Unexpected decision! "Austin - You have to lay the runner in front of Moon Bok-kyung" → 'Hong Chang-ki No. 6, Cheon Seong-ho No. 1, and Moon Sung-joo No. 2' [the scene of Jamsil]

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LG Twins' No. 1 hitter position has changed. Hong Chang-ki (33), who has been a leadoff since the opening, came down as the sixth batter. It's not just a slump. Coach Yeom found the reason why the flow was cut off.

LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop (58) met with reporters ahead of the home game of the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League against SSG Landers at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 10th, and said, "Austin is going to be the first hitter too much," adding, "It's so hard to keep trying to squeeze out big innings only when Austin and (Moon) Bo-kyung have a chance."

LG, which had been in a three-game losing streak at the beginning of the season, has reversed the mood since then and has won four consecutive games to tie for third place.

Seven of the 10 games were bloodshed within three points, and all of them were wins in close situations of two points or less during the four-game winning streak. It can be seen as a result of clearly showing that he knows how to win as a defending champion, but it also means that there was no game to go easily and comfortably. It is crucial that the lineup failed to explode.

LG, which ranked first in the team's batting average (0.278) last year, is in fourth place with 0.267 despite the trend of batting and pitching this season. Then the bigger problem is scoring ability. He scored 44 points in 10 games and was just above the lowest-ranked Lotte Giants (42 points).

He chose to change his batting order as a means to maximize his scoring ability. On the same day, LG's lineup was formed in the order of Chun Sung-ho (third baseman), Moon Sung-joo (left fielder), Austin Dean (first baseman), Moon Bo-kyung (designated hitter), Oh Ji-hwan (striker), Hong Chang-ki (right fielder), Park Dong-won (catcher), Park Hae-min (middle fielder), and Shin Min-jae (second baseman). Yoni Chirinos will be the starting pitcher.

Hong Chang-ki, who played as the first hitter this season and had a batting average of 0.179, came down as the sixth batter, and Chun Sung-ho, who is flying well with a batting average of 0.435, played the role of the first hitter. It's not just Hong Chang-ki's problem. Hong Chang-ki has a low batting average, but his on-base percentage is 0.347 due to his unique snow baseball. The problem is that Park Hae-min and Shin Min-jae, who mainly played as second batters, have suffered ups and downs and are not gaining synergy effects.

The second batter is Moon Sung-joo, not Park Hae-min and Shin Min-jae. After that, Austin and Moon Bo-kyung come out. Coach Yeom said, "I changed it once. First of all, if there are many leftovers, you have to change them. It's because it's a story that the batting order is cut off," he said. "When we get the best score, it's when 8 or 9 times go out and 1 or 2 solve it, leading to the top batting line. "I keep getting cut off at No. 1 and 2, so I don't get a score, let alone a big inning," he said.

In the end, there should be a lot of runners in front of troubleshooter Austin and Moon Bo-kyung. "It's Austin and Bokyung who can hit 100 RBIs in our team," he said. "We need a runner in front of him to have the highest chance of scoring a goal. "If you play baseball these days, you should use Austin No. 1 and Bokyung No. 2, but the score is much higher in terms of data than that," he explained.

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