Leading LG, '30 wins first-come, first-served team = win?' Shall we continue the jinx?
Leading LG, '30 wins first-come, first-served team = win?' Shall we continue the jinx?
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The LG Twins of the professional baseball league broke away from losing consecutive games and became the first in the league to win 30 games (16 losses).안전놀이터
LG defeated KT Wiz 5-1 at the home game of the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on Sunday. Having lost both KT and doubleheader on the previous day, LG escaped from losing consecutive games and achieved its 30th win in 46 games this season.
This marks the first time for LG to achieve 30 wins after 10 wins and 20 wins this season. Although LG lost the top spot to the Hanwha Eagles for six days (from July 7 to 12) after winning 20, the team returned to a tie for the lead on Wednesday and is leading the league again from Friday.
In the history of the KBO League, teams with 30 wins and 30 wins won 21 regular league championships (55.3 percent) out of 38 except for 1982 to 1998 and 1999 to 2000 under the two major leagues. Half of the teams with 30 wins (19 out of 38 wins) won the Korean Series trophy.
In the game, LG starter Yoni Chirinos allowed only five hits in six innings, giving up only one run and earning his sixth win (one loss) of the season. Kim Jin-sung recorded his first save of the season by allowing no runs in the first ⅓ on a meaningful day when his sons Min-chan and Riho took over the first pitch and hitters.
LG's firepower stood out from the beginning of the game. In the bottom of the first inning, when leadoff hitter Park Hae-min got on base with a right-handed hit, Kim Hyun-soo hit a double to right field to score the first run. With two outs and runners on the second base, Park Dong-won then rolled up a change-up by KT starter Enmanuel de Hayesus to explode a two-run home run that went over the center fence.
KT recovered one run in the top of the third inning with Moon Sang-chul's hit to the left and Hwang Jae-gyun's timely hit to center field with two outs and a stolen base. However, LG secured a four-run lead again with Moon Bo-kyung's superior two-run homer with one out and a runner on the first base in the bottom of the third inning.
Afterwards, LG completely blocked kt's additional score with solid pitching by Chirinos and bullpen, and kept the victory. Kim Jin-sung took the mound in the top of the eighth inning with two outs and runners on the first and second bases, neatly blocking the first ⅓ inning with no hit and no run, recording his first save in exactly one year since the game against kt on May 18 last year.