LG recaptures the top spot, and the bullpen is calm in the strongest starting lineup. In the match against Doosan Bears, two hits and 6K scoreless in four innings, a stepping stone for turning the tables around

Aug 05, 2025

Dusan-LG match held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 5th. Closer Yoo Young-chan, who defended the 4-2 come-from-behind victory, is cheering. Jamsil = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.5/

Dusan-LG match held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 5th. LG players, who recaptured the first place alone with a 4-2 come-from-behind victory, are cheering. Jamsil = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.5/

Dusan-LG match held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 5th. Kim Young-woo, who took the mound in the top of the sixth inning, is pitching. Jamsil = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.5/

The LG Twins, who recaptured the first place alone, are becoming the perfect team.

This is because LG, which is showing an overwhelming pace of 14 wins and 2 losses in the second half with strong starters and powerful hits, is showing stability even in the bullpen.

On the 5th, when LG recaptured the top spot, the bullpen did a great job against the Doosan Bears in Jamsil. The bullpen was activated from the sixth inning as starter Son Joo-young threw only until the fifth inning as the number of pitches increased in the early stages, but LG continued to beat Doosan's mound to win a 4-2 come-from-behind victory thanks to the bullpen that completely blocked Doosan's batters.

Son Joo-young allowed four hits (one home run), two walks, three strikeouts and two runs in five innings, but he was unable to come out in the sixth inning due to 96 pitches.

A game that can't be given up because it's 1-2 down by one point. At the top of the sixth inning, Kim Young-woo came out first. Kim Young-woo, who met with the first No. 4 Yang Eui-ji, caught a strike with a fast fastball of 153km at the first pitch and sprayed three consecutive sliders to strike out Yang Eui-ji swinging. Subsequently, No. 5 Park Joon-soon was treated as a fly to right field with a 154km fastball at the first pitch. No. 6 Kim Jae-hwan also struck out swinging with a 146km fast slider on the seventh pitch after a careful game going to the full count. He has been on a six-game losing streak until this day.

At the beginning of the seventh inning, Ham Deok-ju came up. Ham Deok-ju, who has scored no runs in the last six consecutive games, also joined the ranks of the three-way withdrawal. Kang Seung-ho was grounded out in front of the third baseman with a change-up, Park Gye-beom also caught a fly to center field with a change-up, and Kim In-tae, No. 9, with a 140km fastball to center field.

Amid the perfect overpower of the bullpen, LG quickly turned the game around 4-2 in the bottom of the seventh inning with Moon Bo-kyung's dramatic three-run shot.

And in the top of the eighth inning, setup man Kim Jin-sung came up. An important inning because it's a match against Doosan's top batting line. After a full count match, No. 1 Jung Soo-bin was treated as a fly to right field with a 143km fastball, and No. 2 Lee Yoo-chan caught it with a 129km fork ball to left field. Cave No. 3 hit a 144km fastball on the low outside course at 1B2S and struck out a rookie.

Dusan-LG match held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 5th. Ham Deok-joo, who took the mound in the top of the seventh inning, is pitching. Jamsil = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.5/

The top of the ninth inning was a crisis. Yoo Young-chan, who came up to finish, hit a double by Yang Eui-ji, the leadoff No. 4, and Park Joon-soon hit a heavy hit to the first and third bases with no outs. All of them made sense with fast fastballs. To pinch hitter Kim Ki-yeon, who came out instead of Kim Jae-hwan, he threw three sliders in a row to induce three swings and misses, changing the atmosphere by striking out.

And during Kang Seung-ho's at-bat, first baseman Park Joon-soon succeeded in stealing second base on the second pitch swing in 1S, but Kang Seung-ho's swung bat interfered with Park Dong-won's throw to second base, causing Park Joon-soon to return to first base. Doosan's acting manager Cho Sung-hwan protested, but it was not accepted.

The game, which continued on the first and third bases with one out, and the ball count of 2S, was followed by a foul, and 1B2S. And Kang Seung-ho swung and missed on Yoo Young-chan's 150km high-fast ball, making it two outs.

Park Gye-beom had consecutive sliders after his first fastball became a ball. And Park Gye-beom swings and misses on the slider that comes to the middle of the fifth pitch in 2B2S and ends the game. Yoo Young-chan eventually defended the victory by striking out three on the first and third bases with no outs.

The LG bullpen led the team to a come-from-behind victory by allowing two hits, no four outs, and no run with six strikeouts during four innings. Ham Deok-ju won his first win of the season, and Kim Jin-sung recorded 25 holds to rise to No. 1 in the hold. Yoo Young-chan made his 12th save of the season.

LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop said after the game that Kim Young-woo and Ham Deok-ju, the chase group, were in charge of two innings, setting the stage for a come-from-behind victory, and Kim Jin-sung and Yoo Young-chan, the winning groups, finished the game well with good pitching," he praised the bullpen.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.