“Sold out again, Jamsil Stadium’s popularity is exploding!” Kim Do-young makes his second appearance for KIA; Hong Chang-ki returns to LG in a fateful showdown: Starting lineups announced [Jamsil on-site]

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As the LG Twins and KIA Tigers prepare for their fateful showdown, the starting lineups have been revealed.

The LG will face the KIA in a 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League regular season home game at Seoul Jamsil Baseball Stadium at 2 p.m. on the 4th.

KIA secured an early advantage by defeating LG 5-4 in their matchup held the previous day (the 3rd).

With the win the previous day, KIA, who are currently in sole fourth place in the league, escaped a three-game losing streak to mark a record of 73 wins, 61 losses, and 2 draws. Meanwhile, LG, in sole third place, fell into a six-game losing streak with a record of 69 wins, 61 losses, and 1 draw. The gap between third-place LG and fourth-place KIA narrowed from two games to one game.

If KIA wins today, they will secure a winning series in the three-game set and close the gap with LG entirely. Conversely, if LG wins, the gap will widen back to two games, as it was the previous day.

Today, LG’s starting lineup consists of Hong Chang-ki (right fielder), Park Hae-min (center fielder), Austin (designated hitter), Moon Jung-bin (first baseman), Moon Bo-kyung (third baseman), Oh Ji-hwan (shortstop), Lee Jae-won (left fielder), Park Dong-won (catcher), and Gu Bon-hyuk (second baseman). The starting pitcher is Kim Yun-sik. Hong Chang-ki, who was excluded from the starting lineup the previous day, has returned.

Kim Yun-sik has appeared in 30 games this season, recording a record of no wins, one loss, and five holds with an ERA of 6.40. Over a total of 32⅓ innings, he has allowed 32 hits (including six home runs), issued 25 walks, struck out 17 batters, and allowed 23 runs (23 earned runs). His walks plus hits per inning pitched (WHIP) is 1.76, and the batting average against him is 0.264. Against KIA this season, he has appeared in two games with one hold, pitching a total of 3⅓ innings while allowing one hit, issuing one walk, hitting one batter, striking out two batters, and allowing no runs.

In response, KIA’s starting lineup consists of Park Jae-hyun (left fielder), Kim Do-young (third baseman), Castro (first baseman), Na Seung-beom (right fielder), Kim Sun-bin (second baseman), Han Jun-su (designated hitter), Kim Ho-ryeong (center fielder), Kim Tae-goon (catcher), and Park Min (shortstop). The starting pitcher is Shirakawa.

Shirakawa has appeared in 16 games, posting a record of four wins and five losses with an ERA of 4.50. Over a total of 76 innings, he has allowed 61 hits (including six home runs), issued 43 walks, struck out 63 batters, and allowed 39 runs (38 earned runs). His WHIP is 1.37, and the batting average against him is 0.219. Against LG this season, he has one appearance with one loss and an ERA of 7.50, pitching six innings while allowing seven hits (including two home runs), issuing one walk, striking out four batters, and allowing five runs (five earned runs).

Meanwhile, at Jamsil Stadium today, attendance reached 23,750 by 12:17 p.m., resulting in a sold-out crowd. With this, LG set a new club record for the most sellouts in a single season (the 44th time). (Previous record: 43 times in 2025)

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