LG's rising star, 153km, hit a home run in the first game of 'turn to the fielder'! Kim Young-woo's 'Already' 152km - Lee Jae-won's double... How was the Blue and White match for the winner

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Defending champion LG Twins got a satisfactory result in the Blue and White match played alone. Yoo Hyun-hyun (20), who turned into a fielder in earnest from this year, received high expectations by launching a home run from the first game.

The LG club played its own Cheongbaek match at Scottsdale Indian School Park Ballpark in Arizona on the 20th (Korea Standard Time).

It was a mini-game before moving to Okinawa, Japan, where the second camp will be held. The first goal was to check the number of pitches by pitchers, and regardless of the outcount, eight innings were conducted by alternating offense and defense when the number of pitches was filled.

The home team, where pitcher team leader Lim Chan-kyu was the starting pitcher, consisted of Hong Chang-ki (center fielder), Moon Sung-joo (right fielder), Austin Dean (first baseman), Oh Ji-hwan (striker), Lee Jae-won (left fielder), Koo Bon-hyuk (second baseman), Chun Sung-ho (third baseman), and Lee Joo-heon (catcher). Following Lim Chan-kyu, Anders Tolhurst, Jung Woo-young, Ham Deok-ju, Jang Hyun-sik and Lee Jung-yong went up to check their condition.

The starting pitcher for the away team against this was Yoni Chirinos, the first team's starting pitcher. It was followed by Lachlan Wells, Kim Dong-hyun, Conditional Hee, Park Si-won and Kim Young-woo in the Asian quarter. The batting line was made up of Lee Young-bin (striker), Son Yong-joon (second baseman), Choi Won-young (middle fielder), Ttu Hyun (third baseman), Moon Jung-bin (first baseman), Kim Min-soo (fosu), and Lee Han-rim (right fielder), while the left-field staff, Cho Boo-kyum, was in charge of the left-field.

The most interesting news was the home run news of Yoo Hyun-hyun, who entered the professional stage as a pitcher last year and turned into a fielder this year. In his first four at-bats, Ryu Hyun-hyun hit a home run off Lee Jung-yong, the home team's last pitcher, to score a two-run single.

Yoo Hyun-hyun is a right-handed uta infielder who was nominated by LG as the 20th overall in the second round of the 2025 KBO Rookie Draft after graduating from Gyeonggi High School. On the mound, he was expected to throw a fast ball of up to 153 kilometers per hour, but he prepared for the fielder from the middle of last season due to his injury and his willingness to hit. This game was the first game to show fielder Yoo Hyun-hyun in front of first-team seniors.

After the game, Kyunghyang-hyun said through the club, "The game was canceled yesterday (19th), but the game ended when he had a good feeling by hitting a hit at first. I came out thinking that I should play similar today (20th). The first hit was good, but I was a little disappointed because I was caught in defense," he said.

At the same time, he said, "I tried to do what I used to do during practice. It was good to watch the ball until the end and try to swing according to the ball trajectory. "Because the opponents were seniors, the defense was new and fun," he laughed.

In addition, Song Yong-joon scored two runs in five at-bats (two doubles) and Lee Young-bin played multi-hit games with two hits in five at-bats. While Hong Chang-ki and Moon Sung-joo each had a timely RBI, key player Lee Jae-won also reported a double this year to start off in a good mood.

The home team won the game 4-3. Starter Lim Chan-kyu took the lead with two scoreless innings (18 pitches) with a fastball of up to 140 kilometers per hour, and Tolhurst took the lead with two scoreless innings (23 pitches) with a fastball of up to 150 kilometers.

Lim Chan-kyu said through the club, "I wanted to check the change-up, but I haven't tested it yet as the batters played in the early count. Overall, I am satisfied because there are not many balls in ball control or command."

Pitchers who played for the away team were generally disappointed. Starting pitcher Chirinos allowed five hits and three runs in two innings (35 pitches), and Wells had three outs in two innings (32 pitches). Still, it was comforting for Chirinos to gradually raise his speed to 147 kilometers per hour and Wells to 145 kilometers per hour.

Kim Young-woo, who took the mound last time, made his heart flutter with his outstanding performance. Kim Young-woo, who took the mound at the end of the away team, already threw a fast ball of 152km/h and pitched perfect pitching with two strikeouts in one inning.

Kim Young-woo is a must-winner who marked 66 regular-season games with 3 wins, 2 losses, 7 holds, 1 save, an ERA of 2.40 and 56 strikeouts in 60 innings with a maximum speed of 158 kilometers per hour last year. Last year, he showed good performance from the spring camp, so he made expectations this year as well.

LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop said, "The first thing I thought about was controlling the number of pitches by starting and middle pitchers. I focused on continuing what I practiced in camp, such as playing sense, routine, and basic skills. It wasn't bad for the first gameHe expressed high satisfaction.

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