Early ‘Ellotgi’… Rising LG · Lotte, Kia losing losing
Ellotgi (LG, Lotte, Kia) alliance, which dreams of entering the fall baseball, was mixed. Kia (KIA) Tigers, who lost six consecutive games, fell to the fifth place, the autumn baseball line, and LG Twins and Lotte Giants ran a streak and sought the lead Hanwha Eagles.
Behind the ranks of the late 2025 KBO League, there is an unexpected sluggishness of the ‘defending champion’ Kia. Kia fell into six consecutive defeats, including all of his resignation Lotte War last weekend.
Kia, who rebounded in June with ‘Gum Baseball’ in June, has returned to the main players such as Na Sung -bum, Kim Sun -bin, and Lee Ui -ri in the second half, but they are hardly working. Kia climbed to the second place (5 days), narrowing the gap with three games in the first half of the first half, but plunged to fifth with Samsung Lions and SSG Randers. The gap with Hanwha is up to 10.5 games, and it is far from the leading fight.
In particular, it is a sweeping defeat in three consecutive games with Hanwha (8-10 days), 2nd LG (22-24 days), and 3rd Lotte (25-27 days), which are in the top of the recent 10 games. Kia’s recent 10 games are 1 win, 9 losses, and the victory of NC (NC) Dinos on the 20th. Kia’s recent sluggishness has fallen since the mid -game. Kia meets Doosan and No. 1 Hanwha in July this week.
While Kia was in a sluggishness, LG and Lotte, the second -placed LG, began a full -fledged lead with a winning streak. LG defeated Doosan 6-9 on the 27th, but reduced the gap with Hanwha, which had been up to 5.5 games by running six consecutive wins until the last time. The recent 10 games are also good with 7 wins and 3 losses.
LG has continued to rise in the second half of the Lotte-Kia-Doosan 3 consecutive winning series (2 or more of three consecutive games). In addition to the lake ratio, batters are focused on the economy, bringing the game. During the sixth consecutive win, the finals broke out after eight times. In particular, he scored 5 points on the 22nd, 2 points on the 23rd, and 8 times on the 24th, and 8 times on the 23rd, and scored 9 times in Doosan on the 25th. LG meets Katie (KT) Wiz and Samsung this week.
Lotte is also winning Kia on the 27th and is running for the first five consecutive wins. The recent 10 games are 6 wins and 4 losses, and the gap with Hanwha is five games. Lotte was noticeable during the streak. On the mound, the starters Park Se -woong and Alex Gamboa are struggling, and the bullpen’s ‘left -handed fastball’ Hong Min -ki is showing effect. In the plate, Yoon Dong -hee, Hwang Sung -bin, and Ko Seung -min are swinging. Lotte meets the bottom NC and Kiwoom Heroes this week.
By Son Hyun -soo, Byunsoo@hani.co.kr
