The home game sellout record of the professional baseball LG Twins ended at 8 games. They failed to attract a sellout crowd for the 9th game. It was a rainy day with spring rain, and suddenly 1,300 canceled tickets poured out.

LG announced that "22,938 spectators entered" the game against Doosan held on the 12th at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul. They were short by 812 from the full capacity crowd of 23,750.

Initially, about 500 tickets for the Doosan-LG game on the 12th were left for on-site sale. However, it is said that a large number of canceled tickets came pouring out from reservations on the night of the 11th. An LG official noted, "Many tickets for the 3rd base side (visiting team) were canceled, and there are about 1,300 canceled tickets."

Recently, the internet reservation culture has become established, making it difficult to sell all 1,800 tickets through on-site sales. Additionally, the weather forecast indicated rain that day, which was unfavorable for ticket sales. At around 1:30 p.m., sudden strong winds accompanied by rain forced a delay, and the game started an hour late at 3 p.m.

Despite the inclement weather, about 1,000 tickets were sold through on-site sales, but they failed to sell out. While LG did not achieve a sellout that day, they set a record of 8 consecutive sellout crowds since the season opener. This is a new KBO record.

LG recorded a sellout for 7 consecutive games from the opening two-game series against the Lotte Giants on March 22-23, a three-game series against the Hanwha Eagles from the 25th to the 27th, and home games against the KIA Tigers on April 4 and 6 (the April 5 game against KIA was canceled due to rain). They continued the streak to 8 games with the game against Doosan on the 11th.

LG set the all-time single-season highest attendance record last year. They recorded 1,397,499 spectators over 73 games, surpassing the previous KBO record of 1,380,018 set by the Lotte Giants in 2009. This season, they are once again challenging for a new attendance record.

Meanwhile, LG beat Doosan 4-0 that day. Starting pitcher Chi-ryeong threw 6 innings, allowing 3 hits, striking out 8, and not allowing any runs, while the bullpen continued to pitch without allowing any runs. Oh Ji-hwan hit the go-ahead hit in the 4th inning, and Moon Seong-joo had a two-run timely hit in the 8th. LG is currently leading the league with an overwhelming record of 14 wins and 2 losses since the season opener, riding a 3-game winning streak.

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