'Extremely popular LG' wins, wins, wins + 1st place runs, and 'Narak SSG' 4 mistakes self-destruction → defeat and defeat [Jamsil Field Review]

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If there were heaven and hell, would it be like this. The joys and sorrows of the LG Twins and SSG Landers were completely mixed.

LG beat SSG Landers 9-1 at Jamsil Stadium in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 12th in the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League home game.

As a result, LG, which won seven consecutive games, recorded nine wins and four losses and tied for first place with KT Wiz, who won side by side on the day. On the other hand, SSG recorded seven wins and six losses along with five consecutive losses.

LG's lineup consists of Chun Sung-ho (third baseman), Moon Sung-joo (left fielder), Austin Dean (first baseman), Moon Bo-kyung (designated hitter), Oh Ji-hwan (striker), Park Hae-min (middle fielder), Hong Chang-ki (right fielder), Park Dong-won (captor), and Shin Min-jae (second baseman). The starting pitcher is Anders Tollhurst.

SSG confronted Park Sung-han (striker), Guillermo Herredia (left fielder), Choi Jung (third baseman), Kim Jae-hwan (designated hitter), Ko Myung-joon (first baseman), Han Yu-sum (right fielder), Kim Jihoon Choi (middle fielder), Cho Hyung-woo (catcher), and Seok Jung-woo (second baseman). Anthony Beniziano took the mound as the starting pitcher.

LG had good luck. LG, which failed to score even after sending out runners in the first and second innings, scored the first run in the third inning with a walk by leadoff batter Shin Min-jae, a sacrifice bunt by Chun Sung-joo, and a double by Moon Sung-joo. SSG center fielder Jihoon Choi made an error, and Moon Sung-joo headed to third base and was able to easily dig home when Austin hit a single.

In the fourth and fifth innings, the SSG defense self-destructed, and he did not miss the gap and scored a large number of points. Oh Ji-hwan's double in the fourth inning opened the scoring. Oh Ji-hwan became the 21st player in KBO League history to fill 350 doubles. Oh Ji-hwan, who later headed to third base due to Park Hae-min's sacrifice bunt, headed home when Hong Chang-ki hit a grounder. Opponent second baseman Seok Jung-woo played home, but Oh Ji-hwan's foot was faster.

Since then, Choi Jung missed Lee Jae-won's ball, and when Shin Min-jae hit a ground ball to second base, all runners survived while the SSG defense wanted a double play. Chun Sung-ho was able to add one more point when he grounded out to first base.

In the fifth inning, the pitcher was replaced after Oh Ji-hwan's heavy hit with one out and one base. Park Hae-min stole an RBI single from Moon Seung-won, and later ran five more runs in the fifth inning alone, overlapping Hong Chang-ki's hit ball, Park Sung-han's throwing error, and Ko Myung-joon's bad pitch when he grounded out to first base.

SSG replaced second baseman Seok Jung-woo with Jung Joon-jae in the fourth inning and Park Sung-han with Kim Min-joon in the seventh inning. Since then, no additional errors have been made, but the gap has not been narrowed.

Tolhurst also smiled at SSG's shaky defense. He pitched 94 pitches in six innings, giving up four hits, three outs, and four strikeouts. The maximum speed of the fastball reached 154 kilometers per hour and threw 43 pitches. By mixing the cutter (25 pitches), the curve (20 pitches), and the fork ball (6 pitches), he silenced the SSG batters to secure his second victory (1 loss) of the season.

SSG starter Beniziano had five hits, three outs and two strikeouts in four ⅓ innings, but the number of pitches increased due to the collapsed defense, throwing 103 pitches and allowing six runs (four earned) to take his first loss of the season.

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