"Sajik Skubal" Kim Jin-wook 6 ⅔ innings, KKKKK, 8 consecutive wins LG will collapse... Lotte won 2-0 [Jamsil Field Review]

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"Sajik Skubal" Kim Jin-wook (24) beat LG Twins batters with excellent control and overwhelming ball control playing with the automatic pitching decision system (ABS).

Lotte won 2-0 against LG in the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League regular season visit game held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 15th.

With this, Lotte, which escaped from two consecutive losses and returned LG and its first series in 2026, went 6-9. LG, whose winning streak was cut from 8, marked 10 wins and 5 losses.

The luxury pitching match was held amid good pitching by starting pitchers from both teams. The MVP of the game was by far 'Sajik-dong Tarik Skubal' Kim Jin-wook. Kim Jin-wook succeeded in quality starts (more than six innings and less than three earned runs) for two consecutive games with three hits, two walks and five strikeouts in six ⅔ innings, and won his second victory of the season. He made fun of LG hitters by mixing a total of 101 pitches, including fast balls (49 pitches) with a maximum speed of 150 kilometers per hour, slider (29 pitches), change-up (12 pitches), and curve (11 pitches).

Baek-mi was Shin Min-jae's at-bat with two outs and runners on first and second bases in the bottom of the fifth inning. Kim Jin-wook, who was weak in left-handed hitters, threw a fastball that hit the outside of the strike zone to draw a rookie strikeout. Jamsil Baseball Stadium's third base was shaken by roaring Kim Jin-wook.

In the lineup, catcher Son Sung-bin, who has been on the starting lineup for six consecutive games, was active with one hit and one RBI in two at-bats, including the winning home run. He also led the pitching staff consisting of Kim Jin-wook (6 ⅔ innings), Park Jung-min (1 inning), Kim Won-joong (⅓ innings), and Choi Jun-yong (1 inning) in his home turf.

LG starter Lachlan Wells also pitched well in quality start plus (more than seven innings and less than three earned runs) with three hits (one homer) and three strikeouts in seven innings. However, he took his first loss of the season to the lineup, which was tied to three hits. As a match between popular teams, 23,750 seats were sold out at Jamsil Baseball Stadium with 50 minutes to play. It's my ninth full attendance this season.

On this day, LG's lineup consisted of Park Hae-min (center fielder), Moon Sung-joo (left wing), Austin Dean (designated hitter), Moon Bo-kyung (first baseman), Oh Ji-hwan (striker), Koo Bon-hyuk (third baseman), Hong Chang-ki (right wing), Park Dong-won (captor), and Shin Min-jae (second baseman). The starting pitcher is left-hander Lachlan Wells.

Against this, Lotte formed a lineup of Victor Reyes (left fielder), Son Ho-young (center fielder), Noh Jin-hyuk (first baseman), Han Dong-hee (third baseman), Jeon Joon-woo (designated hitter), Yoon Dong-hee (right fielder), Han Tae-yang (second baseman), Son Sung-bin (pastor), and Jeon Min-jae (striker). The starting pitcher is left-hander Kim Jin-wook.

The first point was scored by the away team Lotte. With one out in the top of the third inning, Lotte's Son Sung-bin hit the first pitch that came low toward Wells' body and hit it wide over the left-center fence. Trackman's first shot of the 126m season.

LG did not easily create an atmosphere with its solid defense. After Son Sung-bin's home run, Reyes produced a pitch that immediately fell into the outfield in right-center. However, Park Hae-min ended the inning with a sliding catch from a long distance.

In the top of the fifth inning, Wells was on the verge of a third base with two outs due to Son Sung-bin's grounder following Han Tae-yang's double to the right-center. Again, shortstop Oh Ji-hwan actively rushed Jeon Min-jae's ground ball and caught it with a throw to the first base, catching the third out count. On top of that, first baseman Moon Bo-kyung caught leadoff hitter Han Dong-hee's foul ball against the fence in the top of the seventh inning.

But only one person. "Sajik Skubal" Kim Jin-wook's good pitching made it difficult to score. Kim Jin-wook continued his hitting streak of 12 consecutive batters until the top of the fifth inning with two outs and two outs despite giving up an unfortunate infield hit to Austin in the bottom of the first inning.

Kim Jin-wook allowed Hong Chang-ki to hit left and Park Dong-won to walk after a full count, allowing the first second base. However, against left-handed hitter Shin Min-jae, he threw a low ball outside, struck out a rookie, and finished the inning without losing a point.

In the bottom of the sixth inning with two outs, he threw a slider and a fastball at the boundary outside the strike zone to left-handed batter Moon Bo-kyung to strike out again.

LG also tried to score Kim Jin-wook somehow. In the bottom of the seventh inning, leadoff hitter Oh Ji-hwan walked to get on base, and Koo Bon-hyuk sent a sacrifice bunt and Hong Chang-ki sent a ground ball to third base.

That's all for Kim Jin-wook. Rookie Park Jung-min, who took the mound in relief, drew a rookie strikeout to Park Dong-won to meet Kim Jin-wook's requirements as a winning pitcher.

Lotte's efforts to break the losing streak continued. In the top of the eighth inning, leadoff hitter Han Tae-yang got a walk to Kim Young-woo, who took the mound in relief. Son Sung-bin sent him to second base with a sacrifice bunt, and Reyes went to four pitches on automatic pitches to become a first and second base with one out. Here, Jang Doo-sung made it 2-0 with a timely RBI hit to the right.

In defense, Yoon Dong-hee did a big job. Austin's ball flew to the end of the right fence in the bottom of the eighth inning with two outs and a runner on first base. Yoon Dong-hee jumped and caught a ball that seemed likely to be directly hit by the fence, ending the inning.

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