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| The game between KT and LG at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 16th. LG closer Yoo Young-chan, who is replaced with a runner left in the bottom of the ninth inning, is left. Suwon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.16/ |
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| The game between KT and LG at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 16th. LG Yoo Young-chan, who gradually gave up a run allowing a chase in the bottom of the eighth inning. Suwon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.16/ |
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| The game between KT and LG at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 16th. The bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning. LG Yoo Young-chan allowed a walk. Suwon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.16/ |
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I'm nervous again. Even Yoo Young-chan, the last back door of the LG Twins, whose bullpen is the biggest weakness, is showing sluggish performance.
Yoo Young-chan took the mound in an away game against KT Wiz at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 16th and recorded three hits (one home run), two walks, one strikeout and two runs in one inning. He took the mound in the bottom of the eighth inning and played until the ninth inning, but he couldn't finish the game and handed it over to Lee Ji-gang to record a hold.
Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop called Yoo Young-chan early when Park Myung-geun and Bae Jae-joon created a crisis with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning with a 5 point lead at 6-1. As the rain was suspended in the third inning of the day and starting Son Joo-young was replaced early, must-win groups such as Kim Young-woo, Kim Jin-sung, Ham Deok-ju, and Lee Jung-yong threw them in advance from the front and Yoo Young-chan had to come out.
However, Yoo Young-chan's control was not very good on this day. After a full count match with Stevenson, the last eight fastballs came too low and he walked. The first fork ball thrown to Kwon Dong-jin, the next batter, becomes a wild pitch, and the third baseman homered and 6-3. The low fastball in the middle of the second 149km of the second pitch with one out and second and third bases led to a two-run right-handed hit, making it 6-5, a one-run difference. Fortunately, he struck out Lee Ho-yeon, caught Heo Kyung-min with a ground ball in front of the shortstop, and managed to finish the eighth inning.
Austin's solo shot and Oh Ji-hwan's three-run shot in the top of the ninth inning led the game 10-5 again. Yoo Young-chan, who threw 17 in the eighth inning, also appeared in the ninth inning. Since he took the mound in a save situation, he can make a save at the end of the ninth inning. I was looking forward to it because I had a five-point gap, but my bad condition remained. He allowed a superior solo shot after being hit by a 146km fastball by the leader Jang Jin-hyuk. He caught Ahn Hyun-min with a ground ball in front of the second base, but he gave up a left-handed hit to Jang Sung-woo and a walk to Hwang Jae-gyun, putting him on the verge of a crisis with one out and runners on first and second bases. The number of pitches has already increased to 32. In the end, coach Yeom raised Lee Ji-gang, who had warmed up since the eighth inning, and Lee Ji-gang struck out Kang Min-sung and caught Stephenson with a ground ball in front of the first base to finish the game without additional runs. It was Lee's third save of the season.
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| The game between KT and LG at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 16th. LG Yoo Young-chan, who gradually gave up a run allowing a chase in the bottom of the eighth inning. Suwon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.16/ |
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| The game between KT and LG at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 16th. LG closer Yoo Young-chan, who is replaced with a runner left in the bottom of the ninth inning, is left. Suwon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.16/ |
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| KT and LG match held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 16th. LG won against KT. LG players are sharing the joy of winning after the game. Suwon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.16/ |
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LG shows weakness due to the ups and downs of the bullpen, but the only reliable must-win groups were closer Yoo Young-chan and Kim Young-woo and Kim Jin-sung. It is positive that Ham Deok-ju and Lee Jung-yong have recently recovered, but setup man Jang Hyun-sik ended up in the second division due to continued sluggishness.
However, Yoo Young-chan has recently exposed his anxiety. In the game against Lotte on the 2nd, he took the mound in the top of the 9th inning with a 3-0 lead, allowed three hits and two walks, and allowed two runs. With the bases loaded with two outs, he managed to keep the win 3 to 2.
After making a save with one hit and no run in one inning against KT on the 4th, he came up to check his condition in the KIA match, which won 14-0 on the 14th, and showed good condition with no hits, two strikeouts and no runs in one inning, but on the same day, two days later, his control was not caught again and the power of his fastball was also reduced.
Yoo Young-chan, who only returned in June due to microfractures in his elbow, is keeping LG's back door with 2 wins, 2 losses, 21 saves, 1 hold and an ERA of 2.84 in 36 games. It is natural that LG can make the championship easier only when Yoo Young-chan protects him when he wins the remaining 12 games. LG hopes this slump will be a one-off.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
