
LG Twins shortstop Oh Ji-hwan, 34, has found his groove four games after returning from injury. The LG Twins are a team that thrives with Oh at the center.
Starting at shortstop and batting fifth in the lineup against the Hanwha Eagles in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League on Thursday at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea, Oh went 3-for-5 with a home run, two RBIs and one run scored to lead LG to an 8-4 victory. With the sweep, LG rebounded from a four-game losing streak with two straight wins to move from fourth place to a tie for third.
After being sidelined with a wrist injury in late May and then injuring his hamstring during his comeback, which took 42 days, Oh returned to the lineup against the Jamsil Kia on Nov. 11. He went 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout on his first day back, but picked up his hitting in Daejeon.
He went 1-for-4 on the first day of the three-game series, 4-for-2 with two RBIs on the second day, and then went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and a stolen base in the final game. In four games since returning from injury, he is 3-for-7 (6-for-16) with four RBIs.
After starting his first at-bat with a single to right-center in the first inning,
Oh struck out on three pitches in the third inning, but completed his multi-hit game with an infield single to shortstop in the sixth inning. 카지노 커뮤니티 After stealing second base, Oh made it 5-2 in the seventh inning with a single to right field. He lined a three-pitch, low curveball from Hanwha’s Seung-jo Lee Min-woo for a two-run single.
Defensively, he caught Jang Jin-hyeok’s grounder in the fifth inning with his signature bent-leg sliding backhand and threw accurately to first base. Jang made a head-first sliding throw to first base, but Oh was a little quicker. Jang played his signature defense and got back on track in his first four games back.
After the game, Oh said, “I tried to be aggressive in fast counts. I think my timing at the plate is going well because I’m trying to hit hard to make in-play hits,” he said, adding, “I want to say thank you to manager (Yeom Kyung-yup), the coaching staff, and the training staff for helping me play.” He also thanked the training staff for helping him return from injury.
“I want to thank the fans for coming to Daejeon, and I will do my best to live up to their expectations,” said Oh, who also thanked the LG fans for their support.