The professional baseball LG Twins are at risk of their second sweep loss of the season.

LG will play the last game of the weekend three-game series against the Kiwoom Heroes at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 8th. LG suffered a 1-2 loss in extra innings on the 6th and lost 1-4 in the game on the 7th. If they lose the game on the 8th as well, they will be swept by the last-place team. LG was swept by Samsung in their first three-game series of the season from the 30th to the 1st at Jamsil Stadium.

LG's starting lineup included Lee Ju-heon (catcher), Gu Bon-hyeok (shortstop), Kim Hyun-soo (left fielder), Austin (first baseman), Moon Bo-gyeong (designated hitter), Moon Sung-ju (right fielder), Oh Ji-hwan (shortstop), Park Hae-min (center fielder), and Song Seung-gi (third baseman). Shortstop Oh Ji-hwan, who has been struggling with his batting, has been excluded from the starting lineup for four consecutive games. With Lee Ju-heon playing as the designated catcher, Park Dong-won will be available for pinch hitting.

LG's starting pitcher is Song Seung-gi. He has appeared in 11 games this season, recording 6 wins and 3 losses with an earned run average of 2.56. He ranks 5th in ERA. Having been discharged from the military last year, he is making his first starting debut this year and has been performing better than expected in the fifth starter role.

Song Seung-gi recorded a victory against Kiwoom on May 14, throwing 6 innings with 4 hits, 2 walks, 5 strikeouts, and no earned runs. LG, who lost with Chirinos and Im Chan-kyu on the mound, hopes that the fifth starter, Song Seung-gi, will be able to stop the losing streak.

Kiwoom's starting pitcher is the 2025 overall first-round rookie Jung Hyun-woo. He has recorded 2 wins and no losses with an earned run average of 4.80 in 3 games this season.

In his professional debut on March 26 against the KIA Tigers, he threw 122 pitches, recording the 12th all-time debut win for a high school graduate. However, as a result of that, he was placed on the injured list due to a shoulder injury on April 17.

After completing rehabilitation, Jung Hyun-woo started against LG in the Futures League on the 3rd, throwing 2⅓ innings with 5 hits, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts, and 5 earned runs.

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