Escape 4 consecutive losses → First game of the new stadium...What is the driving force behind the victory that the head coach picked? I've melted the cold and tension

Mar 28, 2025

The KIA-Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 28th. Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon, who won 7-2, is shaking hands with the coaches. Daejeon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.3.28/

The KIA-Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 28th. Hanwha won the opening game of the new stadium with a 7-2 victory. The players are sharing their joy. Daejeon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.3.28/

Hanwha Eagles won the first game of the new stadium.

Hanwha won the home game against the KIA Tigers 7-2 at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 28th. Hanwha escaped from four consecutive losses and recorded two wins and four losses for the season.

Hanwha lost four consecutive games after winning the opening game, and the atmosphere was not good. Above all, the team's batting average continued to be only 129.

Hanwha's batters continued to be frustrated on this day as well. He failed to score a point in six innings against KIA starter James Nail.

'Ace' Cody Ponce pitched seven innings and kept the mound with two runs, but the atmosphere of being dragged into the silence of the batters continued.

KIA-Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 28th. Kim Tae-yeon, with two outs, is cheering after hitting a solo shot in the bottom of the seventh inning. Daejeon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.3.28/

A shot in the twist went off in the bottom of the seventh. Kim Tae-yeon, who came out as the leadoff hitter in the exhibition game and hit a home run 'New Stadium 1st Home Run', hit a home run again this time. KIA Patrick Wisdom's home run in the top of the seventh inning did not make him the first home run of the regular season, but he became the first player to cross the fence in Hanwha.

After Kim Tae-yeon's home run, the offense's blood was pierced. Im Jong-chan drew a walk, and pinch runner Lee Won-seok stole second base. Later, pinch hitter Lee Jin-young drew a walk.

KIA-Hanwha match at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 28th. Floral, with two outs, cheers after hitting a two-run double in the bottom of the seventh inning. Daejeon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.3.28/

KIA put Jeon Sang-hyun down and Kwak Do-gyu up. It continued the flow of Hanwha. Moon Hyun-bin drew a walk, and Hwang Young-mook's pushing walk and Choi In-ho's four-ball led to a score of 3-2. Later, Floral's timely hit and additional score in the eighth inning allowed Hanwha to run to seven points.

In the top of the ninth inning, Kim Seo-hyun ended the inning without losing a point, and Hanwha had its first win at the new stadium.

Hanwha Life Ball Park's ballpark sold out for the first time with 17,000 spectators coming to the ballpark.

Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon expressed his gratitude to his fans. Manager Kim said, `It was a difficult situation because the team was losing consecutive games, and there must have been a lot of tension because it was the opening game at the new stadium, but it was a game where we could overcome the cold and tension with the support and shouts of the fans who filled the stadium.'```

KIA-Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 28th. A full crowd is watching the game in the opening game of the new stadium. Daejeon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.3.28/

Thank you so much. I want to say thank you to all the players" he said.

Hanwha announced Lion Weiss as the starting pitcher on the 29th, and KIA will put forward Yang Hyun-jong.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.