We will make Son Joo-young (LG Twins) the starting pitcher for our team's opening game next year."

Son took the mound as the starting pitcher in the second game of the regular season against the Lotte Giants of the "2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League" held at Jamsil Stadium on Sunday. On the day, Son recorded quality start plus (three earned runs or less in seven innings) with one hit, five strikeouts and two walks. He led LG to a landslide 10-2 victory to secure its first win of the season.토토사이트

Before the game, Son was on the mound amid high expectations. LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop has been giving him compliments including "first starter next" and "left-handed ace who will lead Korean baseball" since the offseason.

"(Son) Ju-yeong has the ball power to win 13 games this year," Yeom said. "In the early days of the season, I put the ball in line with his relativity. In fact, I agonized a lot over (Lim) Chan-gyu and Ju-yeong. Chan-gyu was not bad at the game against Lotte, so he could have started as the second starter. However, it is meaningful. We will make Son a starting pitcher for our team's opening game next year," he said, expressing high expectations for Son.

Son Joo-young has been active since her first appearance of the season. She faced a crisis early in the game by sending out runners, but she swept out the out count with a double play.

Son Joo-young erased both the first base with no outs in the top of the first inning and the first base with no outs in the top of the second inning with double play. In the top of the third inning, Jeon hit a double after two outs and sent the runner to the scoring position, but he did not lose a point as he caught the follow-up hitter Yoon Dong-hee with a foul fly to the first baseman.

He displayed overwhelming performance from the top of the fourth inning in the middle of the game. He did not let a single runner go until the moment he left the mound. He threw three outs and threw 13 hitters in a row, erasing Lotte's batters' willingness to catch up. As the result of the game suggests, he displayed overwhelming pitching capabilities to meet Yeom's expectations. 

After the game, Yeom praised Son, saying, "It's his first game of the season, but he pitched almost perfectly until the seventh inning. Congratulations on your first win (of the season)."

Son, who played as a full-time starting pitcher for the first time in his career last year, posted career highs of 9 wins, 10 losses and 144 ⅔ innings with 3.79 112 strikeouts. Son wanted to grow further based on his experience last year, but he displayed overwhelming pitching that silenced Lotte's batters from his first appearance in the 2025 season. This is why he has high expectations for the rest of the season.

Son, who is gradually improving to become the next first starter, is facing a number of tasks that she needs to achieve as an ace and a first starter. She expressed her strong determination to achieve her goals including 13 wins and 180 innings suggested by Yeom.

Son said with a smile, "I have to prove it. I only played my first game of the season. I think I will be able to throw consistently like I did today (23rd). My goal was 160 innings, but I think the coach wants me to throw more."