‘1 Minjae, 6 Jihwan, 9 Hamin’ LG broke out properly (SS Focus)

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(Sports Seoul | Reporter Kang Yun -sik) The momentum of LG in the second half is hard to cool. 8 consecutive winning series. Just after the opening, no less than the atmosphere. It seems possible to run more now. The power of the other line is great. ‘1 Minjae, 6 Jihwan, 9 Hamin’, ‘optimized batting order’.

LG runs first place. This is thanks to the latter half of the ‘crazy’. LG finished second in the first half. There was a 4.5 game behind Hanwha. In the second half of the second half, it took up 5.5 games. But while Hanwha was broken, LG did not stop. In the end, he succeeded in recapture.

17 wins and 4 losses are the same as LG’s performance in the first 21 games immediately after the opening. At the time, LG won first place in 17 games in 21 games. I even talked about ‘Wire to Wire’. What is similar to that.

LG has written eight consecutive winning series, starting with Kiwoom, which was the last three consecutive games in the first half. Even after the opening, LG recorded eight consecutive winning series. Except for the Suwon KT exhibition on April 1-3, when a game was pushed back by the cancellation of the rainy weather, all of the Lotte and the opening series were dominated.

It would be nice if the atmosphere was better in the second half. In the first half, the game was often postponed due to the weather during the series. In the second half, however, all the matches are played except for the first game with Lotte. The victory is well accumulated here.

It is no exaggeration to say that the right line is perfect for the right one. Moon Bo -kyung and Kim Hyun -soo, who are powerful in the center line, are also good, but players who play an important role in elements are shining. Shin Min -jae, who starts No. 1, Oh Ji -hwan, who enters the 6th, and Park Hae -min, who plays 9, are the main characters.

Currently, LG is in the season without a ‘on -base machine’. Immediately after the breakdown of Hong Chang -ki, he suffered from the first problem, but he solved it with Shin Minjae. After returning from the second group to the first group at the end of May, he found a sense of blow. I’m wielding a big hit. He is cleaning Hong Chang -ki’s gap.

‘Veteran’ Oh Ji -hwan and Park Hae -min are also strengthening. Yeom Kyung -yeop said, “(Park) Haemin and (Oh) Ji -hwan are veterans. It is in return.

Oh Ji -hwan, which is behind the center line, is also erasing some of the poor blow. The second half batting average is 0.250. It is not very high. But strong on opportunity. The batting average of 0.357. The situation where the front hitters often do on the base. Oh Ji -hwan, who is strong in scoring, can shine even more.

Park Hae -min 9 is also good in the second half. Like Oh Ji -hwan, Park Hae -min did not listen to the hitting in the first half. He is batting in the second half with a batting average of 0.318. At the end of July, he also shot two consecutive home runs in three consecutive games with KIA. It has no choice but to do it for LG because it has a good defense.

LG’s momentum, which was hot after the opening, cooled down 25 games. It is entering a similar time in the second half. LG should pass this section well. At this time, the first half of the batters have a presence in the second half. It is also worth looking forward to getting out. skywalker@sportsseoul.com