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| A game between the LG Twins and the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Stadium on the 21st. LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop is watching the game. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.21/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Stadium on the 21st. LG Hernandez is coming down from the mound. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.21/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Stadium on the 21st. LG Lee Jung-yong is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.21/ |
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LG Twins manager Yeom Kyung-yeop is no longer holding back. He began to actively utilize the enriched must-win group.
Coach Yeom replaced starter Eliaser Hernandez in the top of the fifth inning against the Doosan Bears in Jamsil on the 21st. It was a faster replacement timing than usual. The crisis of first and second bases with no outs in a 4-3 lead. It's time to think about replacing it, but the pitcher on the mound was not just five starters, but foreign second starter Hernandez. A situation where you can wait until the tie or wait until the fifth inning. The number of pitches was also 72, which was enough.
However, manager Yeom quickly replaced it. I immediately put in Lee Jung-yong.
Hernandez gave up one run with consecutive hits in the first inning, but blocked the second and third innings well with three outs. In the fourth inning, he gave up two more runs with a walk, a right-handed hit, a wild pitch, and a double, but he didn't give up an additional point afterward, so he could have waited a little longer, but manager Yeom decided to replace it quickly, unlike before.
Lee Jung-yong allowed No. 1 Jung Soo-bin to make a sacrifice bunt, making it 1 out and 2nd and 3rd base, and Kim Dong-joon allowed the third baseman to score with a slow ground ball in front of the second base, making it 4-4. He then caught Yang Eui-ji with a fly to right field with two outs and third base and ended the fifth inning with the least run. Hernandez's performance was five hits, two walks, four strikeouts and four runs in four innings.
Afterwards, LG, who unfortunately allowed two runs by posting Son Joo-young in the top of the sixth inning, blocked Doosan's batters by posting Kim Jin-sung, Lee Ji-gang, Kim Young-woo, and Park Myung-geun, but lost 5-6 in the bottom of the ninth inning with only one point.
Although he lost, manager Yeom's timing to replace the starting pitcher showed a different pitching operation. It was an example of the willingness to actively use the increased quantity of must-win group.
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Stadium on the 21st. LG Son Joo-young is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.21/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Stadium on the 21st. LG Kim Jin-sung is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.21/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Stadium on the 21st. LG Kim Young-woo is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.21/ |
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LG's bullpen has strengthened quite a bit recently. Yoo Young-chan and Jang Hyun-sik returned from injury, and Lee Jung-yong was discharged from Sangmu, which became thicker in quantity. Last year, there were only two pitchers, closer Yoo Young-chan and setup man Kim Jin-sung, but now there are Jang Hyun-sik, Kim Jin-sung and Lee Jung-yong in Group A in front of closer Yoo Young-chan, and Park Myung-geun, Jung Woo-young, Lee Ji-gang and Kim Young-woo in Group B. Ham Deok-ju is also scheduled to be in the first team next week, making the must-win group even thicker.
When there were few must-win groups, they had to use them only when they were winning, so they had to be saved and saved. However, now that there are more reliable bullpen pitchers to use even in close situations, there is no reason to lead the starting pitcher to the fifth and sixth innings. Of course, if you throw well, it leads to the limit number of pitches, but if it is judged to pass the flow, it can be replaced without delay.
Of course, LG's starting lineup is solid. All five players have the ability to throw more than six innings. So you can throw the bullpen more boldly.
Coach Yeom said, `I think it will be the first match between now and the end of the first half. The ranking is attached, so the atmosphere in the second half can change depending on the performance for the rest of the year." I wonder what kind of report card LG will make in the remaining first half of the year, which will be an all-out bullpen game.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
