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| The LG Twins Blue and White match held at Jamsil Stadium on the 22nd. LG Kim Hyun-soo is cheering after hitting a solo shot. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.22/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 1st. LG Austin is taking a hit. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.01/ |
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| The LG Twins Blue and White match held at Jamsil Stadium on the 22nd. Koo Bon-hyuk, who starts in left field of LG, is warming up. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.22/ |
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LG Twins veteran Kim Hyun-soo will be the fourth hitter in Game 1 of the Korean Series.
LG formed the starting lineup of Hong Chang-ki (right wing), Shin Min-jae (second baseman), Austin (designated hitter), Kim Hyun-soo (designated hitter), Moon Bo-kyung (third baseman), Oh Ji-hwan (striker), Park Dong-won, Koo Bon-hyuk (third baseman), and Park Hae-min (middle fielder) in Game 1 of the Korean Series against Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil Stadium on the 26th. Considering the conditions of the batters, Kim Hyun-soo, who had a good hit in the Blue and White match, seems to have been used as the fourth batter. As Austin entered as the designated hitter, Moon Bo-kyung entered the first base, and Kim Hyun-soo played in the left field, and Koo Bon-hyuk took over as the third baseman.
Moon Sung-joo, who was uncertain whether he would play in the early part of the Korean Series due to back muscle pain during training camp, was excluded from the selection as expected. Although his condition improved in the match against Cheongbaek on the 22nd, he played four at-bats as a designated hitter in the non-mainstream team, but he was not listed in the starting lineup on the day, and is likely to come out as a pinch hitter during the game.
LG brought Anders Tolhurst as a starting pitcher in the second half of the year 'Winning Contractor' to win the first game. Tolhurst, who had 6 wins, 2 losses and a 2.86 ERA in eight games this season, took the mound once against Hanwha and became a winning pitcher with two runs in six innings. It was a match in Daejeon on September 27th, and the starting pitcher of Hanwha was Moon Dong-joo. It was his second showdown as a starter in the first round of the Korean Series. At that time, Moon Dong-ju was hit hard in the first inning and collapsed with six runs in ⅔ innings.
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| The LG Twins Blue and White match held at Jamsil Stadium on the 22nd. LG Moon Sung-joo is throwing a hit. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.22/ |
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| The LG Twins Blue and White match held at Jamsil Stadium on the 22nd. LG Tolhurst and Austin are preparing for the game. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.22/ |
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LG also had Yoni Chirinos, who won 13 games, but Yeom chose Tolhurst rather than Chirinos. Coach Yeom focused on pitchers who can throw well in Game 5, although he pitched well enough not to be weird no matter who goes out in Game 1.
Coach Yeom revealed Tolhurst as the first-round pick on the media day on the 25th, saying, `He has the best ball and good stamina among our starters"The change in this Korean series is that Games 3, 4, and 5 continue, so the first-round selection has to take four days off (for Game 5). Chirinos had a physical burden, so they decided Tolhurst was better."
Chirinos was 2-2 with a 4.87 ERA in four games after four days off, and 8-2 with a 2.85 ERA in 18 games after five days off. On the other hand, Tolhurst was the best with two wins, no losses and an ERA of 0.82 in two games thrown after four days off, and was rather bad with one win and one loss and an ERA of 5.40 in two games during the five-day break.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
