"Happy birthday, beloved Moon Jeong-bin" responded to fans' congratulations with a game-winning home run! LG defeats SSG 4-1... Series reset to square one [KBO Review]

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"Happy birthday, happy birthday, beloved Moon Jeong-bin, happy birthday."

Hearing the fans' birthday song, Moon Jeong-bin (23) immediately sent the ball far toward the center-field fence. It was a game-winning home run that led LG Twins to victory.

On the 15th, LG defeated SSG Landers 4-1 in a regular-season home game at Seoul Jamsil Baseball Stadium as part of the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League.

With this win, LG reset the series to one victory and one defeat, maintaining third place with 58 wins, 1 tie, and 47 losses. SSG remained in ninth place with 42 wins, 4 ties, and 61 losses.

The hero of the day was none other than Moon Jeong-bin, who celebrated his 23rd birthday. As the third batter and first baseman, Moon's at-bats were accompanied by birthday songs, and his response finally came in his third plate appearance in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Moon entered the bottom of the sixth with the score tied 1-1 as the leadoff hitter. The opposing pitcher was still left-handed starter Kim Geon-woo, who threw two outside-breaking changeups that Moon watched carefully. Then, when an outside fastball hit his waist height, Moon drove it over the center-field fence. The batted ball speed was 174 km/h with a distance of 128 meters, marking his 13th home run of the season. Capitalizing on the momentum shift, LG added two more runs in the bottom of the eighth when Park Dong-won hit a two-run homer to left field, securing a 4-1 victory.

Until then, a tight pitching duel had continued. LG starter Park Si-won pitched four innings (75 pitches), allowing four hits (one home run), walking one batter, striking out five, and giving up one earned run. SSG starter Kim Geon-woo pitched six innings (100 pitches), allowing five hits (one home run), walking two batters, striking out nine, and giving up two earned runs, both delivering strong performances.

LG held the offensive advantage. Austin Dean went 3-for-4 with one run scored, Shin Min-jae went 2-for-3 with one RBI, while Park Dong-won and Moon Jeong-bin each added a home run to seal the win.

For SSG, Han Yu-seom did not miss Park Si-won's mistake pitch, hitting his first solo home run in 333 days and his first of the season, but that was all. The team managed only five hits total and suffered a defeat.

LG's lineup that day consisted of Park Hae-min (center fielder), Song Chan-ui (left fielder), Austin Dean (designated hitter), Moon Jeong-bin (first baseman), Park Dong-won (catcher), Oh Ji-hwan (shortstop), Lee Jae-won (right fielder), Gu Bon-hyeok (third baseman), and Shin Min-jae (second baseman). The starting pitcher was Park Si-won.

SSG countered with a lineup of Jeong Jun-jae (second baseman), An Sang-hyun (third baseman), Park Sung-han (shortstop), Kim Jae-hwan (designated hitter), Jeon Ui-san (first baseman), Choi Ji-hoon (center fielder), Han Yu-seom (right fielder), Jo Hyung-woo (catcher), and Im Geon-woo (left fielder). The starting pitcher was Kim Geon-woo.

The first run belonged to the home team, LG. In the bottom of the second inning with one out, Lee Jae-won reached base with a double down the left-field line, and Shin Min-jae followed with an RBI single up the middle to take the lead.

After that, all runs came via home runs. In the top of the fifth inning, Han Yu-seom did not miss a pitch over the middle of the plate, hitting a solo home run to left-center field to tie the game 1-1.

However, Moon Jeong-bin's go-ahead solo home run to center field in the bottom of the sixth broke the deadlock, and Park Dong-won's two-run homer to left field with one out and a runner on first in the bottom of the eighth sealed LG's victory.

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