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 LG Twins' new foreign pitcher Anders Tolhurst collapsed.
It also failed to last five innings for the first time against the last-place team, the Kiwoom Heroes.
In an away game against Kiwoom at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 9th, Tolhurst recorded seven hits (one home run), four walks, two strikeouts, and five runs in four innings and was replaced by Lee Jung-yong in the bottom of the fifth inning.
It is the first time that Tolhurst, who became a winning pitcher in all four games in August and pitched a tremendous 0.36 ERA, has been on the verge of losing without even five innings.
He was scheduled to take the mound against the Doosan Bears in Jamsil on the 6th and was canceled due to rain, giving him more rest against Kiwoom on the 9th, but would this have disrupted the pitching rhythm.
On this day, Tolhurst suffered from poor control.
Tolhurst, who took the mound with a 2-0 lead, got off to a shaky start in the bottom of the first inning, allowing a walk to Song Sung-moon, the MVP winner, but caught Lim Ji-yeol with a double play in front of the third baseman. However, Choi soon gave Choi Joo-hwan his first hit. He struck out Lee Joo-hyung to end the first inning.
In the bottom of the second inning, he lost his first run to the lower lineup after two outs. He gave up a walk to No. 8 Kim Gun-hee after receiving a left-handed hit from No. 7 Eo Jun-seo, and gave up a right-handed hit to No. 9 Park Joo-hong, allowing one run. Tolhurst, who had not given up a single hit in the previous four games with no hits in 20 at-bats, was hit in the first scoring position in the KBO League.
Tolhurst, who was on the verge of loading the bases by giving up another walk against Song Sung-moon with two outs and runners on the first and second bases, escaped the crisis by catching Lim Ji-yeol with a fly to right field.
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| 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/ |
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| LG Tolhurst, who gave up a come-from-behind three-run home run to Kiwoom Lim Ji-yeol at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 9th. Gocheok = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.09.09/ |
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| 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/ |
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In the bottom of the third inning, Lee Joo-hyung allowed a double on the right-field line after one out, but he caught Joo Sung-won and Kim Tae-jin with consecutive ground balls in front of shortstop and passed them without losing a point.
However, he failed to overcome the crisis in the bottom of the fourth inning. Tolhurst, who was driven to the first and second bases with one out, allowed Song Sung-moon to hit the right this time because he received a hit over the height of the shortstop by leading Eo Jun-seo and gave up a walk to Park Joo-hong. a 2-2 tie. He faced Lim Ji-yeol with one out and runners on the first and third bases, but he failed to catch it this time and faced the worst result. The 147km fastball thrown for the second time in the ball count 1B was driven to the center and became an upset three-run shot over the right fence. 2-5 turnaround at once.
He handled Choi Joo-hwan with a fly to right field and Lee Joo-hyung with a ground ball in front of the shortstop to end the long and long fourth inning. And at the end of the fifth inning, Lee Jung-yong came up to the mound.
As the team is trailing 2-5, Tolhurst is facing his first loss in the KBO League. The ERA rose sharply from 0.36 to 1.86. Even though he gave up 5 points, 1 point is a proof of how great Tolhurst was in August.
Tolhurst, who sprayed 89 balls on the day, added 36 fastballs of up to 152km, 17 sliders of 142km, 28 folk balls of 138km, and eight curves of 127km. Overall, the restraint seemed a little less than usual.
Tolhurst will make his sixth start of the season in a home game against the KIA Tigers in Jamsil on the 14th.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
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