Tolhurst allowed one run in five innings, Kim Young-woo 153 kilometers, Park Si-won 152 kilometers. Enjoy the fastball in the second round of the Blue and White LG match
Oct 16, 2025
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Tolhurst took the mound as a starting pitcher for the team of Twins, which consisted of the main players in the second self-confessed game held at LG Champions Park in Icheon on the 16th, and threw 58 pitches in five innings, allowing three hits, one walk, four strikeouts, and one run. He sprayed 26 fastballs of up to 152km, and he adjusted his condition by throwing all the pitches he usually throws, including 12 cutters, 10 forks, and 10 curves.
In the top of the first inning, he allowed a heavy hit to the leadoff Kim Hyun-jong and gave up a sacrifice bunt to Lee Young-bin, but later struck out Park Kwan-woo and handled Lee Joo-heon with a fly to center field to finish without a run. Tolhurst, who finished the top of the second inning with three outs, got a hit by Choi Seung-min after one out in the top of the third, but caught the follow-up hitter with a mistake, and continued to score no runs in the top of the fourth inning with three outs.
A run in the top of the last five innings. Giving a walk to the lead Kim Joo-sung became a source of concern. After two outs, Choi Seung-min was allowed a double to the middle of the month, and Kim Joo-sung came home and allowed one run.
Tolhurst came as a substitute for Eliaser Hernandez in August, going 6-2 with a 2.86 ERA in eight appearances in eight games. It was impressive to see him overwhelmed with a 155km fast ball and a slider curve. In the match against Hanwha, he started in Daejeon on September 27 and stopped six innings with five hits, one walk, seven strikeouts, and two runs, reducing his team's magic number to one. He showed that he can throw stably even in important games.
However, the gap between the six games won and the two games lost was too big. In the six games won, he allowed only four runs (three earned runs) in 37 innings, with an ERA of only 0.73, but in the two games he lost, he allowed 11 runs in just seven innings, recording an ERA of 14.14.
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Lim Chan-kyu, the starter of LG Team, was also good. Lim Chan-kyu, who was scheduled to start one more time on the 22nd, played only two innings on the day, but was still stable against LG's main batters. Two innings, one hit, one walk, and no run.
He got a right triple by Austin in the top of the first inning, but he caught Moon Bo-kyung and finished without a run, and he also gave up a walk in the top of the second inning, but finished without an additional hit. He threw a total of 29 pitches, including 9 fastballs with a maximum speed of 141km, 10 curves, 5 sliders, and 5 changeups.
After Lim Chan-kyu, Kim Jin-sung (1 inning, 1 hit, 1 run), Song Seung-ki (1 hit, 1 run in 2 innings), Yoo Young-chan (1 inning, 1 hit, 1 score), Jin Woo-young (2 innings, 4 hits, 1 hit, 1 score) and Kim Eui-joon (1 inning, 1 hit, 1 score) blocked until the 9th inning.
In the bottom of the third inning, Chun Sung-ho, the main player of the team 'Twin's team', hit a triple in the middle of the third inning and scored the first run with Hong Chang-ki's sacrifice fly, but in the top of the fifth inning 'LG Team' tied the score 1-1 with Choi Seung-min's triple.
"Twin's Team" immediately ran one run in the bottom of the fifth inning due to Koo Bon-hyuk's hit and the opponent's error in second and third consecutive stolen bases, but Choi Won-young's RBI left-handed hit in the top of the sixth inning tied the game 2-2 again, and the game was not decided until the ninth inning.
LG's main players, who only had a solo shot and Oh Ji-hwan hit in the first Cheongbaek match on the 15th, seem to be gradually recovering their hitting sense, with Koo Bon-hyuk having three hits and Shin Min-jae having two hits. Hong Chang-ki and Park Dong-won also had hits one by one, and Austin reported another long hit with a triple. Hong Chang-ki entered the opponent team 'LG Team' in the top of the seventh inning and hit another hit.
Non-mainstream players who are seeking to enter the entry also had many good hits. Choi Seung-min and Kim Hyun-jong hit two hits each, and Lee Young-bin, Kim Joon-tae and Choi Won-young also hit one each.
LG will hold its third Cheongbaek match in Icheon on the 19th. Another first-round candidate, Yoni Chirinos and Son Joo-young, will start.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
