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'Symbol of LG's rebuilding, has a meaningful wedge two-run shot that cleared away the fall trauma
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Moon Bo-kyung, the LG Twins' main third baseman, is a symbolic player. This is because he is a player who proves LG's successful rebuilding.
LG has traditionally been valuable to third baseman resources. The club has repeatedly failed to foster third baseman and tried to make up for its weaknesses in various ways, including trade, free agent (FA), and recruitment of foreign players, but it was useless.
In the meantime, Moon Bo-kyung, who joined in 2019, solved the team's long-cherished desire. He was pointed out as a key player in the team's reconstruction in 2021, and he got many opportunities to play and solved the "hot corner" problem by achieving his first .300 batting average last year.
However, LG's lucky Moon Bo-kyung could not avoid growing pains. In particular, he was deeply hurt by revealing his experience problems in baseball last fall.
He was unable to overcome the burden and pressure in the second playoff game against the Kiwoom Heroes. He threw a double play in the ninth inning, trailing 6-7, putting a damper on the chase.
This was not the only thing. In the eighth inning, when he was chasing 4-6 in Game 3 of the PO, he tried to bunt and failed. The ball floated toward the pitcher, and the opponent's closer Kim Jae-woong caught the ball and threw it to second base, resulting in a doubleout. Moon Bo-kyung threw ash at LG's challenge to advance to the Korean Series (KS) by playing the worst game in two consecutive games.
At that time, Moon Bo-kyung blamed himself greatly. After the third round of PO, he was seen crying in the dugout. People around him were worried that the fall 2022 stage would remain a trauma to Moon Bo-kyung.
But Moon Bo-kyung bravely overcame it. He continued to play in the 2023 season and led LG's exciting baseball. And Moon Bo-kyung proved himself how much he has grown on the fall stage, which was re-established in a year.
Moon Bo-kyung opened with a right-handed hit against opposing team starter Um Sang-baek in the second inning of the visiting game against KT Wiz in Game 4 of the KS at KT Wiz Park in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do on the 11th. And in the top of the sixth inning with a 3-0 lead, he exploded a two-run home run that sealed the game.
He hit the opponent team closer Kim Jae-yoon's flat fastball of 143km/h to draw a 110m arch over the left fence.
Moon Bo-kyung's performance continued. With a 9-1 lead in the top of the seventh inning, he hit a double that fell to the right of the right field, adding to the mass scoring procession.
Moon Bo-kyung had three hits in four times at bat (one homer) with three RBIs and two runs scored, making the most hits in the team.
Moon Bo-kyung's facial expression showed no signs of autumn baseball trauma. With Moon Bo-kyung's performance, LG has secured three wins and one loss in KS, approaching its first championship in 29 years.
