Is this the value of a veteran? Kim Hyun-soo and Park Hae-min's concentration, which shone when they needed it the most, became a stepping stone for the team to win six consecutive games
Is this the value of a veteran? Kim Hyun-soo and Park Hae-min's concentration, which shone when they needed it the most, became a stepping stone for the team to win six consecutive games
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The LG Twins, which has been based on the performance of veteran hitters, has won the opening six consecutive games to become the league's sole No. 1 player.카지노사이트
LG won 8-4 against the Hanwha Eagles in the regular season of the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League at Changwon NC Park on the 28th.
The game was tightly contested by starting pitchers Yoni Chirinos and Logan Allen of both teams with two runs and quality start pitching in six innings.
In the bottom of the first inning, Matt Davidson hit a timely hit to left field in the scoring position made by Kwon Hee-dong's body and Son Ah-seop's walk, and NC took the first point.
LG immediately launched counterattack at the top of the second inning. With two outs and runners on the first and second bases loaded with hits by Park Dong-won and Koo Bon-hyuk, Shin Min-jae hit a timely hit to center field after a full count match, tying the game. In the third inning, Austin Dean hit a solo shot, turning the game around 2-1.
NC tied the game again in the sixth inning. Park Kun-woo, who got on base with a hit after one out, took advantage of the opponent's wild pitch to step on second base, and the ground ball hit by the next batter Kim Hyung-joon exited the second base superbly, leading to a timely hit.
The two teams continued their thin ice game by exchanging two runs each in the seventh inning.
LG had a chance to hit leadoff hitter Song Chan-ui's hit and Austin's sacrifice hit. NC sent Moon Bo-kyung to the fourth pitch on purpose and chose to win against Park Dong-won, but as Park Dong-won's hit passed three and four times, the runner on second base homered. Oh Ji-hwan, who entered the batter's box as a pinch hitter, also had a hit to add more points.
NC added a bases-loaded chance with one out with first batter Kim Hui-jip's hit and Park Si-won's walk. In the ensuing at-bat, Son Ah-seop hit a timely two-run hit, bringing the game back to square one.
And in the top of the eighth inning, leadoff hitter Park Hae-min, who had struck out and had two fly balls from the previous three at-bats, walked after a full count match. Since then, all bases have been filled with Shin Min-jae's walk, Hong Chang-ki's sacrifice hit, and Austin's intentional four-ball on-base hit, and Park Hae-min dug home and scored the winning run of the game when opposing pitcher Kim Jae-yeol threw a wild pitch from Moon Bo-kyung's at-bat.
In the top of the ninth inning, Kim Hyun-soo, who had struck out as a pinch hitter at the previous batter's box, opened the game with a hit. The opponent's defense error and Park Hae-min's walk created another bases-loaded chance, and Shin Min-jae scored a run to 7-4 as he hit a timely two-run ball. Hong Chang-ki's double play at the next batter's box seemed to fail to score any more points, but Park Hae-min, who entered the third base at that time, actually sealed the game as he stepped on the home base on the opponent's wild pitch.
Most of the focus of the game was on Shin Min-jae, who had two hits and three RBIs in four times at bat. However, the situation might have changed if not for the performances of Park Hae-min and Kim Hyun-soo at the moment that determines the outcome. Notably, Kim, who has been mired in a slump with his batting average hovering around 100 percent for this season, played the role of troubleshooter at an important moment in the game on the previous day, as he marked his first hit from four times at bat with a timely hit.
The two veterans, who signed FA contracts side by side with LG ahead of the 2022 season, fell into a slump as they entered the second half of their contract period. Kim Hyun-soo failed to hit double-digit homers for the second consecutive year for the first time since 2007-2008, and Park Hae-min also suffered a recession last year, recording the second-lowest batting average in his career. Naturally, it was inevitable for them to find the cause of LG's failure to win consecutive championships.
Eventually, he has no choice but to prove his worth on his own. At the end of this season, Park Hae-min will renew his contract and Kim Hyun-soo will be at a crossroads of renewal and extension of his contract. Attention is focusing on how the two veterans, who showed their presence as "one shot when it matters" at the beginning of the season, will end this year.