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What happened to the LG Twins.
The LG Twins had a bad week. From September 9-14, LG played a six-game series against the KIA Tigers in Gwangju and the Doosan Bears in Jamsil. The result: one win and five losses.
They were shockingly swept by Kia and lost two in a row after taking one from Doosan. After starting the week with 8 wins, 1 loss and 5 draws, one game behind first-place NC Dinos and 0.5 games behind second-place KIA, they are now 9-1-10 after six games and a whopping 5.5 games behind first-place KIA (14-4), which has won six straight games. They are also four games behind second-place NC (13-6).
On the first day against KIA on the 9th, starter Son Joo-young pitched five scoreless innings, but the bullpen was unable to keep KIA’s bats in check and the team lost 2-7. Game 10 was a tough one. Detrick Enns pitched well with six innings of two runs (one earned), and after scoring three runs in the top of the second inning and losing KIA starter Lee Yi-ri to an early elbow injury, it looked like they had the game in hand, but they couldn’t score quickly enough and KIA chased them down in the bottom of the eighth inning, when closer Yoo Young-chan hit a double off Seo Gun-chang and scored the tying run on a freak walk, resulting in a 4-5 loss.
On the 11th, Lim Chan-kyu got off to a good start with two runs in the top of the first inning, but suddenly, he was hit hard by six hits in the bottom of the inning and gave up four runs. The bullpen then gave up more runs and lost the game 4-8.
12th Casey Kelly’s seven innings of two-hit, one-run (unearned) ball against Doosan helped the Giants snap a two-game losing streak with a 2-1 victory, but the joy was short-lived.
On the 13th, Choi Won-tae was unable to keep the Doosan bats in check, lasting only through the fifth inning. In the second half, the bats couldn’t get going and lost 2-5.
On Thursday, LG pinned its hopes on Son Joo-young, who is coming off a three-game, 15-inning shutout streak, but there was no reversal of the slump. They couldn’t get past Kim Dong-ju in their early chances, and a 2-0 lead was quickly erased. After pulling within one 카지노 run at 4-5 in the top of the seventh inning, he gave up two runs in the bottom of the seventh and two more in the top of the eighth. They lost 5-9.
This was the third time in six games that LG came from behind to lose. The offense couldn’t score enough runs to extend the lead and the bullpen couldn’t protect the lead.
Enns and Kelly are steady, but the starters are weakened by the poor performance of Chan-kyu Lim and Won-tae Choi. The bullpen looked like it would be weak early on, but it’s uneven as a whole, with the closer group unable to settle in. The new closer, Yoo Young-chan, is the only stabilizing factor. The key question will be how to bridge the gap between the starters and Yoo.
Hopefully, the bullpen can get some offense to help stabilize the bullpen. Through six games, the team is 2-for-6, which ranks seventh overall. They’re 1-for-5 with runners in scoring position. This means that they have not been able to capitalize on their chances. They have the fourth-most chances with runners in scoring position with 75, but have only scored 13 runs.
LG will play a six-game series against the Lotte Giants (Jamsil) and SSG Landers (Incheon) next week. The three-game series against Lotte, which has lost six straight, is crucial. LG needs to take at least a two-game sweep to keep their spirits up.The starting rotation is good. Enns and Im Chan-kyu Kelly will start.