The LG Twins, which set a new record for the largest number of spectators in a season last year, boasted great popularity even when the year changed.토토사이트

At the regular season home game between the Hanwha Eagles and the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on Sunday, LG attracted full spectators. According to LG, 23,750 people attended the opening two consecutive games against the Lotte Giants as of 6:55 p.m. and sold out the opening two consecutive games against the Lotte Giants last weekend. It was also the first time in the KBO league after checking with the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). No KBO league team has sold out the opening three consecutive games since 2001 when the tally of spectators was computerized.

The temperature dropped to a minimum of 8 degrees Celsius during a weekday evening game, but it was not enough to stop baseball fans' enthusiasm. There were good reasons for full attendance. For now, LG was the team that led the KBO league to surpass 10 million spectators last year. Last year alone, LG Electronics posted 1,397,499 spectators (19,144 spectators on average) in its home ground alone, setting a new record for the largest number of spectators in a single season in the history of the KBO league. It also surpassed the club's record of most sold-outs in a season with a total of 25 sold-outs (23,750) and achieved the highest number of accumulated professional sports spectators at 34,507,694.

Hanwha, the opponent team, was equally popular. Despite poor conditions at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon (12, 000 seats), Hanwha also broke the record of the largest number of spectators by mobilizing the final 804,204 throughout the last season with a whopping 96 percent occupancy rate.

The matchup was impressive, too. Major League Baseball players Hernandez (30) and Ryu Hyun-jin (38) faced off as starting pitchers, and there were many conversations. Ryu returned to Korea last year after 11 years of challenging himself in the Major League, and made a comeback to the KBO in the season opener against LG last year. At that time, Ryu lost face and lost face by allowing six hits, three walks and five runs (two earned runs) without striking out a single during three ⅔ innings.

However, LG also needed to avenge Ryu Hyun-jin in the second confrontation. Last year, Ryu Hyun-jin's record against LG was one win and one loss with a 1.84 ERA in three games. Moreover, it was his first birthday in 20 years of professional baseball, which drew attention.

Both teams did not disappoint packed pitchers due to their performance reminiscent of the Major League Baseball. LG Hernandez had one hit and one walk and eight strikeouts in seven innings, while Hanwha Ryu Hyun-jin had three hits and no walks in six innings, achieving quality start (more than six innings as a starter and three earned runs or less), respectively, and displayed stellar pitching. As a result, it took only 80 minutes from the start of the game to the end of the sixth inning. In addition, both players entertained fans with mesh-like defense, including the LG Captain's fantastic two mid-range defense.

LG finally won the game. LG did not miss the opportunity when Hanwha was shaken after Ryu Hyun-jin went down. Oh Ji-hwan's sacrifice bunt and Park Dong-won's grounder were on the second and third bases with no outs in the seventh inning to score the first run. In the eighth inning, Austin Dean and Moon Bo-kyung hit consecutive timely hits, leading to four runs and a wedge.

As such, LG defeated Hanwha 5-0 and maintained a tie with the Samsung Lions and SSG Landers for the first time with three consecutive wins. Hanwha, which had won the opening game for the first time in five years, faltered due to its two consecutive losses.

"Park Dong-won displayed a good lead in pitching perfectly as a starter by mixing Hernandez's fastball, curveball, slider and change-up appropriately," LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop said after the game. "In another match, Kim Jin-sung was able to block the inning well and bring the flow of the game to our side."

"When we needed a first run, Park Dong-won scored an important RBI to make Hernandez's first win of the season. In addition, when additional points were needed, Austin and Moon Bo-kyung, the center batters, played their roles and were able to finish the game well. I want to praise our defenders who showed their concentration in defense so that Hernandez can pitch well," he said. "I am grateful that I was able to win again today thanks to the enthusiastic support of the fans who sent me the tickets for three consecutive games."