six runs (five earned) in six innings.

After the three consecutive games against NC, you have to be more careful in meeting last-place Kiwoom. This is because they meet both foreign pitchers. According to the rotation, he is likely to play Kenny Rosenberg on the 6th and Raul Alcantara on the 7th.

The LG-SSG match held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 25th. LG won the game 9-3. Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop is giving high fives with the players. Incheon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.25/

Samsung-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 20th. Starting pitcher Rosenberg is pitching. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.20/

Kiwoom Alcantara starting pitching.

Rosenberg went 1-1 with a 2.08 ERA in two appearances against LG. He became a winning pitcher with four hits and no runs in eight innings at the Gocheok game on April 9, but he became a losing pitcher with six hits and four runs (three earned runs) in five innings at Jamsil game on May 14. Rosenberg is showing a very strong side in Gocheok, so LG should be especially vigilant. He is 3-1 with a 1.86 ERA in six appearances at Gocheok.

Alcantara, who returned, reported a brilliant return with six hits and no runs in six innings against Doosan in Gocheok on the 1st.

Kiwoom remains in last place with a 20% winning rate this season, but when a foreign pitcher comes out, it is no different from other teams. Kiwoom also has a high probability of winning when a foreign pitcher comes out, so the players' mindsets and bullpen preparations are inevitably different. The fact that Doosan lost 0-1 to Kiwoom's Rosenberg and Alcantara last weekend, and manager Lee Seung-yeop voluntarily resigned on the 2nd, the next day, shows how shocking the defeat was.

Starting with Song Seung-ki on the 3rd in the rotation, Son Joo-young, Eliaser Hernandez, Yonny Chirinos, and Lim Chan-kyu will play against NC and Kiwoom foreign pitchers in turn. Last weekend, Samsung lost three consecutive games to Hernandez, Chirinos, and Lim Chan-kyu, and was chased by second-ranked Hanwha by 1.5 games, so we have to firmly secure the first place in the six consecutive games against the lower teams, but the situation is by no means easy. The return of closer Yoo Young-chan gives the bullpen a breath, but the disturbing factor is that he met with Hanwha and Samsung last week and saw his team batting average drop to 246%.

Is the six-game series against NC and Kiwoom an opportunity or a crisis for LG.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.