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| Lim Chan-kyu is enjoying the joy of winning the second game with Tolhurst. Photo = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun |
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Hanwha killer Lim Chan-kyu, who lost face, eventually laughed thanks to the team's overwhelming firepower.
The LG Twins defeated the Hanwha Eagles 13-5 in Game 2 of the Korean Series at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 27th, winning their second consecutive game.
Starter Lim Chan-kyu allowed five runs, including a back-to-back home run in the first inning, but he avoided losing the Korean Series thanks to the strength of the batters who exploded from the second inning.
This season, Lim Chan-kyu was strong with 2-1 losses and a 1.59 ERA in five games against Hanwha, but this day was different.
Starting with a hit by leadoff hitter Hwang Young-mook in the top of the first inning, Moon Hyun-bin and Liberato hit consecutive home runs. Son Ah-seop's double and Ha Joo-seok's timely hit followed, giving up four runs in an instant.
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| Lim Chan-kyu, who allowed consecutive home runs to Moon Hyun-bin and Noh Si-hwan in the top of the first inning. |
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It is not easy to reverse the game in which the starter collapsed from the first inning. However, LG's batting lineup was different.
At the bottom of the second inning, trailing 0-4, Hanwha starter Ryu Hyun-jin collapsed due to the bat of LG hitters. Following consecutive hits by leadoff batters Kim Hyun-soo and Moon Bo-kyung, Oh Ji-hwan walked to get on base, creating a chance to load the bases with no outs. Park Dong-won, who is strong against Ryu Hyun-jin, hit a change-up and hit a two-run double. Koo Bon-hyuk's ball then deflected off Ryu Hyun-jin's foot and flowed to the right-center. The runners on the second and third bases both homered and tied at 4-4.
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| With no outs, Park Dong-won is cheering after hitting a two-run double in the bottom of the second inning. Jamsil = Reporter Heo Sang-wook |
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| Hong Chang-ki cheers after hitting an RBI come-from-behind hit in the bottom of the second inning. Jamsil = Reporter Heo Sang-wook |
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The attack continued. Park Hae-min's sacrifice bunt and Hong Chang-ki's timely hit at first base with no outs turned the game around 5-4.
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| Park Dong-won, with two outs and first base, hits a two-run home run to the left in the bottom of the third inning and steps on the home while celebrating his jump shot. Jamsil = Reporter Heo Sang-wook |
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In the third inning, Park Dong-won grabbed Ryu Hyun-jin's changeup again with two outs and a runner on first base, shooting a two-run shot with a distance of 117.9m, widening the gap to 7-4.
Lim Chan-kyu also seemed to find stability. He passed the second and third innings without losing a run to fill the inning. However, after one out in the top of the fourth inning, a walk, an error, and a walk caused a crisis with the bases loaded with one out. In the end, he was replaced by Kim Young-woo without finishing the inning. Kim Young-woo handled Liberato with an infield fly ball, but gave up a walk to Moon Hyun-bin.
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| Lim Chan-kyu is being replaced in the top of the fourth inning with two outs and a full base crisis. Jamsil = Reporter Jung Jae-geun |
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Even though Lim Chan-kyu allowed five runs, the game flowed to LG's unilateral advantage. LG's batting lineup, which scored 10 points with Moon Bo-kyung's sweeping double in the bottom of the fourth inning, added one point in the seventh inning and two points in the eighth inning to score a total of 13 points. The bullpen, which led to Kim Young-woo, Kim Jin-sung, Song Seung-gi, Ham Deok-ju and Lee Jung-yong, also prevented additional runs, helping them to a 13-5 victory.
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| LG players who won Game 2 are delighted. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man |
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There are times when you can't laugh even if you win a team. But the Korean series is different. I don't need it all, it's only a team. This is why Lim Chan-kyu, who left the dugout on the first base and headed to the locker room on the third base after the game, was able to smile broadly.
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| Laughing and heading to Daejeon, Lim Chan-kyu and Tolhurst |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
