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| A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 18th. LG Shin Min-jae, with the bases loaded with no outs, cheers after hitting a timely hit in the bottom of the fifth inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.18/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 18th. LG Lee Jung-yong is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.18/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 18th. LG Park Hae-min steals third base in the bottom of the fifth inning with no outs and runners on the first and second bases. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.18/ |
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The LG Twins won the game with Song Chan's walk-off grounder in the bottom of the ninth inning after a lot of hard work and narrowed the gap with the first place to half a game.
In the home game against the NC Dinos in Jamsil on the 18th, the starting Chirinos battled NC with six runs in four ⅔ innings, and allowed an 8-8 tie due to a series of disappointing errors, but Song Chan's groundout in front of the shortstop came out with one out and runners on the first and third bases in the bottom of the ninth inning to win 9-8. LG, which had 41 wins, 2 draws and 28 losses, narrowed it down to a half-game with the Hanwha Eagles (42 wins, 1 draw and 28 losses) who lost to the Lotte Giants on the same day, and had expectations for retaking the top spot.
NC seemed to catch a big fish by drawing six runs against Chirinos, LG's ace, but the pitchers' giving up 10 walks became a source of concern and eventually suffered a come-from-behind loss.
LG's starting lineup consisted of Shin Min-jae (2nd baseman), Kim Hyun-soo (left fielder), Austin (1st baseman), Moon Bo-kyung (3rd baseman), Park Dong-won (captor), Moon Sung-joo (designated hitter), Koo Bon-hyuk (striker), Choi Won-young (right fielder), and Park Hae-min (midfielder). The order of the nine players was the same as the previous day, and only Kim Hyun-soo played in left field and Moon Sung-joo became the designated hitter was different. LG registered Lee Jung-yong, who was discharged from Sangmu the previous day, in the first team.
NC had a different lineup than the previous day. Kim Joo-won (striker), Kwon Hee-dong (left fielder), Park Min-woo (second baseman), Davison (designated hitter), Son Ah-seop (right fielder), Seo Ho-cheol (first baseman), Kim Hwi-jip (third baseman), Kim Hyung-joon (fourth baseman), and Ko Seung-wan (middle fielder). Seo Ho-chul, who was in the first division, started as the sixth batter, and Ko Seung-wan, who was in the first division, started for the first time as he showed a good batting average of 355 (39 hits in 110 at-bats) in the Futures League.
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| A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 18th. LG Chirinos is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.18/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 18th. NC Kim Nok-won is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.18/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 18th. Shin Min-jae scores at the bottom of the first inning when LG Moon Bo-kyung was on the second and third bases with one out. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.18/ |
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LG's starting showdown between Yoni Chirinos and NC's Kim Nok-won is leaning toward LG. As expected, LG led in the beginning.
In the bottom of the first inning, LG, which created a chance with Shin Min-jae's walk, Kim Hyun-soo's right-handed hit, and Austin's fly to center field, scored the first run with Moon Bo-kyung's sacrifice fly to left field, and in the bottom of the second inning, Shin Min-jae's hit with two outs and a runner on second base made a run. Kim Hyun-soo and Austin then drew back-to-back walks, loading the bases with two outs, and certainly had a chance to catch the early win.
At this time, NC also quickly replaced the pitcher with Choi Sung-young. However, Moon Bo-kyung picked up a walk to push after the full count match and made it 3-0.
It was a pity that Park Dong-won could not run away further as he stepped down with a fly to center field.
Chirinos pitched well with one hit and no runs until the second inning, but NC immediately chased and the flow began to change.
The first and second bases were made with consecutive hits by the leader Kim Hyung-joon and Ko Seung-wan. Ko Seung-wan's first hit since his debut.
Kim Joo-won stepped down with a fly to left field, but Kwon Hee-dong drew a walk, leading to a chance to load the bases with one out, and Park Min-woo hit a two-run heavy hit, making it a two-and-three race at once.
In the top of the third inning, NC made a gear turnaround. NC, which tied the game 3-3 with Kim Joo-won's left-handed hit with Kim Hyung-joon's walk, later scored two more points and led 5-3 with Kwon Hee-dong's double on the left-field line, Park Min-woo's right-handed hit, and Davison's heavy hit.
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| A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 18th. In the top of the third inning, NC Ko Seung-wan is hitting a hit with no outs and no outs. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.18/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 18th. Ko Seung-wan, who scored when NC Park Min-woo hit with one out in the top of the third inning, is cheering as he enters the dugout. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.18/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 18th. LG catcher Park Dong-won claims to interfere with defense after colliding with Kwon Hee-dong when NC Kim Joo-won stole second base in the top of the fourth inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.18/ |
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LG also had a chance to load the bases with one out in the bottom of the fourth inning with Shin Min-jae's walk, Kim Hyun-soo's hit to the left, and Austin's walk, but Moon Bo-kyung's ground ball in front of the second base only earned one run. With two outs and runners on the second and third bases, Park Dong-won stepped up, but the inning ended with a rookie strikeout to the changed pitcher Lee Joon-hyuk.
