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| The Hanwha-KT match held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 23rd. In the bottom of the 11th inning, the allocation team with two outs and runners on the first and second bases is cheering after hitting a timely hit. Suwon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.. 3.23/ |
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Bae Jeongdae's dramatic ending!
He avenged the loss of the opening game to the Hanwha Eagles after a close game of KT Wiz overtime.
KT won a dramatic 5-4 victory with Bae Jeong-dae's walk-off hit in the bottom of the 11th inning in the second game of the opening two consecutive games of the 2025 season at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 23rd. He avenged his 3-4 defeat the previous day, ending the opening two consecutive games with one win and one loss.
The opening game a day ago was Hanwha's 4-3 victory. It was a fierce match that made my hands sweat for two consecutive days. The game was very similar. The game that flowed to the pitching match between ace Cuevas (KT) and Ponce (Hanwha) the day before. It was the same day. KT's Cuevas and Hanwha's Weiss two foreign pitchers made a close flow.
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| The Hanwha-KT match held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 23rd. Starting pitcher KT Cuevas is pitching. Suwon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.. 3.23/ |
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Until the second inning, both teams had three outs. Cuevas dominated the opponent's lineup with elaborate corner work and game management, and Weiss with fastballs up to 157 kilometers.
The balance was broken at the beginning of the third inning. A surprise home run went off. Lim Jong-chan, who came out in the lead, hit Cuevas' first pitch fastball properly and connected it with a preemptive solo shot. Im Jong-chan broke through the fierce outfield competition. Coach Kim Kyung-moon has been selected as the main right fielder. The opening game was sluggish with two strikeouts, but he rolled up the first pitch of his first at-bat and made it a valuable home run.
Hanwha, which gained momentum, took the lead in the top of the fourth inning with a new designated hitter Moon Hyun-bin, who had been sluggish together the day before, doubled and got on base. Jang Sung-woo's fastball led to a chance for third base with no outs, and Floral hit a deep second base infield grounder to bring in Moon Hyun-bin.
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| The Hanwha-KT match held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 23rd. Hanwha Im Jong-chan is cheering after hitting a solo shot in the top of the third inning. Suwon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.. 3.23/ |
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However, the game was overturned immediately in the bottom of the fourth inning. It was Weiss who was playing a scary game, but suddenly his slider usage rate, not a fastball, increased. KT hitters did not miss it. Following the lead Kang Baek-ho's walk on base, Rojas' direct double to the center fence came out. Heo Kyung-min hit a timely RBI left-handed hit by a chance to hit the second and third bases with no outs. On top of that, even Kim Min-hyuk added a tiebreaking hit. KT, which drove Hanwha without stopping, succeeded in turning the tables with Moon Sang-chul's sacrifice fly.
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| The Hanwha-KT match held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 23rd. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Kim Min-hyuk, with no outs and runners on the first and third bases, is hitting an RBI timely hit. Suwon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.. 3.23/ |
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Did you say baseball is a sport of flow. KT, which was in the mood, scored an extra point in the fifth inning. Hanwha's error was crucial. The first base situation with no outs made by Kim Sang-soo's hit. Kang Baek-ho hit a ground ball to second base. A ball that Hanwha shortstop Shim Woo-joon can catch. However, whether it was a problem that overlapped with the runner, the ball flowed to center field because it could not be caught. The archivist agonized for a long time before giving an error. Thus, it became the first and third base with no outs, and when Rojas' infield grounder, third baseman Kim Sang-soo homered, widening the gap to two points.
Hanwha saved the spark in the sixth inning when Noh Si-hwan hit an RBI single of the chase against Cuevas, who had been throwing well. And he made a miracle of the embers he saved. In the top of the ninth inning, KT closer Park Young-hyun took the mound. Hanwha's defeat has grown stronger. However, Noh Si-hwan, who took the lead, properly hit Park Young-hyun's cut fastball to lead to a dramatic tie solo shot. In a 1B1S situation, a low cutter was kicked up in front. He hit a home run in two consecutive games following the opening game. Park Young-hyun made a blon save from the start.
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| The Hanwha-KT match held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 23rd. No outs Noh Si-hwan is cheering after hitting a tiebreaking solo shot in the top of the ninth inning. Suwon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.. 3.23/ |
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Season one extension. This season's overtime will only last until the 11th inning. Both teams mobilized all the winning teams as if they could never lose. With the 12th inning gone, there was room for pitching management. The game seemed to end as the batters were unable to get their feet in the bullpen pitching at full strength.
However, KT got a walk from pitcher Han Seung-hyuk, whose lead Jang Sung-woo changed in the bottom of the 11th inning. Let's put forward Yoon Jun-hyuk. Yoon Joon-hyuk went to second base with Oh Yoon-seok's team batting. Chun Sung-ho at bat. Hanwha also threw a winning move as the closing main phenomenon. But Chun Sung-ho is a first-pitch player.
It was a match against Bae Jeong-dae. Bae Jeong-dae hit Joo Hyun-sang's ball properly and hit a timely hit before finishing.
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| The Hanwha-KT match held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 23rd. In the bottom of the 11th inning, the allocation team with two outs and runners on the first and second bases is cheering after hitting a timely hit. Suwon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.. 3.23/ |
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KT starter Cuevas recorded five hits, two walks and three runs in six ⅔ innings, but his individual victory went away. It was the worst bad luck to throw well last season but not take the victory, but I'm nervous from the opening this year as well. Hanwha Weiss also had a quality start with four runs (three earned runs) in six innings. I came back from the brink of defeat.
Meanwhile, Hanwha's special rookie Jung Woo-joo took the mound in the bottom of the eighth inning when his team was trailing 3-4 and made his KBO League debut. Kim Min-hyuk, Jang Sung-woo, and Moon Sang-chul were dealt with three times and played a successful first game. Kim Min-hyuk's first ball was a 154km fastball. When Moon Sang-chul was struck out, the Hanwha stands on the third base were infested.
Hanwha was aiming for its second consecutive opening win in 19 years since 2006, but had to swallow its disappointment with an extra-time walk-off loss.
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| The Hanwha-KT match held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 23rd. Jung Woo-joo is pitching in the bottom of the eighth inning. Suwon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.. 3.23/ |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
