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He seems to be having difficulty with left-handed foreign pitchers at the beginning of the season.

LG is dominated by left-handed hitters. According to the starting lineup, as many as seven players including Hong Chang-ki, Park Hae-min, Kim Hyun-soo, Moon Bo-kyung, Oh Ji-hwan, Moon Sung-joo and Shin Min-jae are left-handed hitters. Right-handed hitters are the only ones, Austin Dean and Park Dong-won.

The prevailing view in the baseball world is that left-handed batters are weak against left-handed pitchers. As left-handed pitchers are rare, left-handed batters rarely deal with left-handed pitchers, making it more difficult to deal with them.

However, LG is mainly left-handed hitters, but it was not weak against left-handed pitchers.

Last year, LG ranked first overall with a team batting average of 279 percent, but the batting average against left-handed pitchers was not much different with a batting average of 277 percent. In 2022, LG also ranked third overall with a batting average of 263 percent against left-handed pitchers.

LG, which ranks first overall in this season with a batting average of .308 through Tuesday, is showing a better performance in batting average against left-handed pitchers with a batting average of .317. He is the second only to Hanwha with a batting average of .343.

However, it is different when you look at the performance against foreign left-handed pitchers.

On March 31, Kiwoom Heroes' Enmanuel de Heissus lost four hits, no four outs and seven strikeouts in seven innings, and lost 4-8.

On the 2nd, NC Dinos Kyle Hart scored four runs on seven hits and five walks in five innings, but struck out 10 times.

Wes Benjamin of the KT Wiz, who had four wins, no losses and a 0.84 ERA last year alone, was also good for his first appearance this season. At the Jamsil game on the 6th, Benjamin displayed good pitching by allowing three hits (one homer) and three walks, four strikeouts and one run during six innings against an LG batter. Fortunately, LG's persistent hitting made him win 8-4 with Koo Bon-hyuk's walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning. However, he failed to break the perception that he is weak against Benjamin.

There are many left-handed pitchers among foreign pitchers this season. There are left-handed pitchers who have renewed their contracts, including Benjamin, SSG Landers Roenis Elias, Doosan Bears Brandon Waddell, Lotte Giants Charlie Barnes and Hanwha Eagles Ricardo Sanchez, three new foreigners including Daniel Castano, Hart and Jesus of NC, and nine left-handed pitchers including LG Detrick Ence. LG has to fight eight of them, but if it shows difficulty targeting them, it may not be easy to achieve the results it expected.