The professional baseball team LG Twins will face KT Wiz in the 6th match of the season on the 24th in Suwon. This season, KT leads the head-to-head record with 3 wins and 2 losses. LG has 42 wins, 30 losses, and 2 ties, placing them in second. KT is in seventh place with 37 wins, 35 losses, and 3 ties, half a game behind fifth place.
LG will start Shin Min-jae (2nd baseman), Kim Hyun-soo (designated hitter), Austin (1st baseman), Moon Bo-gyeong (3rd baseman), Moon Sung-ju (right fielder), Park Dong-won (catcher), Gu Bon-hyeok (shortstop), Choi Won-young (right fielder), and Park Hae-min (center fielder) in the starting lineup.
LG, whose center batting line has been struggling recently, is gradually seeing improvements in their offense. Lead-off hitter Shin Min-jae has a batting average of .400 over the last 10 games.
On this day, LG called up pitcher Kim Jin-soo to the first team. He recorded 2 wins, 4 losses, and 1 hold with a 6.71 earned run average over 12 games in the Futures League. One spot on the roster remained vacant.
LG sent pitchers Jung Woo-young and Sung Dong-hyun down to the second team the previous day (23rd). In the game against Doosan on the 22nd, Jung Woo-young allowed 3 runs with 2 walks and 1 hit in 0 innings, while Sung Dong-hyun allowed 1 run with 1 hit and 1 walk in 0 innings.
LG's starting pitcher is Chi-Linous. He has made 15 appearances this year, recording 7 wins, 2 losses, and a 3.29 earned run average. He faced KT once, achieving a victory after pitching 6 innings and allowing 1 run.
KT's starting pitcher is Jesus. He has made 14 appearances this season, with a record of 5 wins and 5 losses, and an earned run average of 2.96. Last year, while playing for Kiwoom, he faced LG in 3 games, winning all three and posting an earned run average of 0, allowing just 1 run over 19 innings (unearned).
However, this year, he has faced LG in 2 games, recording 2 losses with 3 earned runs in 6 innings in one game and 5 earned runs in another 6 innings.
Meanwhile, KT will start Bae Jeong-dae (center fielder), Jang Jin-hyuk (left fielder), Ahn Hyeon-min (right fielder), Jang Seong-woo (catcher), Lee Jeong-hoon (designated hitter), Moon Sang-cheol (1st baseman), Heo Gyeong-min (3rd baseman), Kim Sang-su (2nd baseman), and Kwon Dong-jin (shortstop) in their lineup.
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