LG's turnaround No. 1 is 12 wins and 2 losses in the second half. 5.5G → 0.5G difference. A shot of veterans when it's crucial. LG also countered the replacement of El Dongwon due to Hanwha's Son Ah-seop's winning move
Aug 03, 2025
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He also won 60 games before winning first place. With a tremendous rise in the second half of the year, there is now an atmosphere that it can sufficiently aim for the top spot in the reversal.
LG finished the first half with 48 wins, two draws and 38 losses. At the beginning of the season, he was turned around by Hanwha while running first, and the game gap widened at the end. Hanwha, which won 50 games first, finished first with 52 wins, 2 draws, and 33 losses. The difference between Hanwha and LG is 4.5 games. The second half of the year remains, but it was by no means a significant difference.
Even at the beginning of the second half, it was Hanwha's pace rather than LG. LG took the winning series with 2 wins and 1 loss to Lotte, but Hanwha won three consecutive games against KT and won nine consecutive games at the end of the first half. The gap between the two widened to 5.5 games.
It was the three consecutive games in Gwangju against KIA that changed LG's atmosphere since July 22. After leading 4-1 on the 22nd, even though closer Yoo Young-chan was put in at the bottom of the 8th inning, it turned over 4-7, and the defeat seemed to be on the verge of defeat. However, in the top of the ninth inning, Park Hae-min, a one-out first and second baseman who made hits by Oh Ji-hwan and rookie Park Kwan-woo, blew a dramatic three-run shot from KIA closer Jung Hae-young to make it 7-7, followed by Kim Hyun-soo's come-from-behind hit to win 9-7. The next day, he led 4-0 and allowed a 4-4 tie in the bottom of the seventh inning, but Moon Bo-kyung hit a two-run shot from KIA's No. 1 hold Cho Sang-woo in the top of the 10th inning and blocked the attack in the bottom of the 10th inning to win again 6-5. On the 24th, he scored eight points in the top of the eighth inning in a tight 0-0 race, and won 8-0 at once. LG's atmosphere changed by changing the game to three consecutive wins, which could have been lost even if it was wrong for a moment.
In Jamsil, he also came from behind to beat Doosan in the ninth inning on the 25th, and on the 26th, he scored the winning run in the top of the eighth inning to win six consecutive games. On the 27th, he was ahead and lost 6-9, ending his winning streak. In the meantime, Hanwha had only 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses due to difficulties in the domestic selection team, and the relationship between the two was narrowed to 3 games.
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After winning a 2-1 series against Samsung, Hanwha lost 2-3 against KIA in Gwangju on the 1st. On the 2nd, the game was canceled due to rain, and I watched LG win and become a half-game difference.
LG's momentum in the second half is huge. He has won 12 games and lost two games in a row with six consecutive wins and five consecutive wins. Hanwha is also ranked third overall with seven wins, one draw and five losses, but LG performed so well that it was chased by a half-game difference.
The key point of LG's rise is that veterans, who were sluggish in the first half of the year, are saving the team by giving an impressive shot at important moments. Park Hae-min hit a tie-breaking three-run shot in the top of the ninth inning when he was losing the match against KIA on the 22nd to make LG what it is now. Oh Ji-hwan hit a solo shot in the middle of the ninth inning from Samsung Kim Jae-yoon after two outs in the top of the ninth inning when the match was 2-2 in Daegu on the 2nd. This home run allowed LG to win and narrow the half-game gap with Hanwha.
Hanwha and LG took the lead to win the championship. Hanwha gave up the third round of nomination for a rookie with NC to strengthen its batting and recruited veteran hitter Son Ah-seop, and LG also decided to replace foreign pitcher Eliaser Hernandez, who had been on the ups and downs, and is reportedly close to signing a contract recently.
The battle between Hanwha and LG for first place has intensified. One game, one game, all became the final.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.