'It's not too late yet' — Good news keeps coming → Let’s remember: LG is indeed the 'defending champion'

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The LG Twins are back in action. It is still not too late to re-enter the race for first place.

Recently, LG has been receiving a string of good news. Most notably, Go Woo-seok (28), a key figure in last year's championship win, has put on the Twins uniform again. On the 2nd, the LG organization officially announced that it had completed a one-year contract with Go Woo-seok worth 500 million won (including 150 million won for the remaining three months of the season) and finalized his player registration.

Go Woo-seok, who served as LG's closer since 2019, recorded 139 saves over five seasons before challenging himself on the U.S. stage for two and a half years and returning to his former team. According to regulations, Go Woo-seok is ineligible to participate in this year's postseason. For the remainder of the regular season, LG plans to utilize him as a setup man who will pitch before closer Son Ju-young.

It is also welcome news that key players are gradually regaining their form. Until early July this year, LG appeared to be cruising toward its first-ever back-to-back championship by leading the standings. However, as summer deepened, the team fell into an unexpected slump and slipped from the top of the standings.

Nevertheless, the team's underlying strength remains intact. Gradually regaining the demeanor of last year's champion, LG has gone on a 7-3 run in its last 10 games.

During this period, individual batting and pitching performances have also been outstanding. Among pitchers, Lim Chan-kyu delivered an impressive performance with three wins in three games and an ERA of 1.00, while KARA Sako and Tolhurst each secured two and one wins respectively without a loss. In the bullpen, Son Ju-young continues to guard the back door, and newly joined Kennedy is also contributing strength. Go Woo-seok has now joined them as well.

On the hitting side, the turnaround is even more pronounced. Song Chan-ui and Austin are batting in the .400s with home runs added to their game, while Moon Bo-kyung and Shin Min-jae have also begun to recover their form.

Currently in third place, LG trails first-place Samsung Lions by 5.5 games and second-place KT Wiz by five games. With 27 games remaining, there is still an opportunity for a turnaround. LG has lost relatively few players to the Asian Games representative team in Aichi-Nagoya; only two players — middle reliever Kim Young-woo and infielder Moon Bo-kyung — have been called up, resulting in minimal impact on the team's strength.

Especially with five games remaining against Samsung, including a three-game home series this weekend (the 4th through the 6th), there is reason to believe they can compete for victory. This season, LG holds a 5-6 record against Samsung.

There is one fact that baseball fans and other teams must remember again: LG is indeed the defending champion that has won the title twice in the past three years and was also named as one of the strongest championship contenders this year.

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