Professional baseball LG Twins Yonny Chirinos (32) achieved a quality start (7 innings, 2 earned runs or fewer), but the trusted bullpen blew the victory.

On the 6th, Chirinos started the game against the Kiwoom Heroes in the '2025 Shinhan Bank SOL Bank KBO League' at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, recording 7 innings, 5 hits, 3 walks, 4 strikeouts, and no earned runs.

Chirinos, who started the game pleasantly by not allowing a single runner to reach base until the bottom of the 2nd inning, faced a crisis in the 3rd inning when he allowed a hit to leadoff hitter Song Ji-hoo and then faced a sacrifice bunt by Kim Keon-hee with one out and runners on 2nd and 3rd base. However, he handled Eo Jun-seo with a ground ball to third base and escaped the crisis after a walk to Song Seong-moon by getting Choi Joo-hwan to ground into a double play.

In the 4th inning, Chirinos allowed a walk to leadoff hitter Lee Joo-hyung. Although Kim Dong-yeop and Im Ji-yeol both made flyouts to center field, he gave up a hit to Won Seong-jun and found himself in a situation with two outs and runners on 1st and 3rd base. Nevertheless, he escaped the crisis by striking out Song Ji-hoo. In the 5th inning with two outs, he allowed a double to Song Seong-moon but got Choi Joo-hwan to ground out to shortstop.

In the 6th inning, Chirinos, who issued a walk to leadoff hitter Lee Joo-hyung, struck out both Kim Dong-yeop and Im Ji-yeol. He faced another crisis with two outs and runners on 1st and 2nd base after giving up a hit to Won Seong-jun, but he managed to stop the scoring threat by getting Song Ji-hoo to fly out to second base.

In the 7th inning, Chirinos took the mound again and gave up a hit to leadoff hitter Kim Keon-hee. After ground outs by Eo Jun-seo and Song Seong-moon, he faced Choi Joo-hwan with two outs and a runner on 3rd base, but he got Choi to ground out to shortstop, maintaining his scoreless performance. Leading 1-0 in the 8th inning, he was replaced by Kim Jin-sung, finishing his pitching appearance for the day. Chirinos threw 102 pitches, using a two-seam fastball (52), forkball (25), slider (18), and four-seam fastball (7). His maximum velocity reached 152 km/h, and he recorded a strike percentage of 65.7%.

Chirinos met the requirements for his 7th win of the season, but it was short-lived. Kim Jin-sung gave up a tying solo home run to Lee Joo-hyung at the start of the 8th inning, leading to the loss of victory. LG eventually went into extra innings, where Kim Young-woo hit a walk-off home run against Song Seong-moon, resulting in a painful defeat.

LG has recorded 37 wins, 1 tie, and 24 losses this season, with a win percentage of .607, currently leading the league. On this day, second-place Hanwha (36 wins, 26 losses, .581) lost to KIA by 2-3, providing an opportunity to widen the gap, but they squandered the chance with the loss in extra innings. The disappointment is even greater as they fell to the last-place Kiwoom (19 wins, 1 tie, 45 losses, .297).

Kiwoom has announced that Raul Alcantara will be the starting pitcher on the 7th. Alcantara, who made his debut on the 1st against Doosan (6 innings, no earned runs victory), has recorded 5 wins and an earned run average of 1.60 across 6 games (39⅓ innings) at Gocheok Dome. LG's second starter Im Chan-kyu will also take the mound, but a challenging game is anticipated. Attention is focused on whether LG can regain its pace after the shocking loss in extra innings.

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