Is this why LG is the leader? The second baseman of Kook University is about to make a comeback → Back-up infielder is laughing thanks to multi-homer 'Bang Bang'
Is this why LG is the leader? The second baseman of Kook University is about to make a comeback → Back-up infielder is laughing thanks to multi-homer 'Bang Bang'
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LG Twins infielders who look solid but are suffering from minor injuries. In the meantime, Lee Young-bin (23) helped by hitting long balls.바카라
In an away game between the Lotte Giants and the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on Monday, LG held a 7-7 draw in the 11th inning after 3 hours and 56 minutes. As the runner-up Hanwha Eagles lost on the same day, LG is keeping the lead.
LG, which had a 17-9 victory the previous day, took the lead from the beginning, but Lotte's lineup exploded and the game continued. In the end, he lost two points in the bottom of the eighth inning and headed to overtime, and eventually failed to win.
Still, LG had hope. It was Lee Young-bin who played as ninth batter and second baseman. LG started the game on the bench due to aftereffects of Oh Ji-hwan, its main shortstop, being hit by a pitch in the first inning on the previous day. Then, Koo Bon-hyuk, who came out as second baseman on the previous day, was dispatched as shortstop, and Lee Young-bin was listed in the starting lineup as second baseman.
Expectations were low for Lee, who had not shown any significant performance with a batting average of 0.154 before the game, but he turned the tables with his performance. Taking the batter's box for the first time with one out in the top of the second inning, Lee picked up a breaking ball of Lotte starter Na Kyun-an. He then rolled up a folk ball of 129 kilometers per hour on the second pitch. The ball flew so big that it became a solo home run that hit the stands on the right field.
The homer was Lee Young-bin`s most powerful homer of the season. The ball flew 125 meters and crossed the fence as it was after flying at 171.4 kilometers per hour. I felt it was a home run as soon as I was hit.
Lee, who was out after hitting a fly to right field in the third inning, turned the bat sharply again at his third batter's box. While trailing 4-5, as the leadoff hitter in the top of the sixth inning, he hit a high slider from Lotte's second pitcher Chung Hyeon-su. This time, it was a one-run homer that flew to the right-center field and crossed the fence as it was. Again, he posted a fast batting speed of 166.2 kilometers, and the flying distance increased to 130 meters.
Before replacing center fielder Choi Won-young in the defense in the bottom of the seventh inning, Lee Young-bin had two hits, two RBIs and two runs in four at-bats. It was the first time that he hit a multi-homer game since the game against Hanwha in Jamsil on Sept. 8 last year. Although the team did not win, it could have been defeated without Lee Young-bin's early performance.
LG's best lineup consists of first baseman Austin Dean, second baseman Shin Min-jae, third baseman Moon Bo-kyung and shortstop Oh Ji-hwan. However, they all have injuries, big and small. Austin rested on Tuesday due to pelvic pain, and Oh Ji-hwan came out only in the second half of the next day. Moon is also likely to miss the game on Tuesday due to his knee injury. "I'm not 100 percent in condition, but I'm grateful that I'm holding it in. Overall, I have a lot of minor injuries," LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop said.
Still, there is a player waiting to return to the national team. It is Shin Min-jae, a national infielder. He had a batting average of 0.141 (11 hits in 78 times at bat) in 32 games since April, and was informed that his entry into the first team was canceled on April 12. Shin, who has been reorganizing himself from the remaining team, will play 10 days, when he can return to the team, and will play in the first team on May 22.
Although he suffered a slump this season, Shin is a player who can contribute to both offense and defense. "I can use substitute hitter and defense only when I come up," Yeom said on Tuesday. "I don't have enough resources to cover it with defense," and waited for Shin's call-up.
On top of that, with Lee Young-bin performing very well, LG can give key players a break and increase the number of resources to be released in the second half of the game.