The professional baseball LG Twins are seeking to achieve their second consecutive win in the opening series against the Lotte Giants.
LG will face Lotte in the second match of the season on the 23rd at Seoul's Jamsil Stadium. In the opening game the previous day, LG exploded with 15 hits and secured a dominant 12-2 victory.
LG's number one starter, Chi-ru-nos, pitched 6 innings, throwing 103 pitches, allowing 5 hits, 3 walks, 8 strikeouts, and recording 2 earned runs for a quality start, earning a win in his KBO League debut. Moon Bo-kyung hit a two-run home run, Oh Ji-hwan hit a solo home run, and Song Chan-eui recorded his personal best of 3 hits in a single game.
On that day, LG's starting lineup features Hong Chang-ki (right fielder), Kim Hyun-soo (designated hitter), Austin (first baseman), Moon Bo-kyung (third baseman), Oh Ji-hwan (shortstop), Song Chan-eui (left fielder), Park Dong-won (catcher), Park Hae-min (center fielder), and Koo Bon-hyuk (second baseman). This lineup is the same as the previous day’s. Only the positions of Kim Hyun-soo and Song Chan-eui were swapped, as Kim is now in left field and Song is the designated hitter.
The starting pitchers on the 23rd will feature a matchup of homegrown talent. LG's lefty Son Joo-young will face Lotte's righty Park Se-woong as the starting pitchers.
Son Joo-young recorded 9 wins and 10 losses with a 3.79 earned run average over 28 games last year, making his first full season as a starter. He ranked second in the league among homegrown starters in earned run average.
Son Joo-young is particularly strong against Lotte, holding a 2-0 record with a 1.80 earned run average over 3 career games. He became the winning pitcher in his lone start against them last year, pitching 6 scoreless innings.
Son Joo-young made 2 starts in spring training, pitching 8 innings with 4 hits allowed, 3 walks, and 1 earned run, recording an earned run average of 1.13.
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