There were no aftereffects of the shutout, how did Lim Chan-kyu prepare for his second appearance? "I'm worried about what will happen in the next game..."
There were no aftereffects of the shutout, how did Lim Chan-kyu prepare for his second appearance? "I'm worried about what will happen in the next game..."
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LG Twins' Lim Chan-kyu, who won his first shutout in his 15th season as a professional, also pitched well in his next appearance.
Lim Chan-kyu started against KT Wiz in the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 3rd and recorded seven hits, three walks, five strikeouts and one run in five ⅔ innings.
On the day, Lim threw 96 pitches, including up to 29 fastballs, 25 curves, 14 sliders, and 28 changeups. He silenced KT's batters with his ever-changing pitching.
Lim pitched 100 pitches during nine innings at the match against Hanwha in Jamsil on June 26, allowing two hits, two walks and five strikeouts, leading his team to a 4-0 victory. It was Lim's first shutout victory since his debut in 2011.
After Lim Chan-kyu's shutout, LG's momentum increased further, and it raced to the opening seven consecutive wins.
Coincidentally, Lim's winning streak was broken just before he took the mound. It could lead to back-to-back losses. Lim Chan-kyu had heavy shoulders as he came to the mound in eight days.
LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop said, "I hope you can stop me with two runs in seven innings or one run in six innings," considering that it is impossible to shut out the game for two consecutive games before the game.
Lim Chan-kyu pitched to meet the expectations of the head coach.
He got off to a good start by striking out Rojas, his first batter, at the bottom of the first inning. Kang allowed a walk, but immediately induced Kim Min-hyuk to an infield grounder, which was a double play. In the second inning, he had a hit by Chun Sung-ho after two outs, but he grounded out Moon to third.
In the bottom of the third inning, Lim was helped by stellar defense. Im Chan-gyu was in danger with no outs and runners on the first and second bases after receiving consecutive hits by Bae Jeong-dae and Kwon Dong-jin. Here, he induced Rojas to hit an infield grounder, and second baseman Shin Min-jae caught it, stepped on the second base himself, and threw it to the first base, leading to a double play.
Lim Chan-kyu walked Kang Baek-ho and was on the first and third bases with two outs, but he handled Kim Min-hyuk with a ground ball to the second base and finished the inning without losing a point.
Lim, who also blocked well in the fourth inning, lost his first run in the fifth inning. After a triple by Kwon Dong-jin with one out, Kang also allowed a double.
However, he managed to prevent additional runs. With two outs and a runner on the second base, Kim grounded out to second to meet the requirements of a winning pitcher.
However, Lim failed to make a quality start. With two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning, he sent out Chun Sung-ho and Moon Sang-cheol, respectively. Since Moon already visited the mound once, his pitching coach took the ball and brought it up.
That's all for Lim Chan-gyu. Im Chan-gyu finished the match by replacing Kim Jin-seong. Kim Jin-seong eliminated the crisis by treating the allocation team as a straight hit to shortstop.
LG sealed the victory by adding two more runs in the eighth inning. The team won the game 5-1, and Lim Chan-gyu held his second win of the season.
After the game, Lim Chan-kyu looked back, "I lost big yesterday, and since the opponent's ace came out today, I tried to prevent it with the least number of runs even if I took a lot of pitches, but I was able to drag it because I helped the defense a lot."
In general, the team achieved great records such as shutout victory, no hit, and no run, but often showed poor performance in the next game. The so-called "fiasco" is the aftereffects.
However, Lim broke this jinx. "I prepared exactly the same. The result is something I can't do anything about. Since I finished the shutout, I thought it would have been better to prepare more for what will happen in the next game because I was literally over-prepared," Lim said.
As for the part that went down without completing six innings, he said, "The slider thrown to Moon Sang-chul at the ball count of 2-2 was the decisive ball. As it fell out, I had different emotions," adding, "In the end, I gave him a walk and sent him out, but I thought it was right for a better pitcher to come up because it was important for the team to win." "It's important to play a lot of innings, but I think it was positive that I handed it over to the bullpen once I was winning," he said. 메이저놀이터
Lim Chan-kyu said that the ABS zone at Wizz Park, which he felt, was biased toward left-handed hitters.
"KT has a lot of veteran hitters, so it's not easy to win," he said. "They are hitters that I have seen for 10 years. You have to be really careful. That's why the number of hits increased, but the main purpose was to take away the timing of the factors," he said. "When I watched it on TV, I felt that the ABS zone was slightly shifted toward the left-handed batter. The ball was what I said went outside the left-handed batter, and the strike was what was deep inside the right-handed batter. I did it while paying attention to those areas."