"Losing, losing, losing, losing." LG is in a real crisis. It's caught up with Samsung, Hanwha, and Lotte…'LG Killer' Ryu Hyun-jin is living a life together
"Losing, losing, losing, losing." LG is in a real crisis. It's caught up with Samsung, Hanwha, and Lotte…'LG Killer' Ryu Hyun-jin is living a life together
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The LG Twins in professional baseball have now narrowed down to just two games apart from their second-place pursuers.
LG lost 2-3 against the Hanwha Eagles at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on Sunday. The team's batting lineup, which has been on the decline, lacked concentration. Having lost three consecutive games for the first time in this season, LG will have to deal with Ryu Hyun-jin, a flagship "LG killer" pitcher, on Sunday.
LG Twins' slugger Hong Chang-ki hit a base hit from the first batter's box in the first inning. However, Kim Hyun-soo hit the first pitch and was out with a fly ball to the left field, and Austin struck out. Moon Bo-kyung grounded out to the second base.
Starter Song Seung-ki allowed Lee Jae-won to score first with a sacrifice fly in the second inning with one out and runners on the first and third bases.
With one out in the third inning, LG got on base with Hong Chang-ki hitting a pitch, and Kim Hyun-soo's grounder to the second base allowed the leading runner to be out. Austin hit Weiss at a fastball (151 kilometers) on the first pitch and hit a two-run home run to cross the left-center fence.
With one out and one out in the fourth inning, LG had a chance to score runs on the first and second bases with Park Hae-min walking and Shin Min-jae hitting. The LG bench put Park Dong-won as a substitute for Lee Ju-hun's at-bat. When Song Seung-ki took the mound as the fifth starter, he excluded the backup catcher Lee Ju-hun who forms a battery, and used Park Dong-won as a substitute.
However, Park Dong-won's ball missed the opportunity to run away as he was out with a straight hit by the second baseman and Hong Chang-ki was also out with a ground ball to shortstop.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, Song allowed a solo home run to Lee Jin-young and a solo home run to Shim Woo-joon after two outs. Coincidentally, as the catcher was changed, he hit two home runs. He was hit with a fastball on two balls and a fastball on two balls-1 strikes.
After three outs in the fifth inning and two outs in the sixth inning, Park Hae-min got on base with a right-center hit and managed to steal second base, but Shin Min-jae was out with a ground ball to the first base. Oh Ji-hwan got on base with a double after two outs against Hanwha bullpen Park Sang-won in the seventh inning and Han Seung-hyuk in the eighth inning, but Moon Sung-joo grounded out to shortstop.
With one out and one out, pinch hitter Song Chan-ui got on base with a heavy hit against Hanwha Eagles' closing pitcher Kim Seo-hyun. The game ended with Park Dong-won's double play of a grounder to the shortstop. LG's batters had no hits in four at-bats that allowed them to score. Austin's two-run homer gave two runs.
Starting from the sixth inning, starting pitcher Song Seung-ki (three runs in five innings), Park Myung-geun (one scoreless inning), Kim Jin-seong (one scoreless inning), and Kim Kang-ryul (one scoreless inning) were deployed in order, but the batters failed to reverse the order. He used up his must-win team from the first day of the nine consecutive games, but lost the game.
Due to Hernandez's absence from injury, he has recorded two wins and six losses since the game against SSG on Sunday. He lost for the first two consecutive games this season and three for the first time. His batting average is generally in a slump, and he is in danger going forward.
Moreover, LG lost to Hanwha, and Samsung defeated SSG. Fourth-ranked Lotte also beat Kiwoom. LG is two games ahead of second-ranked Samsung, 2.5 games ahead of third-ranked Hanwha, and three games ahead of fourth-ranked Lotte. The gap between the two teams quickly disappeared.
LG is aiming to escape three consecutive losses with starting pitcher Chirinos on the 30th. Ryu Hyun-jin of Hanwha is starting pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin. Ryu Hyun-jin allowed six scoreless innings against LG in Jamsil on March 25. LG's overall performance is 23 wins, nine losses and an ERA of 2.28 in 39 games.
After returning to the 스포츠토토 KBO League last year, he pitched well with one win and one loss with a 1.84 ERA in three games. At the opening game of last year, he became the losing pitcher by allowing five runs (two earned runs) in 3.2 innings due to his defensive errors, but he was unreliable by allowing no runs in five innings and one run in six innings in the second half.