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| The game between Hanwha and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 29th, and LG Moon Bo-kyung is happy after hitting a hit in the bottom of the 8th inning. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.05.29/ |
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| The game between Hanwha and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 29th, LG Austin at first base with no outs in the bottom of the fourth inning, hits and shares joy. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.05.29/ |
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| In the game between Hanwha and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 29th, LG Kim Hyun-soo is happy to hit an RBI come-from-behind hit in the bottom of the seventh inning with two outs and runners on the first and second bases. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.05.29/ |
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We've reached the limit now.
Two weeks have passed since Moon Bo-kyung, the fourth batter of the LG Twins, played as the designated hitter due to knee pain. Moon Bo-kyung, who took a rest due to knee pain against Lotte in Busan on May 22, played as a pinch hitter against Incheon SSG on the 23rd and started as a designated hitter from the 24th.
In the meantime, Koo Bon-hyuk mainly played at third base, but when Koo Bon-hyuk moved to shortstop as Oh Ji-hwan was out, Lee Young-bin, Moon Jung-bin, and Son Yong-joon participated.
More than two weeks have passed, but Moon Bo-kyung's knee condition has not improved significantly. However, Moon Bo-kyung cannot continue to play only as a designated hitter.
As Moon Bo-kyung plays only as a designated hitter, other players continue to defend and play full-time.
LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop said, `As Moon Bo-kyung is coming out as a designated hitter, hitters such as Austin and Kim Hyun-soo who needed to take a break once in a while continued to play without resting"I don't think Moon Bo-kyung can continue as the designated hitter." It's time for the other players to get tired as well."
However, Moon Bo-kyung cannot continue to play as third baseman right now. Coach Yeom said, `I think I'll have to play third base for one or two games a week.' When Moon Bo-kyung goes to third base, Kim Hyun-soo or Austin plays as designated batters and manages his physical strength.
He is starting to show a big difference in defense as well. When Oh Ji-hwan played shortstop, Koo Bon-hyuk entered third base and had no problem with defense, but as Oh Ji-hwan was out, Koo Bon-hyuk moved to shortstop, making the third base unstable.
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| The game between SSG and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 10th, and LG third baseman Kim Joo-sung committed a bad pitch to the first base when SSG Ko Myung-joon hit a ball in the top of the first inning with two outs. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.06.10/ |
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| A game between SSG and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 10th, and LG Son Joo-young, with two outs and runners on first base, is receiving first aid after being hit by SSG Herredia in the top of the first inning. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.06.10/ |
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| A game between SSG and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 10th, and LG third baseman Kim Joo-sung is unable to capture SSG Kim Sung-wook's ball in his glove in the top of the fourth inning. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.06.10/ |
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In the end, things happened. As soon as Kim Joo-sung came up to the first team on the 10th, he started as a third baseman against SSG, and made an error in the top of the first inning that led to a run with two outs and second base. After catching No. 4 Ko Myung-joon's ground ball well, he allowed one run due to his goofy bad pitch. The problem was next. Herredia's first pitch hit starter Son Joo-young's left shin. Fortunately, it was not a big injury, but Son Joo-young continued to pitch, but he became a losing pitcher with 10 hits and five runs (four earned runs) in four ⅔ innings, perhaps due to the aftermath of the hit. Kim Joo-sung also failed to catch the ball that came to him properly even afterwards, perhaps because of his psychological self-blame that Son Joo-young was hit by a ball due to his mistake, and was eventually replaced by Kim Min-soo in the top of the fifth inning.
Moon Bo-kyung has a batting average of 322, 73 hits, 13 home runs, 46 RBIs and 49 runs in 63 games this season. All seven offensive categories except for stolen bases, including fourth place in batting, third place in home runs, fourth place in RBIs, fourth place in most hits, first place in runs, second place in on-base percentage (0.435), and fourth place in slugging percentage (0.551).
The defense is also very stable as a third baseman, so LG just wants Moon Bo-kyung to quickly get out of knee pain and return to third baseman. However, it is not improving quickly, so we do not know when he will be able to play full-time third baseman. In fact, it is more important to manage Moon Bo-kyung's knee condition not to deteriorate as the main player is no longer required for LG, where Hong Chang-ki is out for the season.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
