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| LG's new foreign pitcher Tolhurst, who became the winning pitcher on his debut with seven scoreless innings, is interviewing with a smile. Suwon = Reporter Kwon In-ha |
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| 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/ |
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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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It was the best debut among foreign pitchers who recently came to the LG Twins.
LG's new foreign pitcher Anders Tolhurst led his team to victory with tremendous pitching, playing seven innings even after throwing only 77 innings. Tolhurst, who boldly broke up with Eliaser Hernandez and newly recruited, started against Suwon KT Wiz on the 12th, 10 days after announcing his recruitment on the 3rd, allowed only two hits in seven innings, struck out seven without four outs and blocked no runs, leading his team to an 11-2 victory and becoming a winning pitcher in his debut match.
Starting with Wilson in 2018, which recently opened the era of success in recruiting foreign pitchers, Tolhurst was the only pitcher who pitched seven innings in his debut among many foreign pitchers who came to LG, including Casey Kelly (2019), Suarez (2021), Plutko (2022), Ence (2024), Hernandez (2024), Chirinos (2025), and Koenwin (2025). There were two pitchers, Suarez and Plutko, who recorded six scoreless innings.
Tolhurst threw 38 fastballs of up to 153km, and faced KT batters by throwing 21 143km cutters, 12 140km folk balls, and 6 126km curves. When he faced Kang Baek-ho in the bottom of the seventh inning, his 76th ball was also strong enough to reach 152km. At the end of the second inning, he struck out Kang Baek-ho, Jang Sung-woo, and Kim Sang-soo, No. 5 and Kim Sang-soo, all swinging, and at the end of the third inning, Hwang Jae-gyun was a fly to the left field on the first pitch, Jang Jin-hyuk was hit to the center field on the first pitch, and Kwon Dong-jin was caught with a double play in front of the pitcher on the first pitch to end three batters with three balls.
After two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, he hit 12 consecutive batters until he got a triple by Ahn Hyun-min, tying KT's batters tightly.
Tolhurst's perfect pitching also burst the batters, beating the KT mound with 15 hits to win an 11-2 relaxed victory. LG will now be able to play the rest of the season with five powerful starters, including Chirinos, Tolhurst, Lim Chan-kyu, Son Joo-young and Song Seung-ki, further raising expectations for the championship.
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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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| 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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| 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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Tolhurst, who won his first victory in his debut match and was baptized by his teammates, had his first victory interview with reporters with a bright expression.
Tolhurst said, `I'm very satisfied and I feel very good doing what I can as a starting pitcher.' `First of all, I want to say thank you to the fielders today because our defenders gave me the belief that I could throw aggressively. Overall, I think I played a satisfactory game."
As for throwing seven innings in his first appearance, Tolhurst said "Actually, it was the first time this season that I pitched seven innings."Nevertheless, I'm satisfied that I competed with batters and did what I could as a pitcher."
It didn't take long to adjust to the official ball, but it seems that he did it too well. Tolhurst is definitely different from the previous one. The biggest difference is that the seam is more prominent"At first, it was a little uncomfortable, but the more I threw it, the more I got used to it and felt comfortable. So I threw the pitches I had with more confidence and I think I controlled them well and it led to a good result. I think the ball adjustment is going well." He is also satisfied with his arrest on this day. Tolhurst said "I think if I throw more and adapt to the mound in the future, I think I'll get better at the ball speed."I'm satisfied with my speed today and I'll continue to throw strong balls with confidence."."
"It's an honor to come to LG, which is ranked No. 1, and I'm grateful to be able to join such a good team."Tollhurst said, "I will do my best to pitch well that my team members expect by pouring out all the capabilities I have."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
