The early run of the professional baseball LG Twins is impressive.

The 2025 KBO League has not yet had each team play 20 games, but already a solo lead is emerging. LG is five games ahead of second place. In contrast, the gap between second place and the bottom-ranked 10th place is only four games. If LG's solo lead continues, it could become a landscape of 'one strong team and the other nine clubs.'

LG won their season's first matchup against the Samsung Lions on the 15th at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul, winning 3-0. They also achieved a remarkable record, recording the team's fourth no-hit, no-run in history.

In the first inning, Hong Chang-ki and Kim Hyun-soo's consecutive hits created a no outs first and second base chance, and Moon Bo-kyung's timely hit drove in the first run. After that, it turned into a tight pitching duel between starter Hernandez (LG) and Hurado (Samsung).

Hernandez recorded six innings (79 pitches), with no hits, one walk, and nine strikeouts, finishing without allowing a run before being replaced. He was substituted early for player protection. After the game, Hernandez said, "I felt a bit uncomfortable in the lower part of my thigh during the fourth inning, but the training coaches massaged me. I think I'm okay now."

In the seventh inning, Kim Jin-seong came in as a relief pitcher and ended the inning with three strikeouts, and in the eighth inning, Park Myung-geun took responsibility for one inning with one strikeout and a three-up, three-down. In the bottom of the eighth inning, LG created a one-out opportunity on second and third base with Austin's superb double, Moon Bo-kyung's walk, and Oh Ji-hwan's sacrifice bunt, and they took a 3-0 lead with Moon Sung-joo's two-run double to left-center.

In the ninth inning, closer Jang Hyun-sik came on and, after one out, issued back-to-back walks to Lee Jae-hyun and Kim Sung-yoon, creating a crisis. However, he completed the team's no-hit, no-run record with a ground ball double play by Ryu Ji-hyuk.

LG sits at the top with a record of 15 wins and 3 losses. Second place SSG has 9 wins and 7 losses, third place KT has 9 wins, 1 draw, and 8 losses, and fourth place Samsung has 10 wins and 9 losses. LG leads the teams in 2nd to 4th place by 5 to 5.5 games. A five-game lead is a significant number at a point where not even 20 games have been played.

In contrast, second place SSG and eighth place NC (7 wins, 9 losses) are only two games apart. The bottom-ranked Kiwoom (7 wins, 13 losses) is four games behind second place SSG. This is a phenomenon where the gap between first and second place is greater than the gap between second and tenth place.

Samsung, who played their first game of the season against LG, is in fourth place, while SSG, who has yet to face LG, is in second place. Only third place KT is tied with LG at one win and one loss. Teams from fifth place Lotte to tenth place Kiwoom have all suffered more than two losses to LG. Only ninth place Doosan and tenth place Kiwoom have managed to secure one win against LG.

Currently, LG's performance in hitting and pitching is overwhelming. Team batting average of .283 is first, on-base percentage of .377 is first, slugging percentage of .423 is first, OPS of .800 is first, with 84 walks also placing them first. They have hit 18 home runs, three fewer than Samsung (21), which plays in the hitter-friendly Lotte Park while using the pitcher-friendly Jamsil Stadium as their home.

The team has the lowest earned run average of 2.53, with a starting ERA of 2.87 in second place, while the bullpen leads with an ERA of 1.86. They have allowed one more walk than the minimum allowed leader KT (58 walks), placing them second with 59. The most stable rotation includes starters Chirinus (4 games, 3 wins, ERA 1.80), Son Joo-young (4 games, 3 wins, 1 loss, ERA 4.50), Hernandez (4 games, 2 wins, 2 losses, ERA 5.68), Lim Chan-kyu (3 games, 3 wins, ERA 0.93), and Song Seung-ki (3 games, 1 win, ERA 2.00). Hernandez had struggled in his last two games, allowing 8 earned runs in ⅔ innings and 4 earned runs in 5⅓ innings but made a comeback on the 15th against Samsung with six perfect innings.

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