Hanwha's pursuit is impossible, but LG, the No. 1 player, has won five consecutive games, KIA has lost four consecutive games...Lim Chan-gyu won 11 games + Moon Sung-joo final shot

Aug 23, 2025

Hanwha's pursuit is impossible, but LG, the No. 1 player, has won five consecutive games, KIA has lost four consecutive games...Lim Chan-gyu won 11 games Moon Sung-joo final shot
The match between the KIA Tigers and the LG Twins at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 23rd. LG Lim Chan-kyu is pitching hard. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.23/



Hanwha's pursuit is impossible, but LG, the No. 1 player, has won five consecutive games, KIA has lost four consecutive games...Lim Chan-gyu won 11 games Moon Sung-joo final shot
The match between the KIA Tigers and the LG Twins at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 23rd. LG Moon Sung-joo is cheering after hitting a two-run shot with no outs and first base in the top of the first inning. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.23/
It's invincible. The LG Twins have won five consecutive games.

LG beat the KIA Tigers 6-2 in the '2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League' held at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on the 23rd. No. 1 LG beat No. 2 Hanwha Eagles with 72 wins, 3 draws and 43 losses in the season, while No. 7 KIA lost four consecutive games and is on the verge of falling to No. 8 with 54 wins, 4 draws and 57 losses in the season.

LG made the starting lineup with Shin Min-jae (2nd baseman), Moon Sung-joo (designated hitter), Austin Dean (1st baseman), Moon Bo-kyung (3rd baseman), Kim Hyun-soo (left fielder), Oh Ji-hwan (striker), Park Dong-won (catcher), Chun Sung-ho (right fielder), and Park Hae-min (middle fielder). The starting pitcher is Lim Chan-kyu.




KIA faced off with Park Chan-ho (striker), Kim Kyu-sung (second baseman), Na Sung-bum (right wing), Choi Hyung-woo (designated hitter), Patrick Wisdom (third baseman), Oh Sun-woo (first baseman), Kim Seok-hwan (left wing), Kim Tae-gun (possession), and Kim Ho-ryeong (middle fielder). The starting pitcher is James Nail.

LG's Lim Chan-gyu earned his 11th win (three losses) of the season. In five ⅔ innings, he allowed 105 pitches, seven hits, three walks, and three strikeouts and two runs. He mixed fastballs (29) and curves (30), changeups (27), and sliders (19) to cook KIA's batting lineup.

The bullpen started with two outs in the sixth inning. Lee Jung-yong (1 ⅓ inning), Kim Young-woo (1 inning), and Yoo Young-chan (1 inning) continued to throw to keep the victory.




KIA Nail failed to do its job as a losing stopper at all. In five innings, he had eight hits (one homer), two walks, two strikeouts, and six runs (four earned runs), taking his third loss (seven losses) of the season. He mixed various pitches, including sweeper (28), change-up (22), two-seam fastball (20), cutter (11), fastball (5), and curve (1), but failed to overwhelm LG's batters.

Moon Sung-joo opened the door. In the top of the first inning, leadoff hitter Shin Min-jae walked. Moon Sung-joo burst a superior two-run shot to take a 2-0 lead. He did not miss the 148km/h fastball coming in high at the ball count 1B2S. the second shot of the season.

Hanwha's pursuit is impossible, but LG, the No. 1 player, has won five consecutive games, KIA has lost four consecutive games...Lim Chan-gyu won 11 games Moon Sung-joo final shot
The match between the KIA Tigers and the LG Twins at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 23rd. KIA's nail is catching its breath. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.23/
Hanwha's pursuit is impossible, but LG, the No. 1 player, has won five consecutive games, KIA has lost four consecutive games...Lim Chan-gyu won 11 games Moon Sung-joo final shot
The match between the KIA Tigers and the LG Twins at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 22nd. LG Moon Bo-kyung is cheering after hitting a hit. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.22/
In the top of the second inning, Chun Sung-ho scored an additional point. With Park Dong-won getting on base with a double in left-center after one out, Chun Sung-ho hit a timely hit to the right of center field to make it 3-0.

In the top of the fifth inning, he quickly pulled down his nails by scoring three runs. Leading hitter Chun Sung-ho hit a left-handed hit and was replaced by Choi Won-young. Park Hae-min's sacrifice bunt made it to second base with one out, and Choi Won-young scored when Shin Min-jae grounded out to third base to run 4-0. Moon Sung-joo connected to the first and second bases with one out with an infield hit to the right of the shortstop, and Austin hit a double to the right-center to make it 5-0. I thought the first baseman Moon Sung-joo scored, but the video reading resulted in a tag-out. Catcher Han Jun-su was caught quickly tagging Moon Sung-joo's hips with a Mitro after catching him. With two outs and runners on second base, Moon Bo-kyung hit a timely hit to run to 6-0.

KIA caught up one point at a time. In the bottom of the fifth inning, leadoff hitter Kim Kyu-sung walked to get on base, and Na Sung-bum and Choi Hyung-woo stepped down with infield fly balls in succession, and Wisdom hit a timely double in the left-center to chase 6-1. The ball fell with an exquisite course between left and center field.

At the bottom of the sixth inning, pinch hitter Kim Sun-bin scored an additional point. A chance to get first and second base with two outs made by Kim Seok-hwan and Park Chan-ho's hits. At Kim Kyu-sung's at-bat, KIA manager Lee Bum-ho took out Kim Sun-bin's card as a pinch hitter, and Kim Sun-bin hit a timely hit in the left-center to announce the 6-2 chase. LG put out Lim Chan-kyu from the mound and raised Lee Jung-yong, and put out the urgent fire by striking out Na Sung-bum on three pitches.

KIA failed to target the LG bullpen at all after Lim Chan-kyu went down and bowed again in front of a full crowd. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Kim Sun-bin and Na Sung-beom had a chance to hit first and second bases with no outs, but they couldn't turn the game around because they didn't hit a follow-up hit.

Hanwha's pursuit is impossible, but LG, the No. 1 player, has won five consecutive games, KIA has lost four consecutive games...Lim Chan-gyu won 11 games Moon Sung-joo final shot
The match between the KIA Tigers and the LG Twins at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 23rd. KIA manager Lee Bum-ho is deep in thought. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.23/




This article was translated by Naver AI translator.