Is this your first appearance?' Kiwoom 8R Kiwoom, LG's 1st inning no-hit! The head coach also praised him, "He threw bravely without being daunted."" [the scene of Jamsil]

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Young pitchers of the Kiwoom Heroes held out the LG Twins lineup and led the victory.

Kiwoom beat the LG Twins 13-10 in the 2026 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO exhibition game held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 23rd.

He showed his firepower that never fell behind against the winning team LG. In particular, the hits of the 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.

He also had the upper hand in the starting battle. Ha Young-min won the game against LG Lachlan Wells, who allowed three hits, two strikeouts, and two runs with no outs in five innings and six hits, four strikeouts, and three runs in four ⅓ innings.

After the game, Kiwoom manager Seol Jong-jin said, "Ha Young-min lost a point, but he led the inning well until the fifth inning by managing the number of pitches well. Following the last two appearances, he pitched stably today."

He said, "Batters seem to have a high sense of hitting overall. In today's game, the entire lineup played evenly and connected well with scoring at every opportunity," he said.

On this day, LG's batters paid back eight points in the bottom of the seventh inning like the winning team, showing firepower that could not be ignored. Park Joon-hyun, the No. 1 rookie overall, also collapsed with two hits, two walks, one strikeout and four runs in ⅓ innings.

It was encouraging that rookie Park Joon-gun of the 8th round combined 1 inning, 1 walk and 1 strikeout, Park Yoon-sung 1 hit and no outs in 1 ⅓, and Cho Young-gun 1 inning, 1 hit, 1 walk and 1 strikeout.

Among them, Park Joon-gun drew expectations for his no-hitter pitching against LG's top hitters leading to Hong Chang-ki, Park Hae-min, Moon Sung-joo and Austin Dean. He gave Park Hae-min a walk, but struck out Austin on three pitches to gain momentum.

The head coach also gave a compliment. Manager Seol Jong-jin said, "Park Joon-gun, who came up as the second pitcher, was impressive to see him throw his ball bravely without shrinking even though it was his first appearance in an exhibition game. I hope today's pitching will be a great motivation for my career in the future," he said with a smile.

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