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Jul 10, 2024
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LG set up a new lineup in a home game against the KIA Tigers at Jamsil Stadium on the 10th. The table setter of Hong Chang-ki and Moon Sung-joo remains the same, but Austin Dean wrote No. 3 and Moon Bo-kyung No. 4. Park Dong-won was listed as No. 5, and Kim Hyun-soo, who was a built-in third hitter, came down as No. 6. The lower lineup consists of Koo Bon-hyuk, Park Hae-min, and Shin Min-jae.
Recently, as Kim Hyun-soo's batting has continued to be poor, the table setter, ranked first and second in on-base percentage, has been tied to a pile. Kim has a batting average of 288 (93 hits in 323 at-bats) and seven homers and 45 RBIs this season. He had a good batting average of .323 until April, but fell to .262 in May and rebounded slightly to .278 in June, but is in a slump of .188 (3 hits in 16 at-bats) in four games in July. The batting average in scoring position was .302 (13 hits in 43 at-bats) until April, but he showed a severe slump with .3 (3 hits in 29 at-bats) in May, rose to .273 (6 hits in 22 at-bats) in June, but he had no hits in 4 at-bats in July.
Hong Chang-ki-Mun Sung-ju immediately attached Austin. Austin has a batting average of 296 (95 hits in 321 at-bats) with 18 homers and 72 RBIs this season. Since June, he has continued his good trend of batting .38 (32 hits in 104 at-bats) with seven homers and 28 RBIs.
The key to changing the batting order is Moonbogyeong No. 4. Coach Yeom said, `Moon Bo-kyung has been hitting hard lately, so I placed him in fourth place"I was thinking of Moon Bo-kyung as LG's future No. 4 hitter."."
`I originally thought about using Moon Bo-kyung as the fourth batter around next year, but this time he was pulled,' said coach Han Yum. `This was the same idea as batting coaches. Even if Lee Jae-won came, he said, "I thought it was right for Moon Bo-kyung to do No. 4."
Moon Bo-kyung is batting .288 (85 hits in 295 at-bats) with 10 home runs and 45 RBIs this season. Although he showed a severe slump of 170.1 (12 hits in 70 at-bats) in May, he has shown a good trend with 356 (37 hits in 104 at-bats) since June.
It's not just a one-off. Coach Yeom said, `As long as Austin or Moon Bo-kyung do not fall into a severe slump, I plan to use No. 1 to No. 4 in the order of the best batting condition among Kim Hyun-soo, Park Dong-won, and Oh Ji-hwan.'
Moon Bo-kyung hit a home run in his first at-bat as if celebrating his fourth batter appearance. Moon Bo-kyung, who met KIA starter Yang Hyun-jong as the leadoff hitter in the bottom of the second inning, hit a 142.1km fastball in the middle of the third pitch in the ball count 1B1S without missing it to hit it over the right fence. It was his 11th home run of the season.
Jamsil Stadium sold out on weekdays on the day of the first- and second-place match between KIA, the most popular team in the nation, and LG.
All 23,750 tickets were sold. LG's 12th home game sold out. It's the first time selling out on weekdays.
Jamsil filled 92.8% of the stands, with as many as 22,038 spectators visiting despite heavy rain warnings the previous day.
Six clubs, including KIA, Doosan, Samsung, Lotte, and SSG, are likely to surpass 1 million this season, along with LG, which recorded a total of 771,326 spectators in 41 games due to the sell-out of the day.
indyk@sportschosun.com
