It's impossible to win back the first place. Now, he is aiming to sweep the last three consecutive games as the three domestic starters who must protect the second place
Jul 08, 2025
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The LG Twins beat the Samsung Lions 4-2 on the 7th, losing four consecutive games and barely retaking the second place. The team tied for second with the Lotte Giants (46 wins, 3 draws and 37) with 46 wins, 2 draws and 37 losses. The fourth-ranked KIA Tigers is trailing by half a game.
It is 3.5 games apart from the first-place Hanwha Eagles (49 wins, 2 draws and 33 losses), and even if Hanwha wins all three remaining games in the first half and loses all of them, it cannot turn the tables. If his performance in the remaining three games is not good, he could fall to fourth place.
For now, it is best to keep the second place and restore power during the All-Star break after the first half.
The three consecutive games against the 10th-ranked Kiwoom Heroes, which will be held in Jamsil from the 8th, will be the last series of the first half. LG wants to end the first half in a good mood with three consecutive wins.
He has 6 wins and 3 losses in his 9th match against Kiwoom this season. It means we've had two wins and one loss each.
Without foreign pitchers, three domestic starters will be responsible for the last three consecutive games against Kiwoom in the first half. In the order of rotation, Lim Chan-kyu, Son Joo-young and Song Seung-ki will take the mound in turn.
In the first half of this season, LG was able to fight for first place thanks to the performance of domestic pitchers. For Hanwha, Cody Ponce won 11 games and Ryan Weiss won 10, and the two have already won 21 games. For LG, Yoni Chirinos won 7 games and Eliaser Hernandez won 4. LG's foreign pitcher only won 12 games until one more win added to the alternative foreign pitcher Coen.
Lim Chan-kyu and Song Seung-ki won eight games each, while Son Joo-young won six. The domestic starter has 22 wins. This is second to KT Wiz's 24 wins (10 wins for Oh Won-seok, 7 wins for Ko Young-pyo, 6 wins for So Hyung-joon, 1 win for Joey-hyun).
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Son Joo-young pitched in one game and won one game. On April 8, he recorded five hits and one run in seven innings at Gocheok Stadium.
Song Seung-ki had two wins and no losses in two games with a 0.00 ERA. He became a winning pitcher with four hits and no runs in six innings in Jamsil on May 14, and another winning pitcher with two hits and no runs in seven innings in Gocheok on June 8. He is continuing his scoreless 13 innings against Kiwoom.
Starting pitchers have been throwing well against Kiwoom, so expectations are high, but how much the batters support the scoring will be important. LG ranked eighth overall with a team batting average of 233 in six games in July, and ranked last among the 10 teams with only 2.7 points per game.
Hong Chang-ki was absent and Austin was also out for a month due to a side injury, which weakened his offense.
With only three games left, both LG and Kiwoom have no choice but to go to an all-out battle. The team whose batting line bursts wins.
Will LG be able to make a bridgehead for the come-from-behind victory in the second half while keeping the second place. A match against the last place. Rather, he will play in the last three games under the pressure of winning more games.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
