A player who fits the Korean style these days...77 pitches and 7K perfect debut in 7 innings, did the winning contractor appear

Aug 13, 2025

A player who fits the Korean style these days...77 pitches and 7K perfect debut in 7 innings, did the winning contractor appear
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/






A player who fits the Korean style these days...77 pitches and 7K perfect debut in 7 innings, did the winning contractor appear
The KBO League KT Wiz and LG Twins match held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 12th. LG Tolhurst, who won his debut game, is being baptized with water. Suwon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.12/



"The ball is ABS style."

Do the LG Twins really have luck. Anders Tolhurst (25, LG Twins) started the away game against KT Wiz at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 12th and recorded two hits and seven strikeouts in seven innings. He pitched less than 80 pitches in his first appearance, but Tolhurst played seven innings on 77 pitches.

LG broke up with Eliaser Hernandez on the 3rd and recruited Tolhurst as a new foreign player. In this season's minor league Triple-A, he had a 4.65 ERA in 18 games, 4 wins, 5 losses, and 81.1 innings.




At the time of recruitment, LG is a pitcher who throws various pitches and is a right-hander with high-quality ball power and control. We have been showing good performance with a clear growth trend recently, and we expect to adapt quickly to the league and perform the role we want in the team."

On this day, Tolhurst mixed cutters (21), fork balls (12) and curves (6) with a maximum speed of 153km.

A player who fits the Korean style these days...77 pitches and 7K perfect debut in 7 innings, did the winning contractor appear
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/



Tollhurst, who struck out Andrew Stevenson with a 152km high fastball in his KBO debut, finished the first inning with three batters. In the second inning, Kang Baek-ho, Jang Sung-woo and Kim Sang-soo all struck out. Tolhurst, who had his first hit in the third inning but finished with three batters with a double play, threw out all four to six innings. In the bottom of the seventh inning, he was in the first crisis after a triple by Ahn Hyun-min with two outs, but he completed pitching seven innings by catching Kang Baek-ho with a fly ball to the first base.




Ahead of Tolhurst's debut, KBSN commentator Kim Tae-kyun highlighted Lee Seung-won's Arizona Diamondbacks scout and Tolhurst on his YouTube 'Kim Tae-kyun ' started its service on OTT platform TVING on the 11th.

As part of TVING's strategy to expand its sports and baseball fan base, the service is designed to provide various baseball contents to users who love the KBO League. You can watch Kim Tae-kyun's unique pleasant talking, in-depth baseball analysis, honest interviews with active players, and behind-the-scenes stories that baseball fans are curious about at any time on a subscription VOD", he introduced.

A player who fits the Korean style these days...77 pitches and 7K perfect debut in 7 innings, did the winning contractor appear
The KBO League KT Wiz and LG Twins match held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 12th. LG Tolhurst, who won his debut game, is being baptized with water. Suwon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.12/







This article was translated by Naver AI translator.