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Rematch of 2025 Korean Series set in Seoul with LG to face Hanwha

Published: 20 Apr. 2026, 16:26 Updated: 20 Apr. 2026, 17:00

LG Twins players celebrate after a 5-0 win over the Samsung Lions on April 19. [YONHAP]

The LG Twins and the Hanwha Eagles, the two contestants of the 2025 Korean Series, will have their first clash of the 2026 KBO season in Seoul this week, with the rivals moving in different directions in the early going.

The three-game series between these two clubs will commence at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Tuesday. The LG Twins, the defending champions, sit only a half game out of first place with a 12-6-0 record, and they have won eight of their past 10 games. The Hanwha Eagles, who fell short of their first title since 1999, are riding a mini two-game winning streak but had dropped six consecutive games before that. They are tied for sixth place at 8-10-0.

These two teams have been winning games in contrasting styles. The Twins boast the lowest team ERA at 3.60 and have allowed the fewest walks with 59. While their offensive production has been below league average, LG's pitching has been carrying the load.

The Eagles have been trying to outscore their pitching woes. They rank second in the KBO in both batting average at .282, runs at 111 and hits at 185. But their pitching staff has the league's worst ERA at 5.63 and has surrendered the most walks at 102.

In a particularly ugly game last Tuesday against the Samsung Lions, Hanwha set a KBO record for the most walks and hit-by-pitches allowed by a team in a game with 18.

Hanwha Eagles players watch from the dugout during in a game against the Samsung Lions on April 16. [YONHAP]

The LG Twins gave up 17 walks and hit-by-pitches in five games combined last week.

For the weekend series beginning Friday, LG will stay at Jamsil for a three-game set against their co-tenants, the Doosan Bears, which sits at 7-11-1. The Eagles will return home to the central city of Daejeon for a meeting with the NC Dinos, with an 8-10-0 record.

Elsewhere in the KBO, the two clubs tied for first place, the Lions and the KT Wiz, will each begin the new week at home.

Samsung, 12-5-1, will host the SSG Landers, 10-8-0, at Daegu Samsung Lions Park in the southeastern city of Daegu. The KT Wiz, 13-6-0, will take on the Kia Tigers, 10-9-0, at KT Wiz Park in Suwon, just south of Seoul.

The slumping Lotte Giants, 6-12-0, who have dropped three straight to fall to ninth place, have a home date with Doosan starting Tuesday before traveling to Gwangju for a weekend series against the Tigers.

The Kiwoom Heroes, 5-14-0, are one and a half games back of the Lotte Giants in last place, having finished each of the past three seasons in the league cellar. They will have a six-game homestand this week against the NC Dinos and the Lions.

Yonhap