I think it's time to start next year's opening game? 1G car, No. 1 team batting average, second half opener, 5 consecutive foreigners, domestic ace who won all the burdens. 1 run and 8 wins in 6 innings
Jul 19, 2025
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Son Joo-young of the LG Twins started the opening game of the second half with a victory. He became a winning pitcher by blocking seven hits, three strikeouts and one run in six innings, even though the opponent was the third-place Lotte Giants, and Alec Gamboa, a left-handed fastball pitcher who was starting five consecutive games.
He finished the first half with 7 wins, 6 losses and a 4.15 ERA. There were ups and downs.
It was helpful to take a break from the mound once the SSG match ended on June 10 and was canceled from the entry. Since then, he has shown stability with one win and a 2.60 ERA in three starts.
The game against Lotte, the first game in the second half of the year, is a confident opponent. This is because he has been blocking 19 scoreless innings since last year.
But he lost a point in the top of the first inning. He allowed lead Hwang Sung-bin to steal second base on a hit, and gave up the first run after being hit by Jeon Joon-woo with two outs and a third base.
In the top of the second inning, Son Joo-young, who struck out Na Seung-yeop and caught Jeon Min-jae with a double play in front of the shortstop, was on the verge of the first and third base with consecutive hits by Hwang Sung-bin and Han Tae-yang after one out in the top of the third inning, but he blocked Reyes with a double play in front of the third baseman and handed over no runs. Yoon Dong-hee also allowed a hit in the top of the fourth inning, but he caught all the subsequent hitters with a mistake and finished it off. Son Joo-young, who finished with his first three-out in the top of the fifth inning, was on the verge of a left-center double by Reyes after one out in the top of the sixth, but after a full count match with Jeon Joon-woo, he finished his mission by blocking another shortstop line drive and a second-base force-out double play. He proved himself to be a left-handed ace by keeping a 1-1 lead to the end.
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LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop stressed that the role of the starting team is important at the beginning of the second half. Coach Yeom said, `It was when the starters played their part well when our team and other top teams performed well and won consecutive games. When we were good in the beginning, the starter threw well, and Hanwha ranked first because the starter was good. The same is true when Lotte and KIA were good. In the end, when the starter was good, he performed well. "When I looked at the data in the first half, one thing each team had in common was starting. In the end, the first, second, and third starters, and in the end, foreign pitchers should be considered to be at the helm."
It can be said that Son Joo-young created a chance to win by winning the selection fight against the opponent.
Son Joo-young became a hot topic when she started as the second starter this season. Coach Yeom told Son Joo-young "As this season grows, we can also select the opening game next year.", he did not hide his expectations.
Although he won seven games in the first half, he was disappointed because he had ups and downs. As the opening game of the second half was excellent, expectations for the remaining games and postseason are rising again.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
