'Im Chan-gyu 6 innings and 1 run' Defending Champ LG won 3-2 by shaking off Kiwoom's pursuit and finishing second in the first half
'Im Chan-gyu 6 innings and 1 run' Defending Champ LG won 3-2 by shaking off Kiwoom's pursuit and finishing second in the first half
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The LG Twins, the defending champion of professional baseball, finished second in the first half of the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League.
LG won 3-2 against the Kiwoom Heroes at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 4th thanks to starting pitcher Lim Chan-kyu's good pitching.
LG, which had been chased by the Samsung Lions and the Doosan Bears by half a game until the previous day, remained in second place and returned to the halfway point of the 2024 season.
The Kiwoom Heroes, who have recently been on the rise with six consecutive wins, ended the first half without being last.
LG scored two runs first with two hits and two sacrifice hits in the top of the first inning.
In the second and third bases with no outs made by Hong Chang-ki and Shin Min-jae's consecutive hits, Kim Hyun-soo and Austin Dean took the lead with two consecutive sacrifice hits against Kiwoom starter Ha Young-min.
Lim Chan-kyu, who blocked the first and second innings with three outs in a row, gave up a run in the bottom of the third inning and allowed the chase.
Lim Chan-kyu made it 2-1 after Kiwoom's leadoff batter Kim Gun-hee had a double over the center field height and Jang Jae-young had a timely hit to the right-center.
LG immediately ran away with another point.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, first batter Park Dong-won's left-handed hit and Moon Bo-kyung's walk made it first and second, and when Park Hae-min's outfield fly ball and Koo Bon-hyuk's infield grounder, second baseman Park Dong-won stepped on third base and home in turn to make it 3-1.
After that, LG narrowly blocked Kiwoom's batters.
Lim Chan-kyu struck out Kim Tae-jin with an infield grounder and Jang Jae-young in the bottom of the fifth inning with one out and runners on first and second bases with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning, blocking both Song Sung-moon and Choi Joo-hwan with infield grounder.
LG put in closer Yoo Young-chan as Lee Sang-young, who took the mound in relief in the eighth inning, was driven to the first and second bases with one out due to poor control of the ball.
Yoo Young-chan gave up a walk in a full count match with Kiwoom's No. 4 hitter Song Sung-moon, and induced the follow-up hitter Choi Joo-hwan to ground out to second to catch Song Sung-moon, the first baseman who was running to second base, but in the meantime, he allowed third baseman Ronnie Dawson to score, chasing 3-2.
He wiped out the sweat by blocking pinch-hitter Bae Sang-kwon with a ground ball to the second base with two outs and runners on the first and third bases. 밤알바
Yoo Young-chan kept the victory in the bottom of the ninth inning by blocking the defense with three outs.
Lim Chan-kyu allowed four hits, one walk, four strikeouts, and one run in six innings for his fifth win (three losses) of the season.