79 Screaming that he couldn't sleep due to a come-from-behind loss, praised the concentration of the players who didn't lose in a row, although it was important today for a complete victory of 101.
Aug 27, 2025
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I guess the players couldn't stand such a come-from-behind defeat. In an away game against NC held at Changwon NC Park on the 27th, the team won a complete victory of 10-1. The starting Chirinos silenced the NC batters with seven scoreless innings, and Austin hit three hits, including the first two-run shot, and the batters beat 14 hits to secure a clear victory.
With the victory, LG won 74 wins, 3 draws and 44 losses, maintaining a 4.5 game gap with Hanwha (69 wins, 3 draws and 48) which won four consecutive games against Kiwoom. LG gave Kim Hyun-soo, who was replaced during defense due to leg cramps the previous day, a break. Instead, Chun Sung-ho got a chance to play and formed the starting lineup with Shin Min-jae (2nd baseman), Moon Sung-joo (right fielder), Austin (1st baseman), Moon Bo-kyung (3rd baseman), Oh Ji-hwan (designated hitter), Koo Bon-hyuk (3rd baseman), Park Dong-won (capture), Chun Sung-ho (left fielder), and Park Hae-min (middle fielder).
It's a must-win game for LG because it's a showdown between LG Chirinos and NC Shin Young-woo. On the contrary, in such games, there are cases where the opponent's starting pitcher is not properly targeted, but on this day, he steadily scored points and led from the beginning.
It was Austin that prevented the atmosphere of the previous day from continuing. In the top of the first inning, after the lead Shin Min-jae got on base with a straight walk, Moon Sung-joo struck out with a check swing, but Austin hit Shin Young-woo's 154km fastball to hit a pre-emptive two-run shot over the left fence.
He scored without a hit in the top of the second inning. LG, which got the first and second bases with no outs through consecutive walks by Koo Bon-hyuk and Park Dong-won, made the 2nd and 3rd bases with one out with Chun Sung-ho's sacrifice bunt, and Park Hae-min hit a sacrifice fly to left field to make it 3-0. Shin Min-jae also walked straight to lead to a chance with two outs and runners on first and second bases, but Moon Sung-joo struck out swinging and failed to score additional points.
In the top of the third inning, Moon Bo-kyung walked after one out, and Oh Ji-hwan hit a right-handed hit to create a chance for the first and second bases, and eventually NC bench lowered Shin Young-woo and replaced him with Cho Min-seok. However, Cho Min-seok threw a wild pitch on the first pitch and the second pitch in a row, and Moon Bo-kyung homered and scored again without a timely hit. Koo Bon-hyuk and Chun Sung-ho also got a walk, but no hits came out, so they couldn't score another point, stopping at 4-0.
Some kind of disappointing attack continued, but LG's attack continued. In the top of the fourth inning, when Shin Min-jae and Moon Sung-joo had consecutive hits, Shin Min-jae ran to third base and ran to base, which cut the flow, but Austin Moon Bo-kyung Oh Ji-hwan hit consecutive hits to score two runs. In the top of the sixth inning, Moon Sung-joo's hit and Austin's double added one run to lead the game to 7-0.
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Chirinos won 11 games of the season with six hits, no four outs, no five strikeouts and no runs until the seventh inning. Chirinos, who put the NC batters to rest with a perfect score until the third inning, was on the verge of scoring the first time with three consecutive hits after two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning, but continued to score no runs by catching Shin Jae-hwan with a ground ball in front of the third base. In the bottom of the seventh inning, he also got a hit by Seo Ho-chul after two outs, but he handled Kwon Hee-dong with a ground ball in front of the first base and finished his mission.
In the top of the ninth inning, LG added three runs with Park Hae-min's two-run double to left-center to fill in 10 runs with two outs and runners on the first and second bases.
Baek Seung-hyun, who came out in the bottom of the ninth inning, was hit solo by Davison and hit consecutive hits by Chun Jae-hwan and Lee Woo-sung, putting him on the verge of first and second base with no outs, but later struck out Park Se-hyuk and Seo Ho-cheol and caught Kwon Hee-dong with a fly to third baseman to barely end the game.
On this day, LG had 14 hits, and Austin had three hits and three RBIs in five at-bats. He hit a two-run shot to left in the first inning, a middle hit in the fourth inning, and a double to left in the sixth inning, so he went to his last at-bat in the top of the eighth inning with two outs and a runner on second base, but was withdrawn by a fly to center field.
Coach Yeom Kyung-yup said after the game, `As the Chirinos increased their first-pitch strike rate, they set the stage for victory as starters with their best pitching. Austin's first two-run homer allowed us to bring the early tide towards us", and praised the foreign starters and foreign hitters first.
In the situation where additional RBIs were needed, Hae-min's three RBIs, Bo-kyung, Ji-hwan, Austin, and Kwan-woo raised additional RBIs, making room for game management. "I was able to play a little easier as the batting line exploded. "Overall, Austin led the batting line with three hits, including the first home run, and I hope Austin's batting pace will rise a little more today." encouraged Austin.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
