It is truly a 5th starter almost like a 1st starter. LG Twins' 5th starter Song Seung-gi has risen to the top of the league among domestic pitchers with an earned run average of 1.0.

On the 8th, Song Seung-gi took the mound as a starting pitcher in the game against Kiwoom held at the Seoul Gocheok Sky Dome, pitching 7 innings with 2 hits allowed, 2 walks, 1 hit by pitch, and 5 strikeouts, and became the winning pitcher. LG won 7-2. He achieved his 7th win of the season and lowered his earned run average to 2.30.

He ranks 3rd in earned run average in the league. Following Hanwha's Ponce (1.80) and SSG's Anderson (2.28), he is in 3rd place. Among the league's native pitchers, he ranks 1st, surpassing KT's So Hyung-jun (2.43). Song Seung-gi has continued his streak of scoreless innings for the last 3 games. He has pitched 20⅔ scoreless innings.

On that day, Song Seung-gi's maximum fastball speed was 148 km/h, with an average of 144 km/h. He utilized 58 fastballs, 14 sliders, 13 changeups, 8 curves, and 4 forkballs. Before the game, manager Youm Kyoung-youb noted about Song Seung-gi, "The tracking data is good. The RPM is good and the vertical movement is outstanding. Even if the fastball speed is 145 km/h, it isn't well hit and has many fouls. Even at the same 145 km/h, Seung-gi's data is good."

In the bottom of the first inning, leadoff hitter Song Seong-mun was allowed to reach base due to a throwing error by the second baseman. The first baseman failed to catch the ball. With no outs on 1st base, Choi Joo-hwan was caught by a foul fly out by the catcher, and Lee Joo-hyung struck out swinging. Lim Ji-yeol's fly ball was caught by the right fielder.

He ended the second inning in order and also shut down Kiwom's batting line in the third inning. In the fourth, Choi Joo-hwan's foul ball to the right was caught by right fielder Moon Sung-ju who slid to catch it. After two outs, he allowed his first hit to Lim Ji-yeol. He ended the inning by forcing Kim Geon-hee into a ground out to the second baseman. In the fifth inning, after two outs, he walked Yang Hyun-jong but continued his scoreless inning by getting Song Ji-hu to pop out to the right fielder.

By the fifth inning, Song Seung-gi had thrown 63 pitches. He got two outs in the sixth inning but threw the first curve (108 km/h) against Lee Joo-hyung and it slipped out of his hand, hitting the helmet. He allowed a walk to Lim Ji-yeol in a full count, putting runners on 1st and 2nd with two outs. This was the first time he had allowed runners on second base that day. Pitching coach Kim Kwang-sam visited the mound and then left. Song Seung-gi ended the inning without allowing a run by getting Kim Geon-hee out on a line drive to the second baseman.

In the seventh inning, he faced the leadoff pinch hitter Won Seong-jun and allowed a base hit to right field, but then struck out pinch hitter Kim Dong-yeob and Yang Hyun-jong consecutively. He caught Song Ji-hu's fly ball as the right fielder ran back to end the inning.

After the game, manager Youm Kyoung-youb praised, "Song Seung-gi's excellent pitching with a quality start plus was the foundation of our victory."

After the game, Song Seung-gi said, "The team had been on a losing streak again. Before I pitched, the team was always in a losing streak, but my teammates told me today, 'You really have to do it today.' But I wasn’t burdensome with that and just did what I needed to do, so I think it turned out well."

On that day, he threw 20 pitches in the first inning. Song Seung-gi said, "It was a bit hard to adapt because the mound is high. When throwing breaking balls, my changeups kept going up. Even when I threw fastballs, the batters' reactions weren't that great. So I caught that and threw a lot of fastballs with Joo-hyun."

After being told that he ranked 3rd in the league with an earned run average of 2.30 and 1st among domestic pitchers, Song Seung-gi was surprised, saying, "Really?" He continued, "The season is still not halfway through, and it would be nice to maintain this until the end, but I think it's good to be able to achieve it at least once. I consider it an honor to be mentioned."

He has achieved five consecutive wins in recent games and three consecutive scoreless innings. Song Seung-gi stated, "These days, my command of breaking balls has improved a lot, so it feels like it's going a bit easier. I can create favorable ball counts quickly, so it seems like I can compete more easily."

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