Tolhurst Tosses 7 Scoreless Innings to Tie for Most Wins as LG Secures Series Against KT

Anders Tolhurst of the professional baseball team LG Twins led his team to a series victory, tying for the league lead in wins following a dominant performance in which he pitched seven scoreless innings.

The LG Twins defeated the KT Wiz 1-0 in a home game of the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League regular season held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 19th.

Having decisively beaten KT 9-1 the previous day, LG secured a winning record in the three-game series, claiming consecutive victories for the first time in 48 days since their game against the Kiwoom Heroes on July 2.

LG also washed away the pain of being swept by KT during their four-game series at Jamsil from July 16 to 19.

Tolhurst threw 97 pitches over seven innings, striking out five batters while allowing just two hits and one walk with no runs, picking up his 11th win (9 losses) of the season.

With this victory, Tolhurst joined teammate Im Chan-gyu and Adam Oller of the KIA Tigers in a tie for the most wins in the league.

KT starting pitcher Davis Daniel pitched well, giving up just one run on seven hits and one walk over five innings, but suffered the loss due to a lack of run support from his offense.

The KT lineup, which ranked first in the league with a team batting average of 0.281 as of the 18th, was held to just five hits and one run across the two games of this series.

After managing only one run on three hits the previous day, they remained silent with just two hits and zero runs today.

The LG Twins claimed the game's first and winning run in the bottom of the first inning.

Lead-off batter Shin Min-jae got off to a smooth start by reaching base on a bunt single, but it initially seemed like LG might squander the opportunity after Park Hae-min hit a catcher's foul fly and Austin Dean grounded out to shortstop.

However, with two outs and a runner on first, Moon Jung-bin kept the inning alive with a single dropping to the left of the left fielder, and subsequent batter Song Chan-eui hit an RBI single to left-center field to drive in the precious run.

Starting in the top of the eighth inning, LG sequentially brought in Woo Kang-hoon, John Kennedy, and Son Ju-young to shut out the remaining two innings and preserve the one-run victory.

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