NC replaced Gari LG starter Chirinos in the top of the fifth inning. Kim Hyung-joon scored one more point with a hit that hit the left fence and led 6-4 with one out and second base made by the lead Seo Ho-chul. Ko Seung-wan struck out, but when Kim Joo-won hit a right-handed hit to reach first and second base with two outs, LG eventually raised Jang Hyun-sik.
Chirinos had never been replaced before the fifth inning in the previous 14 games, but this time he had to go down the mound in four ⅔ innings. After coming to the KBO League, he was on the verge of losing the game, allowing the most 6 runs on 11 hits. Jang Hyun-sik caught Kwon Hee-dong with a foul fly to right field to prevent additional runs.
LG cheered up in the bottom of the fifth inning. With the bases loaded with no outs made by Moon Sung-joo's right-handed hit, Koo Bon-hyuk's surprise bunt hit, and Choi Won-young's right-handed hit, Park Hae-min took a walk from the changed pitcher Lim Jung-ho to make it 5-6. Shin Min-jae then hit a two-run heavy hit to turn it over 7-6. A surprise double steal was successful on the first and second bases with no outs and runners on the second and third bases with no outs. Kim Hyun-soo struck out, but Austin automatically walked to four pitches, leading to a bases-loaded walk with one out.
Moon Bo-kyung hit a sacrifice fly to center field to make it 8-6. With two outs and runners on the first and third bases, Park Dong-won struck out and failed to run away further.
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| A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 18th. In the top of the eighth inning, NC's Choi Jung-won, with one out and a runner on the first base, is aiming at the home by taking advantage of the catcher's throwing error after stealing the second base. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.18/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 18th. In the top of the eighth inning, NC's Choi Jung-won, with one out and a runner on the first base, is aiming at the home by taking advantage of the catcher's throwing error after stealing the second base. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.18/ |
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NC chased again. In the top of the sixth inning, Park Min-woo and Davison made consecutive hits to first and third bases with one out. At this time, Kim Jin-sung also came up instead of Jang Hyun-sik. In Seo Ho-cheol's at-bat, first baseman Son Ah-seop's second base steal succeeded to reach second and third bases, and one hit allowed him to tie the game, but Seo Ho-cheol hit a sacrifice fly to left field to narrow the gap to 7-8, one point.
Lee Jung-yong, who LG had been waiting for in the top of the seventh inning with a one-run lead, took the mound. He handled the lead Kim Hyung-joon with a 115km curve on the second pitch to right field, catching his first first first-team out count this season. No. 9 Chun Jae-hwan is allowed to walk after a full count match. He caught Kim Joo-won with a fly to shortstop on the first pitch, but he walked Kwon Hee-dong again, with two outs and runners on the first and second bases. However, he handled Park Min-woo with a 145-kilometer outside fastball to strike out swinging and ending his first pitching after his discharge.
In the bottom of the seventh inning, LG created an opportunity for one out and second base with Park Hae-min's hit and Shin Min-jae's sacrifice bunt, but Kim Hyun-soo's groundout in front of the shortstop and Moon Bo-kyung's groundout in front of the second base failed to score an additional point.
Then NC got a lucky tie in the top of the eighth inning. After one death, Choi Jung-won hit a left-handed hit from the changed pitcher Lee Ji-gang and stole second base when Seo Ho-cheol was at bat. At this time, catcher Park Dong-won's throw fell back and Choi Jung-won ran to third base. Center fielder Park Hae-min threw to third base, which fell into the foul area on the third base. Choi Jung-won ran home without delay, and pitcher Lee Ji-gang, who had been back-up, caught the ball and threw it home again, so it was safe. It was a lucky 8-8 tie for LG, which is ridiculous for LG, and for NC.
The 9th inning is a match between the two teams. LG closer Yoo Young-chan came out in the top of the ninth inning and blocked it with three outs. At the bottom of the ninth inning, NC finished off Ryu Jin-wook. After one out, Park Hae-min walked to get on base after a full count match. Shin Min-jae's right-handed hit then created a finishing chance for the first and third bases. And Song Chan's first at-bat in the top of the eighth inning when he was defending. He hit a ground ball in front of the shortstop, but shortstop Kim Joo-won caught it and missed it. He set it right, threw it to second base, and threw it to first base, but Song Chan-ui was safe and Park Hae-min homered in the meantime, ending the game 9-8.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
