Since the first game, Ryu Hyun-jin has to hit three right hands without hitting, so the championship is close to winning

Oct 27, 2025

Since the first game, Ryu Hyun-jin has to hit three right hands without hitting, so the championship is close to winning
A game between the LG Twins and the Hanwha Eagles in Game 1 of the Korean Series at Jamsil Stadium on the 26th. LG Austin, with one out and third base, cheers after scoring a run due to an opponent's error in the bottom of the fifth inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.26/



Since the first game, Ryu Hyun-jin has to hit three right hands without hitting, so the championship is close to winning
A game between the LG Twins and the Hanwha Eagles in Game 1 of the Korean Series at Jamsil Stadium on the 26th. LG's Park Dong-won is handling Hanwha's Choi Jae-hoon bunt ball with no outs and runners on second base in the top of the fifth inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.26/
Since the first game, Ryu Hyun-jin has to hit three right hands without hitting, so the championship is close to winning
A game between the LG Twins and the Hanwha Eagles in Game 1 of the Korean Series at Jamsil Stadium on the 26th. Koo Bon-hyuk scores during a timely hit by LG Shin Min-jae with the bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.26/
Three right-handed hitters who couldn't get a hit in the first game of the Korean Series should taste it in the second game.

The LG Twins won 8-2 in Game 1 of the Korean Series against the Hanwha Eagles in Jamsil on the 26th. The result of concentrating seven hits and seven walks. After the final regular league match against the NC Dinos on October 1, he was worried about whether the hitting would increase because he would play in the Korean Series after a long break of 24 days, but he was able to easily solve the game as a timely hit broke out at an important opportunity.

Shin Min-jae had three hits and two RBIs, Moon Bo-kyung had two hits and two RBIs, Kim Hyun-soo had one hit and two RBIs, and Park Hae-min had one hit and one RBI.




All seven hits were hit by left-handed hitters.

Unfortunately, all three right-handed hitters are silent. Austin Dean, the third batter, had no hits in five at-bats and struck out three, while No. 7 hitter Park Dong-won had no hits in four at-bats, and No. 8 hitter Koo Bon-hyuk also had no hits in three at-bats and only one walk.

In the second game, it's time for right-handed hitters to play an active role. This is because Hanwha's starting pitcher is left-handed Ryu Hyun-jin.




Ryu Hyun-jin, who had 9 wins, 7 losses and an ERA of 3.23 this year, pitched very well with one win, no loss and an ERA of 1.08 in four games against LG. Last year, when he returned to the KBO League, he was good with one win, one loss and a 1.84 ERA in three games, but this year he was better. He threw 25 innings and pitched salty water to give up only three runs.

Since the first game, Ryu Hyun-jin has to hit three right hands without hitting, so the championship is close to winning
A game between the LG Twins and the Hanwha Eagles in Game 1 of the Korean Series at Jamsil Stadium on the 26th. LG Austin is doing batting training. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.26/
Since the first game, Ryu Hyun-jin has to hit three right hands without hitting, so the championship is close to winning
A game between the LG Twins and the Hanwha Eagles in Game 1 of the Korean Series at Jamsil Stadium on the 26th. LG's Park Dong-won is doing batting training. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.26/
Since the first game, Ryu Hyun-jin has to hit three right hands without hitting, so the championship is close to winning
A game between the LG Twins and the Hanwha Eagles in Game 1 of the Korean Series at Jamsil Stadium on the 26th. LG third baseman Koo Bon-hyuk and shortstop Oh Ji-hwan are organizing the inning neatly. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.26/
Hanwha's strongest one-two punches, Cody Ponce and Ryan Weiss, are scheduled to take the mound in Games 3 and 4, so LG should target Ryu Hyun-jin because catching until Game 2 in Jamsil is advantageous for the championship.

In terms of relative performance this season, Hong Chang-ki and Park Dong-won were good with 3 hits in 9 at-bats, and Kim Hyun-soo was also good with 3 hits in 10 at-bats. Moon Bo-kyung and Moon Sung-joo had 2 hits in 7 at-bats, Austin had 3 hits in 11 at-bats, and Koo Bon-hyuk had 2 hits in 9 at-bats.




Since three right-handed hitters have the experience of attacking Ryu Hyun-jin, they must participate in scoring in the second game to easily solve the game.

On the other hand, Shin Min-jae was weak against Ryu Hyun-jin with 1 hit in 6 at-bats, Park Hae-min 1 hit in 9 at-bats, and Oh Ji-hwan had no hit in 10 at-bats.

Ryu Hyun-jin started in Game 3 of the playoffs against the Samsung Lions on the 21st, but he showed sluggish performance in four innings with six hits (two home runs), one walk, three strikeouts, and four runs.

How will LG hurt Ryu Hyun-jin, who will be on the Korean Series stage again for the first time in 19 years since the 2006 Korean Series, when he won the only Rookie of the Year award in KBO League history at the same time.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.