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| The KIA-Hanwha match at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 28th. Ponce is cheering for Kim Tae-yeon, who caught Choi Hyung-woo's straight hit with two outs in the top of the sixth inning. Daejeon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.3.28/ |
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| 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/ |
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You can't win even if you give everything. The Hanwha Eagles won the game with a big inning in the seventh inning. 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. KIA has lost three games in a row. The season record was two wins and four losses.
The first game of the regular season at Hanwha Life's Ballpark. The ballpark was sold out for the first time with 17,000 spectators.
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| The KIA-Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 28th is being played in a packed crowd. Daejeon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.3.28/ |
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Hanwha formed the starting lineup in the order of Hwang Young-mook (2nd baseman), Choi In-ho (2nd baseman), Esteban Floral (center fielder), Noh Si-hwan (3rd baseman), Chae Eun-sung (designated hitter), Kim Tae-yeon (1st baseman), Lim Jong-chan (right fielder), Choi Jae-hoon (captor), and Shim Woo-jun (striker).
Hanwha's batting average did not explode in five games since the opening, with a team batting average of only 129. Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon said, `We may lose in our first start and have lost consecutive games, but we have never had a hit like this. The atmosphere becomes heavy even if you play two-hit games or two. On the contrary, LG pitchers were good in the previous game, and some of them blocked good batting by good hitters. As a result, players might feel pressured because they try hard and do well" he pointed out.
Manager Kim said, `We may lose in our first start and have lost consecutive games, but we have never had a hit like this. The atmosphere becomes heavy even if you play two-hit games or two. On the contrary, LG pitchers were good in the previous game, and some of them blocked good batting by good hitters. As a result, players might feel pressured because they try hard and do well" he pointed out. Hanwha's batters scored hotly in the seventh inning, including the big inning.
Kim Sun-bin (2nd baseman), Hong Jong-pyo (3rd baseman), Na Sung-bum (right wing), Choi Hyung-woo (designated hitter), Patrick Wisdom (1st baseman), Lee Woo-sung (left wing), Choi Won-joon (center fielder), Kim Tae-gun (captor), and Kim Kyu-sung (striker) started.
Hanwha Life's ballpark's first hit in the regular season came from KIA in the top of the first inning. Leading hitter Kim Sun-bin hit Ponce's changeup in the 2S to make a hit to right-center field. However, since then, he failed to score as he grounded out and hit double plays.
He also scored his first goal at Kia. After one out, Choi Hyung-woo hit a double and stepped on third base with a wild pitch. Wisdom's fly to center field came out, and Choi Hyung-woo homered. Choi Hyung-woo scored his first point and Wisdom became the main character of his first RBI. Wisdom also recorded his first strikeout in the top of the second inning when he struck out swinging.
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| The KIA-Hanwha match at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 28th. Choi Hyung-woo, who scored on Wisdom's sacrifice fly with one out and third base in the top of the fourth inning, is welcomed by head coach Lee Bum-ho. Daejeon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.3.28/ |
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His first home run also came from KIA. Wisdom hit a fastball (153 kilometers) by Hanwha starter Cody Ponce to hit the ball over the left fence in the top of the seventh inning. Wisdom's second home run of the season following the match against the Kiwoom Heroes in Gwangju on the 25th. In addition, it was the first home run of the regular season at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon.
Hanwha hit back with a home run in the bottom of the seventh inning. 'New Stadium' The main character of the official first home run properly pierced his blocked blood. Kim Tae-yeon, who took the batter's box in the bottom of the seventh inning with two outs and no runners, faced KIA pitcher Jeon Sang-hyun and hit a slider from 2B2S to cross the left fence.
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| KIA-Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 28th. Kim Tae-yeon, with two outs, runs after hitting a solo shot in the bottom of the seventh inning. Daejeon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.3.28/ |
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Kim Tae-yeon hit a home run in the bottom of the first inning as a leadoff hitter in an exhibition game against the Samsung Lions on the 17th.It was the official first home run record at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon.
After Kim Tae-yeon's home run, Hanwha's batters also began to show their concentration. Im Jong-chan drew a walk, and pinch runner Lee Won-seok stole second base. After that, pinch hitter Lee Jin-young picked up a walk and continued the chance.
KIA put Jeon Sang-hyun down and Kwak Do-gyu up. However, Moon Hyun-bin drew a walk, and Hwang Young-mook drew a walk. After that, Choi In-ho pushed the ball once again with a hit ball, and the score was 3-2.
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| 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/ |
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| KIA-Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 28th. Lee Do-yoon is happy after hitting a triple with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning. Daejeon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.3.28/ |
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KIA put up Lee Joon-young, but in the end, Floral's double to the left of the left field made the score 5-2.
Hanwha's batting lineup, which began to burst once, also showed explosive power in the eighth inning. Once again, Kim Tae-yeon led the attack. After one out, Kim Tae-yeon hit a hit, and Lee Won-seok's base came out later. In Lee Jin-young's at-bat, Kim Tae-yeon came home due to the opponent's defensive error, and Lee Jin-young stepped on second base. After that, Lee Do-yoon's triple homered to Lee Jin-young. They sealed the match with a score of 7–2.
Hanwha's starting pitcher Ponce stopped seven innings with seven hits (one homer) and four outs, one strikeout, and two runs. Ponce mixed curves (26), change-ups (16), sliders (6), two-seam (6), and cutters (2), along with fastballs (49) of up to 156 kilometers.
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| The KIA-Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 28th. Park Sang-won pitches in the top of the eighth inning. Daejeon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.3.28/ |
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Following Ponce, Park Sang-won came up to score a scoreless run with two strikeouts, and Lee Tae-yang came up in the ninth inning to walk and hit, but Kim Seo-hyun finished the game as he filled all out counts without losing a point.
Ponce became the first winning pitcher of the regular season at Hanwha Life's Ball Park in Daejeon, and Park Sang-won became the first hold pitcher.
KIA starter James Nail kept the mound with three hits, four outs, two strikeouts and five strikeouts in six innings, but failed to win. Following the nail, Jeon Sang-hyun (3 runs in 1 ⅔ inning), Kwak Do-gyu (2 runs in 0 innings), Lee Joon-young (⅓ innings scoreless), and Lee Hyung-beom (2 runs in 1 inning) came up in order.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
