'3:2 → 11:2 → 11:10' LG's backup firepower is crazy! Song Chan's first full base shot → Kang Min-kyun's back-to-back explosion [the scene of Jamsil]

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Defending champion LG Twins showed off their crazy firepower by scoring double-digit home runs for two days in a row.

In the 2026 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO exhibition game held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 23rd, LG played a battle against the Kiwoom Heroes in which they exchanged eight points each in the seventh inning alone. Many fans would have thought it was a game that ended when Kim Jin-sung allowed eight runs after being hit by Choi Joo-hwan's pitch in the top of the seventh inning with no outs and the bases loaded.

Until then, LG had been silent with three hits even though all the main players were dispatched. However, solid backup fielders showed their presence. In the bottom of the seventh inning, when Kiwoom led 11-2, Park Joon-hyun, the No. 1 rookie, took the mound. 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.

LG's counterattack started then. 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.

However, 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, hit a 111km/h curve coming in to the outside and hit a big ball over the left fence. It was a 119m grand slam that instantly narrowed the gap.

Subsequently, even Kang Min-kyun, who was nominated in the 11th round of the 2023 KBO Rookie Draft, hit a solo shot to the left, and LG paid back the previous eight runs and big innings. With a distance of 123 meters, it was Kang Min-kyun's first home run on the first team stage. Kang Min-gyun, who had a batting average of 0.375 (3 hits in 8 at-bats) in six exhibition games before this game, left another strong impact.

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.

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