It was called a vaccination shot, but it turned into a winning mode and appeared in the championship contest. Should I reduce it to Magic Number 1?

Sep 27, 2025

It was called a vaccination shot, but it turned into a winning mode and appeared in the championship contest. Should I reduce it to Magic Number 1?
LG starter Tolhurst is pitching hard in the game between LG and Kiwoom at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 9th. Gocheok = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.09.09/



It was called a vaccination shot, but it turned into a winning mode and appeared in the championship contest. Should I reduce it to Magic Number 1?
LG starter Tolhurst is pitching hard in the game between LG and Kiwoom at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 9th. Gocheok = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.09.09/
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/
Tolhurst will appear in Daejeon. There is a purpose of vaccination for the Korean Series, but there should be no failure this time to win the championship right away.

The LG Twins suffered a come-from-behind loss to the Hanwha Eagles by 1-4 in Daejeon on the 26th. Chirinos blocked it well until the sixth inning, and Austin hit a solo shot at Ryu Hyun-jin in the top of the sixth inning, creating an opportunity to reduce the magic number to 1.

However, in the bottom of the sixth inning, he gave up a ridiculous tie due to his disappointing defense, and the atmosphere shifted to Hanwha, and even allowed additional points, leading to a come-from-behind loss.




Hanwha, which won its first game, took the mound with Moon Dong-ju on the 27th and Ponce on the 28th and swept the three consecutive games against LG to lay the groundwork for the come-from-behind victory. In addition, the opponent's regrettable mistake and Noh Si-hwan's wit were added to make a turnaround, and the atmosphere rose again.

There is only one way to prevent Hanwha's rise. It's the turn of Tolhurst, who has to win and LG's new 'winning contractor'.

Tolhurst is 5-2 with a 2.84 ERA in seven games since coming as a substitute for Hernandez.




Five wins and two losses are completely different. In the five won games, he allowed two runs (one earned run) in 31 innings, with an ERA of only 0.29, but in the two lost games, he allowed 11 runs in seven innings, so his ERA was too high at 14.14.

It was called a vaccination shot, but it turned into a winning mode and appeared in the championship contest. Should I reduce it to Magic Number 1?
The game between LG and Kiwoom at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 9th, and LG Tolhurst, who gave up a come-from-behind three-run home run to Kiwoom Lim Ji-yeol , are wiping off their sweat with regret. Gocheok = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.09.09/
It was called a vaccination shot, but it turned into a winning mode and appeared in the championship contest. Should I reduce it to Magic Number 1?
The game between LG and Kiwoom at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 9th, LG Tolhurst talks with Park Dong-won after giving up a walk to Kiwoom Kim Gun-hee in the bottom of the second inning with two outs. Gocheok = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.09.09/
It was called a vaccination shot, but it turned into a winning mode and appeared in the championship contest. Should I reduce it to Magic Number 1?
The match between the KIA Tigers and the LG Twins at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 24th. LG Tolhurst is catching his breath. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.24/
In the match against Kiwoom, which allowed five runs in four innings, he couldn't adjust to the Gocheok mound, but the previous game against Samsung, which was in the mound, had to come down after allowing six runs in three innings after being beaten by nine hits despite throwing in Jamsil.

LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop originally considered not playing Tolhurst against Hanwha if the regular league championship was confirmed, but he decided to play against Hanwha regardless of the championship after seeing him hit hard in the match against Samsung for the first time.




In the match against Samsung, the curve was a problem, but the curve thrown with a strike in the advantageous count after 2S was hit hard. "Many hits led to hits by entering the strike zone rather than falling down on the curve thrown in the advantageous count," Yeom said. "When you have such data, you can tell the pitcher that you have to fix it."

In this match against Hanwha, we will see if there will be any problems that we have not seen before. But now, rather than having such a problem, I think the first thing to do is to throw well and bring victory like before.

Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon was positive about facing Tolhurst in the regular league. "In fact, there is a difference between batters watching the other team play and standing at bat and seeing it in person."The batters are unfamiliar with pitchers who have never seen them before. I think it's good to be able to see (Tollhurst) in that way."

Will Tolhurst pitch a perfect 0.29 or a lackluster 14.14.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.