The KBO League's LG Twins recorded a sellout for their 26th home game of the season.
LG is facing the KIA Tigers in the 8th matchup of the season on the 29th at the Jamsil Stadium in Seoul.
The LG organization announced that a total of 23,750 fans filled the stadium for the game. According to the team, the sellout occurred at 5:10 p.m., 10 minutes after the game started. This marks five consecutive sellouts following home games against Doosan on the 21st and 22nd.
As a result, LG achieved its 26th sellout in its 42nd home game of the season. The cumulative attendance is 909,362, averaging 21,651 per game. This season, LG became the second team to surpass 900,000 fans, following Samsung.
The visiting team, KIA, is currently on a nine-game road trip in the metropolitan area. The game against SSG in Incheon on the 20th was canceled due to rain, while the two games against SSG on the 21st and 22nd sold out (23,000 fans), and the series against Kiwoom from the 24th to 26th also sold out (16,000 fans), marking a total of eight consecutive sellouts on the road, including the three-game series in Jamsil against LG.
Meanwhile, in this game, LG started Chirinoss, and KIA started Yoon Young-chul as the starting pitchers. Chirinoss has recorded 7 wins and 3 losses with an ERA of 3.21 in 16 games this season. He faced KIA once, winning the game after pitching 7 innings with 1 earned run.
Yoon Young-chul has recorded 1 win and 6 losses with an ERA of 5.86 in 11 games this season. It is his first appearance against LG this season, and his career record against LG stands at 1 game, 5 innings, with 4 earned runs leading to a loss.
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