grapplegraphics.com The ‘Jamsil Rivalry’ LG Twins and Doosan Bears meet at a crucial juncture: a three-game series where there is no backing down.
LG and Doosan will face off in the 11th game of the season at Jamsil Stadium on the 29th. LG leads the head-to-head series 8-2. Doosan has the lowest head-to-head winning percentage against LG among the nine teams this season. Both LG and Doosan are in a bad spot and will be facing a tough Jamsil rivalry.
LG will start Lee Jung-yong, who has made the transition from bullpen to starter and has pitched well in his last three games. Doosan will start Brandon, who joined the team as a replacement foreign player.
Hwangdang upset, shock sweep, second-place KT closes to within 4.5 games of LG
LG’s quest for its first unified title in 29 years is in jeopardy with 36 games remaining. The top-ranked LG was swept by NC in Changwon last weekend.
They were swept in game one by NC ace Pedi’s perfect game. The shocker came in game two when they lost in a blowout.
Leading 5-3 with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, Park Gun-woo’s grounder to second base ended the game, but the ball hit the foot of second base umpire Yoon Sang-won, making the ground out a hit according to baseball rules. The game then took a strange turn,카지노 and LG lost the game to Kwon Hee-dong, who hit a game-tying three-run home run.
The third game was lost when starter Im Chan-kyu was hit in the helmet by Park Gun-woo in the first inning, resulting in a ‘headshot retirement’.
[OSEN=Jamsil, Reporter Ji Hyung-jun] On the afternoon of the 13th, a game between the LG Twins and the Kiwoom Heroes of the ‘2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League’ was held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul. In the eighth inning, the coaching staff, including LG manager Yeom Kyung-yup, watches the game. 2023.08.13 /jpnews@osen.co.kr
With LG’s third straight loss, the mood is tense as second-place KT continues to chase. KT swept a three-game series against Lotte last weekend.
In their last 10 games, LG is 4-6, while KT is 8-2. In just eight days, the gap between LG and KT has narrowed from eight games to 4.5 games.
Notably, KT was in last place at the beginning of June, but in just two and a half months, they have risen to second place. From a -14 win-loss margin at the start of June to +15 today, the team has made a remarkable rebound. In the second half, they went 25-6 (.806 winning percentage) in 31 games. LG’s comfortable run to the top of the standings has turned into a nervous one.
After a franchise-record 11-game winning streak, they’ve slipped to sixth place.
Doosan is in the same boat. In mid-July, the team set a new franchise record with an 11-game winning streak to solidify its third-place position, but then lost five straight games. In early August, they slipped from third to fifth place. A loss to SSG on August 27 dropped them to sixth place. They lost the fifth spot to KIA.
After an 11-game winning streak, they have lost 10 of 12 and are slipping down the leaderboard. They are 2.5 games behind fourth-placed NC and 0.5 games behind fifth-placed KIA, who are also in contention for the top five.
The 1-3 starters of Alcantara, Brandon, and Kwak-Bin are stable, but the 4-5 starters are shaky and the bullpen is overloaded.
[OSEN=Jamsil, Reporter Lee Dae-sun] Doosan snapped a five-game losing streak against the KBO’s best ace, Eric Pedroia. The Doosan Bears won 4-1 in their 11th game of the season against the NC Dinos of the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on April 19. Doosan snapped a five-game losing streak and a four-game home losing streak to improve to 50 wins, 1 draw, 50 losses, and a 5.5 percent winning percentage on the season. NC, meanwhile, fell to 51 points, two draws and 48 losses after failing to win in a row.Doosan’s Jang Seung-hyun and Chung Chul-won celebrate after the match. 2023.08.19 /sunday@osen.co.kr
Doosan switched the roles of closer and set-up man on Aug. 15. Closer Hong Gun-hee’s ERA skyrocketed in August as he gave up two runs and three earned runs against Samsung Electronics on Aug. 8 and 9.
Set-up man Chung Chul-won took over the closer role and has two saves in five games, but has a 9.64 ERA. He gave up runs in four of those five games. In 4⅔ innings, he allowed five runs on 11 hits with five walks and five strikeouts.
At the plate, Yang is batting 3-for-7 with six RBIs in 16 at-bats since returning from injury, and foreign hitter Rojas is 3-for-10 in his last 10 games. However, mainstay Kim Jae-hwan hasn’t been able to get out of the bottom of the batting order (2-for-1, 9 RBI).
[OSEN=Ji Hyung-jun] Doosan, missing Yang Ji Won and Choi Won-jun, used its pitching staff to secure a valuable victory. The Doosan Bears won the ninth game of the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League against the Samsung Lions 5-3 on Monday at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul. Doosan swept the three-game series and extended its winning streak over Samsung to five games, improving to 48 wins, one loss and 44 draws on the season. Samsung, on the other hand, dropped its second straight game and fifth straight against Doosan to fall to 39 wins, one draw and 56 losses. Doosan head coach Lee Seung-yeop and players celebrate the victory after the game.