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| The LG-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 24th. Son Joo-young raises his thumb toward third baseman Moon Bo-kyung, who handled Kim Sun-bin's hit with an infield grounder with one out in the bottom of the fourth inning. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.24/ |
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| LG-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 24th. LG starter Son Joo-young is pitching. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.24/ |
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| LG-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 24th. LG starter Son Joo-young is preparing to pitch. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.24/ |
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LG Twins Son Joo-young got a chance to win 10 games in her fourth attempt.
Son Joo-young started in an away game against the NC Dinos at Changwon NC Park on the 26th and recorded eight hits, one walk, four strikeouts, and four runs (non-earned) in five innings. With the team leading 7-4 and 3 points, he was replaced by Lee Jung-yong in the bottom of the sixth inning and met the requirements for a winning pitcher. If LG wins like this, Son Joo-young will win 10 games in his first season. In addition, LG will produce four pitchers with 10 wins for the third time in the team's history after 1994 and 1998, along with Lim Chan-kyu (11 wins) and Chirinos Song Seung-ki (10 wins).
It was Son's fourth 10th attempt. Son Joo-young, who won nine games against KT on July 30, failed to win the game against Doosan in Jamsil on the 5th (two runs in five innings), Hanwha in Jamsil on the 10th (two runs in six innings (1 earned) and Lotte in Jamsil on the 20th (four hits and three runs in six innings). Meanwhile, Chirinos and Lim Chan-kyu and Song Seung-ki reached the 10th victory mark in turn.
Now, only Son Joo-young is left, which is a personal burden.
Every inning, the runner went to the scoring position and blocked well despite the difficulties, leading the inning.
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| LG-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 24th. LG starter Son Joo-young is pitching. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.24/ |
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| LG-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 24th. LG starter Son Joo-young is pitching. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.24/ |
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| LG-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 24th. LG starter Son Joo-young is preparing to pitch. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.24/ |
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In the bottom of the first inning, when Choi Won-joon gave up a hit, an infield grounder, and a walk to Davison, Son Joo-young, who was on the verge of being on the first and third bases with two outs, struck out Park Gun-woo. In the bottom of the second inning, he got a hit by Kim Hyung-joon after one out and gave up to second base on a wild pitch after two out, but struck out No. 9 Chun Jae-hwan.
At the bottom of the third inning, Choi Won-joon and Park Min-woo had consecutive hits and faced a crisis of one out and first and third bases, but Davison was caught with a double play in front of the third baseman.
With the support of the batters, Son Joo-young, who was heading for 10 wins with a generous 5-0 lead, was chased by a unfortunate run in the bottom of the fourth inning. After one out, Lee Woo-sung was allowed a double to left-center, and third baseman Koo Bon-hyuk failed to catch Kim Hyung-joon's ground ball in front of the third baseman properly, making it the first and second bases. Kim Hwi-jip's right-handed hit led to the bases loaded with one out, and Chun Jae-hwan's fly to right field allowed his first run. With two outs and runners on the first and third bases, Kim Joo-won gave up another run on the right-handed hit, and Choi Won-joon allowed a two-run double to the left-center to make it 5-4. It was on the verge of a tie with two outs and second base, but he caught Park Min-woo with a fly to center field and stopped at a point difference.
He also sent out a runner in the bottom of the fifth inning, but allowed no runs. After striking out the lead Davison, Park Kun-woo went to first base due to a shortstop error, but he caught Lee Woo-sung with a fly to left field, and Park Dong-won caught Park Min-woo's second base steal with a quick throw to finish the fifth inning. He has 94 pitches until the fifth inning, so he can't take the mound in the sixth inning considering his appearance on Sunday.
It was an unstable lead by one point, but LG added two more runs in the top of the sixth inning with Moon Bo-kyung's sacrifice fly and Choi Won-young's timely hit, leading to a 7-4 3-point gap.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
