It was said that this was the best in Hanwha's history, but LG achieved it first…The first possibility remains in KBO history

Sep 11, 2025

It was said that this was the best in Hanwha's history, but LG achieved it first…The first possibility remains in KBO history
From left, LG Twins Song Seung-ki, Lim Chan-kyu, Yoni Chirinos, and Son Joo-young. They are the main players who have won 10 starts for the second time in the club's history. Sports Chosun DB



The LG Twins beat the Hanwha Eagles, who were considered the "strongest in all time", and produced four pitchers with 10 wins first.

LG won 8-4 against the Doosan Bears in Jamsil on the 10th, securing its 10th win of the season with starting pitcher Son Joo-young's three runs in seven innings. He is the fourth starting pitcher to produce 10 wins this year after Yonny Chirinos (12 wins), Lim Chan-kyu (11 wins), and Song Seung-ki (10 wins).

He was ahead of Hanwha. For Hanwha, three starting pitchers, including Cody Ponce (16 wins), Ryan Weiss (15 wins), and Moon Dong-ju (11 wins), achieved 10 wins. Foreign one-two punch Ponce and Weiss are so overwhelmed that they compete for the first and second place with multiple wins, and veteran left-hander ace Ryu Hyun-jin (8 wins) has not had any winning luck this year. If the FA Um Sang-baek, who was recruited for 7.8 billion won, pitched for the ransom, Hanwha could have won 10 games and challenged 5 starters.




Ryu Hyun-jin still has a chance to achieve 10 wins. There are still opportunities to take the mound at least twice in the starting rotation and up to three times in the team's strategy. There is pressure to lead all the remaining games to victory.

If Ryu Hyun-jin achieves 10 wins, he will achieve 10 wins and 4 starts from two clubs in the first high season in KBO history. In Hanwha's history, 10 wins and 4 starts are the first in history.

At the beginning of the season, Hanwha's starters were so impregnable that they were dubbed the "all-time best" and are ranked first with a 3.41 ERA until the 10th. LG is second with 3.51.




It was said that this was the best in Hanwha's history, but LG achieved it first…The first possibility remains in KBO history
From left, Hanwha Eagles Ryu Hyun-jin, Cody Ponce, Ryan Weiss, and Moon Dong-ju have two wins to go. If four players win 10 starts, it will be the first time in Hanwha's history. Sports Chosun DB
Hanwha had the power of foreigners' one-two punch, while LG had the power of domestic pitchers. Lim Chan-kyu and Son Joo-young took the center stage well while struggling with 14 games, 4 wins, 4 losses, 66 innings, and an ERA of 4.23. Song Seung-ki, who plays his first full-time season this year, has emerged as a leading candidate for the Rookie of the Year award with 10 wins, alleviating the disappointment of two foreigners.

There have been a total of eight cases of producing 10 wins in KBO history before LG this year. They are Samsung in 1993, LG in 1994, Hyundai in 1998, Samsung in 2012 and 2015, Doosan in 2016 and 2018, and KT in 2020. Of these, only Samsung in 1993 and KT in 2020 remained in second place, while the rest finished the regular season in first place. It is nothing short of a championship guarantee check.

No. 1 LG and No. 2 Hanwha are currently four games apart with 14 games left in the season. It is true that LG, which showed overwhelming power in the second half of the year, has widened its distance quite a bit, but Hanwha is still the most threatening to LG. Attention is focusing on whether the two teams will be able to further ignite the success of professional baseball, which recorded the largest number of spectators in 44 years of KBO history.




It was said that this was the best in Hanwha's history, but LG achieved it first…The first possibility remains in KBO history
LG-Doosan match held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 10th. LG won the game 8 to 4. The players are giving high fives. Jamsil = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.9.10/
It was said that this was the best in Hanwha's history, but LG achieved it first…The first possibility remains in KBO history
The game between the Lotte Giants and the Hanwha Eagles at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 10th. The winning Hanwha players are happy. Busan = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.10/




This article was translated by Naver AI translator.