"I don't look at last year's results"...Park Myung-geun, LG's mound hope, the only "zero earned run" among 91 relief pitchers
"I don't look at last year's results"...Park Myung-geun, LG's mound hope, the only "zero earned run" among 91 relief pitchers
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Park Myung-geun of the LG Twins is the only relief pitcher who has no earned run among the 91 relief pitchers who played more than five innings this season. Park Myung-geun, who is responding to LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop's belief that he is a "totally different pitcher from last year," should take the center stage of the LG mound, which is reeling from the injury of Elijah Hernandez.스포츠토토
Park Myung-geun is the only one among 91 bullpen pitchers who played more than five innings in the 2025 KBO League regular season as of Friday. He tied for fifth place (five) with Han Seung-hyuk (Hanwha Eagles) and Jeon Sa-min (NC Dinos) by recording one win and one save in 11 games and 10 1/3 innings.
Park Myung-geun took the mound in the eighth inning with LG losing 2-3 to the KIA Tigers at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju the previous day. When Kim Jin-sung walked Choi Hyung-woo and put Oh Sun-woo on base with a hit, he took the mound to deal with the crisis.
His pitches were simple and clean. Park caught Choi with two fly balls, and threw changeups following two fast balls against Han Jun-su, who was also a slugger. Five balls were enough to deal with the two batters. In the first game of the series on Saturday, Park took the mound in the eighth inning to receive a hit by Kim Sun-bin, but silenced Kia's core batters including Patrick Wisdom, Choi Hyung-woo and Na Sung-bum. He threw 17 pitches, excluding one curveball, only with fastballs and changeups.
Park Myung-geun is the only pitcher left with no earned run. Son Dong-hyun (kt Wiz), who had no earned run in more than 15 innings, lost a point in a showdown with Hanwha on Saturday. On the day, Hanwha's closing pitcher Kim Seo-hyun also ended his streak of pitching against the Hanwha Eagles, which continued for more than 11 innings.
Coach Yeom also emphasized Park Myung-geun's role. "The team's No. 1 ERA (currently 2.71) bullpen is 70 percent effective in starting," he said on the 16th when the news of Hernandez's injury was announced. "The relief pitcher is taking the mound without burden as the starting pitcher holds out and the lineup widens," he said. "The bullpen is still weaker than when we won the title two years ago. Myung-geun, Baek Seung-hyun, and Kim Young-woo need to grow further."
Regarding Park Myung-geun, he said, "The ball power has completely changed from last year. There is no need to look at the data. "We send out left-handed and right-handed hitters," he said. "Myung-geun's performance is important to hold out until June when major resources such as Hernandez, Yoo Young-chan and Lee Jung-yong return. If the growth of the bullpen and the return of the injured are combined, there will be a synergy effect."