Lim Chan-gyu fights back… LG wins against Doosan with the regular season championship trophy in front of it
Doosan needs to win the remaining two games against SSG to aim for third place.
The LG Twins won the team's final game of the 2023 regular season with the 'regular season championship trophy' in front of them. 스포츠토토
LG defeated the Doosan Bears 5-2 in a professional baseball 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League home game held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 15th.
On the 3rd, LG confirmed its regular season championship for the first time in 29 years since 1994, and the KBO decided to award the regular season championship trophy after the game on the 15th, LG's last game of the regular season.
Although LG's win or loss on this day did not affect the ranking at all, LG fans filled Jamsil Stadium to watch the 'regular season championship trophy presentation ceremony'.
On this day, Jamsil Stadium was filled with 23,750 spectators, and LG succeeded in exceeding 1.2 million spectators (1,202,637 spectators) for the first time in 13 years since 2013.
LG coach Yeom Kyung-yeop expressed his motivation, saying, “I definitely want to win for the fans who came to the stadium,” and the LG players also stood on the ground with the same mindset.
Doosan, in a fierce battle for third place, scored the first run in the top of the second inning with Park Jun-young's hit to the third baseman with one out and 1st and 3rd bases.
However, LG turned the tide by scoring 5 runs in the bottom of the 4th inning.
With bases loaded and 2 outs in the 4th inning, manager Yeom Kyung-yeop made the mistake of putting in pinch hitter Moon Seong-ju in Kim Min-seong's at-bat.
Moon Seong-joo's batted ball flew behind the center fielder, hit the glove of Doosan Su-bin Jeong, and fell to the ground.
Meanwhile, all three runners hit home.
Doosan coach Lee Seung-yeop rejected starter Kim Dong-ju and brought in Park Chi-guk.
However, Park Chi-guk walked Lee Jae-won and sent out Heo Do-hwan on a hit to the body, putting himself in danger with the bases loaded with two outs, and then allowed Park Hae-min to hit a timely hit with two RBIs to left field.
LG's native ace Lim Chan-gyu pitched 5⅔ innings with 4 hits and 1 run, earning his 14th win (3 losses) of the season, and also completed the required number of innings for the first time in 3 years since 2020.
LG ended the regular season today with 86 wins, 2 draws, and 56 losses, but Doosan will play two fateful games against ranked rival SSG Landers on the 16th (Jamsil) and 17th (Incheon).
Doosan must win both of its remaining two games against SSG and NC Dinos must perform poorly in its two games against KIA Tigers to rise to third place and advance directly to the semi-playoffs.
In order to secure 4th place with only one win in the wild card match, two wins against SSG are desperately needed.
LG Twins also won the last game of the regular season against Doosan and finished this season's Jamsil rivalry with 11 wins and 5 losses.
On this day, the owner of Jamsil Stadium was also LG.
Throughout the game, a yellow wave symbolizing LG waved in the stands.