All three members of the KIA Tigers' bullpen are resting. After two consecutive games, they will not play three in a row.

KIA will face the LG Twins at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 27th. However, the day before, they had a 5-5 draw with Kiwoom after 11 innings, resulting in a total deployment of their bullpen pitchers.

Kim Gun-guk made a surprise start, and all nine bullpen pitchers on the first-team roster appeared in the game.

In particular, the reliable trio of Jeon Sang-hyeon, Jo Sang-woo, and closer Jeong Hae-young pitched in two consecutive games. Earlier on the 26th against Kiwoom, Jeon Sang-hyeon pitched one inning (11 pitches), Jo Sang-woo one inning (12 pitches), and Jeong Hae-young one inning (17 pitches). On the 27th against Kiwoom, Jeon Sang-hyeon pitched one inning (10 pitches), Jo Sang-woo one inning (15 pitches), and Jeong Hae-young one inning (23 pitches).

Manager Lee Beom-ho noted before the game against LG on the 27th at Jamsil Stadium, "Today, Hyun-jong needs to throw six innings without allowing any runs," expressing his expectation that Jeon Sang-hyeon, Jo Sang-woo, and Jeong Hae-young would all rest.

Manager Lee said, "Everyone is resting today. The closer won't even be on standby. The number of innings is too high, and there have been too many games. One game today is important, but there is still a lot of the season left, so managing the players is the top priority. I think all three need to rest today."

Although KIA is missing some starters due to injuries, they are currently leading in winning percentage for June, thanks to the performance of backups who have come up from the second team, rising from 7th to 4th place.

In a save situation, the closer would usually be on standby, but Jeong Hae-young is also resting. Manager Lee mentioned, "In winning situations, Yeong-tak is set for the 8th inning, Ji-min for the 9th inning, at least for now. We have two players called up from Futures today, and with their youthful energy, there are also games that go well. I hope the batters perform well today."

On this day, Kim Min-ju and Jang Jae-hyeok were registered on the first-team roster. Kim Hyun-soo, who pitched two innings in the previous day's extra inning game, was sent down to the second team. He must rest for 2 to 3 days, so he was unfortunately excluded to increase the availability of the bullpen. Manager Lee said, "He handled the crisis well yesterday. After ten days, we plan to call him back up to the first team."

KIA will have Lee Chang-jin (left fielder), Park Chan-ho (shortstop), Wisdom (third baseman), Choi Hyeong-woo (designated hitter), Oh Seon-woo (first baseman), Han Jun-soo (catcher), Kim Ho-ryeong (center fielder), Park Min (second baseman), and Choi Won-jun (right fielder) as their starting lineup against LG on this day.

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