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| The KBO League KT Wiz and LG Twins match held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 12th. LG Tolhurst is pitching hard. Suwon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.12/ |
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| The KBO League KT Wiz and LG Twins match at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 12th. When LG starter Tolhurst finished the inning with three outs in the bottom of the first inning, Austin, the first baseman, approached and played a joke. Suwon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.12/ |
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| The KBO League KT Wiz and LG Twins match held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 12th. LG Tolhurst is catching his breath. Suwon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.12/ |
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LG Twins' 'Winning contractor' was right.
New foreign pitcher Anders Tolhurst put together the final puzzle of LG's starters with tremendous pitching in his first appearance.
Tolhurst made his debut in an away game against the KT Wiz at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 12th, throwing only 77 pitches in seven innings, and was on the verge of his first win with two hits, no four outs and seven strikeouts.
Tolhurst is a new foreign pitcher after LG broke up with Elijah Hernandez on the 3rd. Hernandez failed to instill faith as he showed ups and downs, and LG, aiming for the championship, reached Tolhurst while looking for a better pitcher.
Tolhurst, who uses up to 155km of fastballs, cutters, changeups, and curves, is known as a ball-type pitcher suitable for the ABS era.
Before the contract, he pitched as a starting pitcher in the minor league and came to LG, so he was immediately decided to put in the first team without a build-up to increase the number of pitches or a mound in the Futures League, which checks the ball power. So, he will make a surprise start against Suwon KT Wiz on the 12th, 10 days after signing the contract.
When asked what kind of advice he gave to Tolhurst before the game, LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop said, `I only said one thing. I told him to play baseball." Manager Yeom said, `Yes, baseball is the same, so it can be more difficult if you try to do well. I told him to think that he was doing what he did in the U.S"If you do as you do, there is a high probability of winning." When we saw it, we brought it in, and we brought it in thinking it worked. You can pitch like that."
Tolhurst quickly overpowered KT batters by using powerful fastballs, cutters, and fork balls from the first inning.
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| The KBO League KT Wiz and LG Twins match held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 12th. LG Tolhurst is catching his breath. Suwon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.12/ |
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| The KBO League KT Wiz and LG Twins match held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 12th. LG first baseman Austin is smiling at the starting Tolhurst's good pitching. Suwon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.12/ |
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| The KBO League KT Wiz and LG Twins match held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 12th. LG Tolhurst is pitching hard. Suwon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.12/ |
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Tolhurst, who struck out the leader Stevenson with a 152-kilometer high fastball in the bottom of the first inning, started with three outs by catching Huh Kyung-min and Ahn Hyun-min with ground balls in front of the shortstop in succession. At the end of the second inning, Kang Baek-ho, Jang Sung-woo, and Kim Sang-soo were all struck out swinging
At the end of the third inning, he created a strange scene. The one that finished with three balls. Tolhurst, who caught lead No. 7 Hwang Jae-kyun with a 149-kilometer high fastball to left field, had a right-handed hit with a 149-kilometer fastball to No. 8 Jang Jin-hyuk. My first hit since my debut. However, he caught a low fastball with a first pitch of 150km thrown to Kwon Dong-jin at No. 9 and threw it to second base to end it with a double play. All three of them hit the first pitch, ending the first inning with just three pitches. As the third inning ended with three balls, Tolhurst had only 27 pitches until the third inning.
Tolhurst, who continued his scoreless streak with nine outs in the bottom of the fourth inning, finally scored three points in the top of the fifth inning and gained an opportunity to meet the requirements for a winning pitcher in his debut match. And in the bottom of the fifth inning, Kang Baek-ho, Jang Sung-woo, and Kim Sang-soo were all three out. He had only 43 pitches until the fifth inning.
His ball power remained in the bottom of the sixth inning. Hwang Jae-kyun's fly to right field, Jang Jin-hyuk's swing and miss strikeout, and Kwon Dong-jin's fly to left field were handled easily again. After two deaths in the bottom of the last seventh inning, he was hit by Ahn Hyun-min. In 1B2S, a 143km cutter went high in the middle for the fourth pitch, which was caught by Ahn Hyun-min's bat. Park Hae-min jumped into the middle, but hit the top of the fence, and Ahn Hyun-min went up to third base.
However, Tolhurst caught Kang Baek-ho with a fly to the first base, blocked his first crisis without allowing a run and wrapped up his first KBO league pitching.
He celebrated three runs in the top of the eighth inning and replaced it with Lee Ji-gang in the bottom of the eighth inning for a 7-0 lead.
On this day, Tolhurst faced KT hitters by throwing 38 fastballs of up to 153km, 21 cutters of 143km, 12 fork balls of 140km, and 6 curves of 126km. When facing Kang Baek-ho in the bottom of the seventh inning, the stamina was so good that the 76th ball also came out 152km.
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| The KBO League KT Wiz and LG Twins match held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 12th. LG Tolhurst is pitching scoreless until the fifth inning. Suwon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.12/ |
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| The KBO League KT Wiz and LG Twins match held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 12th. LG Tolhurst is smiling after pitching seven scoreless innings. Suwon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.12/ |
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| KBO League KT Wiz and LG Twins at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 12th. LG starter Tolhurst is delighted after clearing the inning with three balls in the bottom of the third inning. Suwon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.12/ |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
