“Unbelievable”: LG Has Vanished — “Doosan 6 players → Lotte and KT 4 each → Samsung, KIA, SSG, NC 3 each → Hanwha and Kiwoom 2 each” — Will a Major Shakeup Blow In?

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The LG Twins have fallen into the quagmire of an shocking eight-game losing streak. The collapse of their bullpen, featuring Son Ju-young and Go Woo-seok, was fatal, but it was equally painful that the lineup failed to produce. Ultimately, not a single LG player made the list of the top 30 in weekly batting average, making them the only team without representation.

On the 5th, LG suffered a 4-6 comeback loss in their home game against KIA at Seoul Jamsil Baseball Stadium in the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League.

With this defeat, LG sank into an eight-game losing streak, recording a record of 75 wins, 63 losses, and 1 draw. They currently sit in fourth place in the league standings. The gap to third-place KIA has widened to one game. Additionally, they are now being chased by fifth-place Doosan Bears by two games.

After losing 4-5 to KIA on the 3rd, LG lost again by a single run on the 4th with a score of 5-6. Then, in the game on the 5th, while leading 4-3 in the top of the ninth inning, they collapsed after Go Woo-seok allowed a go-ahead three-run home run to Kim Do-young.

Coincidentally, the flow of the games on the 4th and 5th was similar. The lineup failed to extend their lead when given the chance, allowing KIA to mount a comeback, which ultimately led to the bullpen’s collapse. In particular, it was regrettable that after scoring four runs in the bottom of the first inning on the 5th, they were unable to add a single run from the second through the ninth innings.

This season, LG has struggled, remaining at eighth place in team batting average (0.265). This situation feels all the more awkward given that LG led the league in team batting average (0.278) last season.

Only Austin (0.338) is currently maintaining a .300 batting average within the team. Park Hae-min (0.290), Moon Sung-ju (0.285), Koo Bon-hyuk (0.283), and Song Chan-ui (0.274) follow behind them, while Moon Jung-bin (0.256), Moon Bo-kyung (0.254), and Shin Min-jae (0.251) are maintaining batting averages in the .250 range.

Above all, Oh Ji-hwan (0.242), Hong Chang-gi (0.241), and Park Dong-won (0.229) have not been showing their true class, serving as a sore spot throughout the season. If this continues, it would be entirely unsurprising if a major wave of change swept through the lineup composition for next season.

Not a single LG batter made the top 30 in weekly batting average this week. Doosan produced the most with six players, followed by Lotte and KT with four each, Samsung, KIA, SSG, and NC with three each, and Hanwha and Kiwoom with two each securing spots in the top 30 for weekly batting average.

Jo Hyeong-woo (SSG) and Davidson (Kiwoom) both swung a hot bat with a .500 batting average. Hanwha’s Choi In-ho (0.440), Doosan’s Kang Seung-ho (0.438), KIA’s Kim Sun-bin (0.429), Doosan’s Park Chan-ho (0.417), KT’s Choi Won-jun (0.414), NC’s Oh Tae-yang and Doosan’s Severino (both 0.412), and Samsung’s Diaz (0.400) marked batting averages in the .400 range. The batting average of Kim Do-young (KIA), Ko Seung-min (Lotte), and Eredia (SSG), who are tied for 28th place, was 0.318.

LG now has five games remaining. First, at home in Jamsil, they will face NC on the 6th and Doosan on the 7th. After a day of rest, they will play a two-game series against Lotte in Busan on the 9th and 10th. Following another day off, they will take on KIA in the final regular season game in Gwangju on the 12th. Will LG’s batters succeed in rebounding to reclaim the third-place spot?

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