The LG Twins overpowered SSG Landers with starter Lim Chan-kyu at the forefront.
LG beat SSG 5-0 in the home game of the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 4th.메이저사이트
LG maintained its third place in the league (66 wins, 58 losses, 2 draws), and SSG (59 wins, 67 losses, 1 draw), which is in desperate need of a mid-range leap, lost three consecutive games, moving one step away from the postseason ticket.
Lim Chan-kyu pitched a perfect pitch with 81 pitches, two hits, no outs, and 10 strikeouts in seven innings, earning his ninth win (six losses) of the season.
Lim Chan-kyu threw curves (29) the most, while he mixed fastballs (24), changeups (19), and sliders (9). The lowest speed of curves was 93 kilometers per hour.
His 10 strikeouts are the most by a player in a single game. The previous record was also set against the SK Wyverns (current SSG) on Oct. 13, 2018.
Lim Chan-kyu, who started with three consecutive strikeouts in the first inning, also made it a three-out inning in the second inning.
Lim Chan-kyu gave up two hits only to Lee Ji-young over the next five innings, and struck out and hit the rest of the batters.
SSG gave up the first run in vain in the bottom of the first inning due to shortstop Kim Sung-hyun’s error with one out and second base.
Third baseman Park Ji-hwan dived Austin Dean’s ground ball and caught it well. In the meantime, second baseman Oh Ji-hwan, who was heading home around third base, was caught in a rundown.
However, shortstop Kim Sung-hyun, who covered the third base, spilled catcher Lee Ji-young’s throw back, and Oh Ji-hwan scored the first run.
Austin, who took advantage of the confusion and survived to third base, also homered when Park Dong-won grounded out.
After two outs in the bottom of the second inning, LG ran 4-0 with a ball that hit Park Hae-min’s body, Choi Won-young’s timely double on the right-field line, and Hong Chang-ki’s timely hit to center field.
In the fifth inning, Moon hit a forkball by Song Young-jin, the second pitcher of the SSG, to hit a solo shot to right-center field. It was his 18th homer of this season.
LG, which lowered Lim Chan-kyu one tempo faster in the eighth inning, raised Lee Jong-joon in the eighth inning and Kim Yoo-young in the ninth inning to end the game without losing a point.