3:2 → 11:2 → 13:10 Kiwoom, 8 points Big E Kiwoom also shed a cold sweat... "8 runs in an inning" and won LG by sweating [Jamsil Field Review]

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The Kiwoom Heroes shook off the LG Twins' strong chase and won the game by three points.

Kiwoom defeated LG 13-10 in the 2026 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO exhibition game held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 23rd. With this, LG had five wins, one draw and five losses, and Kiwoom had four wins, one draw and six losses.

The highlight was the seventh inning when the two teams exchanged eight points each. First, Kiwoom scored eight points. In the top of the seventh inning, LG's must-win group Kim Jin-sung was shaken by giving Lee Ju-hyung a left-handed hit, An Chi-hong and Trenton Brooks consecutively. Choi Joo-hwan's ball hit Kim Jin-sung's right arm and became a two-run timely hit, widening the gap. Park Si-won and Park Myung-geun, who took the mound afterwards, also failed to finish the inning and allowed six runs, ending Kiwoom's turn.

LG immediately launched a counterattack. The problem was that the mound was shaken. Park Joon-hyun, the No. 1 rookie overall, rose in the bottom of the seventh inning with Kiwoom leading 11-2. Park Joon-hyun caused a one-out full base crisis by giving Park Dong-won a hit to right-center and consecutive walks to Koo Bon-hyuk and Lee Jae-won. Chun Sung-ho brought down Park Joon-hyun from the mound with a timely RBI single to the left. Oh Seok-joo, who took the mound in relief, received a timely RBI hit from Choi Won-young to the left, but seemed to be getting out of the crisis by handling Lee Joo-heon's infield fly ball.

Lee Young-bin picked out four balls and scored a pushback, opening the counterattack. Song Chan-eui, who was replaced in the top of the seventh inning, passed Oh Seok-joo's first pitch curve over the left fence, which became a 119m grand slam. Subsequently, Kang Min-kyun hit a back-to-back home run to the left, and the score gap was immediately restored by a one-run difference.

However, Kiwoom, which did not give up the lead, secured the victory in the top of the eighth inning by running one more point with Kim Gun-hee's large double with two outs and a runner on first base. LG also took a breather from Kim Jin-sung's minor injury. An official from the LG team said, "Kim Jin-sung is icing due to bruising of his shoulder muscles. There are no plans for hospital treatment," he said.

Both teams also showed a hot batting battle with a total of 23 hits. In Kiwoom, the hits of table setters and lower batters were outstanding. No. 1 Lee Joo-hyung was 3 for 4 with 1 RBI, 2 walks and 4 points, and No. 2 Ahn Chi-hong was 3 for 5 with 4 RBIs, 1 walk, 1 strikeout and 1 point. In the lower lineup, No. 8 Kim Gun-hee hit hard with three hits, one RBI and one run from five times at bat, and Park Han-gyeol hit hard with two hits, two RBIs and two runs from five times at bat.

Kiwoom had to shed a cold sweat despite scoring eight points in one inning due to solid LG fielder Debs. While LG's starting batters had only four hits, Song Chan-eui hit a grand slam and Kang Min-kyun hit his first professional first-team home run. pinch hitter Ham Chang-gun also did his part by reporting a hit. However, the bullpen that collapsed for two consecutive days by LG was a concern. On the previous day (22nd), two pitchers, Jung Woo-young and Jang Hyun-sik, allowed seven runs in the bottom of the ninth inning alone in the match against Daegu Samsung. There was also bad luck with the batting on this dayHowever, it was regrettable that Kim Jin-sung (four runs in 0 innings), Park Si-won (two runs in ⅓ innings), and Park Myung-geun (two runs in ⅔ innings) collapsed.

In the starting fight, Kiwoom Ha Young-min won the game against LG Lachlan Wells with three hits, two strikeouts and two runs in five innings, and six hits, four strikeouts and three runs in four ⅓ innings.

On this day, Kiwoom formed a lineup of Lee Joo-hyung (center fielder), An Chi-hong (designated hitter), Trenton Brooks (first baseman), Choi Joo-hwan (third baseman), Park Chan-hyuk (right fielder), Eo Jun-seo (striker), Lim Ji-yeol (left fielder), Kim Gun-hee (past baseman), and Han Jung-gyeol (second baseman). The starting pitcher is Ha Young-min.

Against this, LG consisted of Hong Chang-ki (right wing), Park Hae-min (middle fielder), Moon Sung-joo (left wing), Austin Dean (first baseman), Park Dong-won (captor), Oh Ji-hwan (striker), Koo Bon-hyuk (third baseman), Lee Jae-won (designated hitter) and Chun Sung-ho (second baseman). The starting pitcher is Lachlan Wells.

There was a tight pitching battle. Kiwoom Ha Young-min pitched perfectly until the third inning, and LG Wells also allowed only one hit until the second inning, and the fast game proceeded.

Wells collapsed first. In the top of the third inning, leadoff hitter Kim Gun-hee got on base with a grounder to shortstop. A video review overturned the decision to be out. After that, Park Han-yeol seemed to go easily with a double play, but Lee Ju-hyung continued his opportunity with a steal to second base following a hit to the middle. Here, An Chi-hong made it 1-0 with a timely RBI hit.

Chun Sung-ho's super catch changed the flow of the game. Chun Sung-ho jumped and snatched Eo Jun-seo's fastball flying over his head with two outs in the top of the fourth inning. The inning ended in an instant. Wells and the fielders were elated and boosted.

LG's counterattack began in the bottom of the fourth inning. With one out, Park Hae-min opened with a double on the left-field line. It looked a little short, but he boldly dug to second base and made a long shot. Park Hae-min headed to third base on Moon Sung-joo's fly ball to right field and homered on Austin's heavy hit. LG succeeded in turning the tables 2-1 as Kiwoom outfielder Park Chan-hyuk failed to make a sliding catch on Park Dong-won's ball to right field.

Kiwoom didn't give up the game easily. With one out in the top of the fifth inning, Kim Gun-hee and Park Han-kyul pulled Wells off the mound with consecutive hits. Lee Ju-hyung tied the game 2-2 with a timely RBI hit to the left against the changed pitcher Ham Deok-ju. Later, Brooks also hit an RBI double on the left-field line, making Kiwoom come from behind 3-2.

In the seventh inning, a dizzying situation was created. Kim Jin-sung, who took the mound in relief, hit Lee Joo-hyung to the left and walked An Chi-hong and Brooks consecutively, facing a full base crisis with no outs. Choi Joo-hwan's pitch, which aimed for the second pitch, hit Kim Jin-sung's right arm and made a two-run timely hit toward the left outfield.

Park Si-won, who replaced Kim Jin-sung, grounded out Park Joo-hong and walked Eo Jun-seo, and LG faced another bases-loaded crisis. Park Si-won failed to finish the inning by hitting Lee Hyung-jong and allowing one run. Park Myung-geun, who took the mound in relief, also allowed eight runs and a big inning with a timely two-run hit to Park Han-gyeol, a walk to Lee Ju-hyung, and a three-run double to Ahn Chi-hong on the right field.

While Kiwoom ran away two more runs with Kim Gun-hee's timely double with one out and one base in the top of the eighth inning and Choi Joo-hwan's groundout with no outs in the top of the ninth inning, LG failed to score an additional point, confirming Kiwoom's 13-10 victory.

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