After Park Hae-min's three-point loss, LG and KIA ranked first and last. They will meet again in Gwangju in a month. Where is the energy of the universe going?

Aug 22, 2025

After Park Hae-min's three-point loss, LG and KIA ranked first and last. They will meet again in Gwangju in a month. Where is the energy of the universe going?
LG-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 22nd. Park Hae-min is cheering after hitting a tying three-run shot with one out and runners on first and second in the top of the ninth inning. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.22/



After Park Hae-min's three-point loss, LG and KIA ranked first and last. They will meet again in Gwangju in a month. Where is the energy of the universe going?
LG-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 22nd. Jung Hae-young, who took the mound in the top of the ninth inning but allowed a tie, is being replaced. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.22/
The two teams that made a shock come-from-behind defeat and a miracle come-from-behind victory meet again in the same place in a month.

The LG Twins and KIA Tigers will start three consecutive weekend games at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 22nd.

Coincidentally, it's Gwangju again just a month after 'That Day'.




July 22nd was the day when the fate of LG and KIA was divided.

Until July 21, LG was in second place with 50 wins, two draws and 39 losses. It was far away from the No. 1 Hanwha Eagles by 5.5 games. Kia ranked fourth with 46 wins, three draws and 40 losses. At that time, if the team performs well in three consecutive games during the week against LG due to a half-game gap with Lotte, the team could reach the third place.

The three consecutive games, which have been held since July 22, were a fierce match that would not be strange for any team to sweep. The result is LG's well-known sweep.




July 22 was the start of LG's miracle. Starting showdown between Song Seung-ki and James Nail. LG succeeded in targeting the nail with Moon Bo-kyung's three-run shot, leading 4-1 until the seventh inning. However, in the bottom of the eighth inning, KIA targeted LG's must-win group Lee Jung-yong and closing pitcher Yoo Young-chan and scored a large number of six points to turn the game around 7-4.

After Park Hae-min's three-point loss, LG and KIA ranked first and last. They will meet again in Gwangju in a month. Where is the energy of the universe going?
The LG-KIA match at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 23rd is cheered after Moon Bo-kyung hit a two-run shot with no outs and first base in the top of the 10th inning. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.23/
After Park Hae-min's three-point loss, LG and KIA ranked first and last. They will meet again in Gwangju in a month. Where is the energy of the universe going?
In the LG-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 23rd, Cho Sang-woo, who allowed two runs in the top of the 10th inning, is being replaced. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.23/
In the top of the ninth inning, KIA's Jung Hae-young came up and the game seemed to end like that. However, Oh Ji-hwan, who was sluggish after 1st base, hit a heavy hit, and rookie Park Kwan-woo, who came out as a pinch hitter, hit left-handed, creating chances for the first and second bases. And Park Hae-min hit Jung Hae-young's first pitch fastball hard and hit a tying three-run shot over the right fence. The score tied 7-7. Soon after, when Koo had another hit, KIA put up Cho Sang-woo, but Moon Sung-joo's left-handed hit gave the team a chance to reach first and second bases, and Kim Hyun-soo hit an RBI single to right-handed to turn the game around 8-7. Then, Moon Sung-joo, the second baseman, came home and added one more point due to a shortstop's throwing error on Moon Bo-kyung's ball. LG won a come-from-behind victory of 9-7. Hanwha won on this day, so the difference between the two was able to maintain a 5.5 game difference.

The next day, on July 23, LG led 4-0 by one point, and KIA made a miracle moment to tie the game 4-4 with Oh Sun-woo's three-run shot after two outs, but LG shot a two-run shot to the left in the top of the 10th inning when Moon Bo-kyung pushed Cho Sang-woo's fastball. KIA made its last offensive in the bottom of the 10th inning, but LG won again with only one point and 6 to 5.




On July 24, the starting showdown between LG Son Joo-young and KIA Yang Hyun-jong's left-handed ace was interesting. Yang Hyun-jong scored three hits and allowed no runs in six innings, and Son Joo-young drew with three hits and no runs in six ⅓ innings, which eventually led to another bullpen fight. At 0-0, LG had a golden opportunity to load the bases with no outs with two hits and a walk in the top of the eighth inning, and Moon Sung-joo broke the balance by hitting a two-run double to right-center against left-handed pitcher Lee Joon-young. Immediately, Kim Hyun-soo's three-run shot exploded, and after 5-0, LG's batters continued to rush, scoring eight points in the top of the eighth inning alone, and LG won 8-0. It is the first time in 12 years that LG swept KIA in Gwangju since 2013.

After Park Hae-min's three-point loss, LG and KIA ranked first and last. They will meet again in Gwangju in a month. Where is the energy of the universe going?
The LG-KIA match at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 24th. Moon Sung-joo, with no outs, cheers after hitting a two-run double in the top of the eighth inning. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.24/
After Park Hae-min's three-point loss, LG and KIA ranked first and last. They will meet again in Gwangju in a month. Where is the energy of the universe going?
The LG-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 24th. Lee Joon-young, who allowed a three-run shot to Kim Hyun-soo at the top of the eighth inning with no outs and runners on the second and third bases, is regretting. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.24/
At this time, the two teams' moves have completely changed since the three consecutive games. LG is proudly No. 1 over Hanwha with 20 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses, and a winning rate of 80.3 percent in the month from July 22 to August 21. He is 4.5 games ahead of Hanwha.

KIA's loss increased further as the bullpen collapsed after three consecutive losses, ranking last among the 10 teams during the period with 8 wins, 1 draw and 15 losses. In this season, he ranked sixth with 54 wins, four draws and 55 losses. He was aiming at third place, but is now struggling to compete again for fifth place.

In a month, the two teams in a completely changed situation met again in the same place.

On the 22nd, Song Seung-ki will come out and prepare for three consecutive games against KIA with Lim Chan-kyu and Tolhurst. KIA is poised to prevent LG's rise by Lee Eui-ri taking the mound as a starter on the 22nd and Nail and Oler on the 23rd and 24th.

What will happen in the three consecutive games and how will the two teams be doomed after that.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.