KIA: "Cho Sang-woo and Jeon Sang-hyun are in doubt"; LG: "Kennedy and Son Ju-young to rest" — Jamsil sold out again, a full-strength preview of the fall baseball season. Starting lineups announced [Jamsil on-site]

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The KIA Tigers will attempt to sweep their three-game series against the LG Twins in the final game of the set. Meanwhile, LG is fighting with everything they have to end a seven-game losing streak. The starting lineups for both teams have been revealed.

KIA will play an away regular-season game against LG at Seoul Jamsil Baseball Stadium at 2 p.m. on the 5th in the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League.

KIA is riding a wave of momentum after winning both of its previous two games against LG. They won 5-4 on the 3rd and 6-5 on the 4th (the previous day).

With the win on the previous day, KIA improved to a record of 74 wins, 61 losses, and 2 draws, overtaking LG (75 wins, 62 losses, 1 draw) to take sole third place in the league. KIA (0.548) leads LG (0.547) by one percentage point in winning percentage. The gap between the two teams is "0" games.

LG's starting lineup for this game consists of Hong Chang-ki (right fielder), Park Hae-min (center fielder), Austin (first baseman), Moon Jung-bin (designated hitter), Moon Bo-kyung (third baseman), Oh Ji-hwan (shortstop), Lee Jae-won (left fielder), Lee Ju-heon (catcher), and Shin Min-jae (second baseman). The starting pitcher is Tolerhurst.

Before the game, LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop commented on bullpen usage, saying, "(Kim) Kang-ryul and (Ko) Woo-seok are available to pitch. Kennedy and (Son) Ju-young will rest." He added, "Woo-seok will be on standby in the back of the lineup."

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

KIA manager Lee Beom-ho joked with a smile about bullpen usage, saying, "Oller needs to throw a complete game." He then explained, "(Jung) Hae-young, (Choi) Jimin, and (Kim) Bum-su — I plan to use them for short stints, one at a time, when left-handed batters come up. Assuming Oller can pitch about six innings, it seems we will need to navigate the game with roughly three innings' worth of bullpen resources."

He continued, "I don't think (Cho) Sang-woo and (Jeon) Sang-hyun will be able to pitch today. They say they are fine, but we have games tomorrow and the day after. While the series against LG is important, if they were to pitch in three consecutive games, they would not be able to pitch at all in the following two games. So I think it is best to keep them out of the game today unless absolutely necessary."

Meanwhile, the game reached sold-out status (with a total attendance of 23,750) as of 12:28 p.m. This marks the 45th sellout at an LG home game this season.

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