He played despite being hit by the head of the ball → Silence again → 0 for 15. The only batting average of 0.000 out of 73 players who filled the regular at-bats. When will Floral's first hit be made?
Mar 26, 2025
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Hanwha Eagles foreign hitter Esteban Floral pushed ahead with the game despite a dizzying accident in which he was hit in the head by a pitch before the game, but he was hitless again. Already, he has no hit in the opening four games in a row.
In an away game against the LG Twins in Jamsil on the 26th, Floral started as the third-center fielder and recorded no hits and one walk in three at-bats. On the same day, Hanwha's batters were completely defeated by LG starter Lim Chan-kyu with only two hits.
Only Roh Si-hwan and Chae Eun-sung had hits against Lim Chan-kyu.
In his first at-bat after two outs in the top of the first inning, Floral strongly hit a slightly lower fastball in the middle of Lim Chan-kyu's first pitch of 143km, but was caught by the center fielder.
After one hit in the top of the fourth inning, he swung and missed on a 126km change-up at the first pitch, fouled on a 133km slider at the second pitch, and struck out swinging on a change-up of 129km at the third pitch.
He came out as the leadoff hitter in the top of the seventh inning and continued to play. He picked out a changeup that went to the full count and fell to the outside of 124km for the eighth pitch, and walked to get on base. It was his second on-base hit after getting on base with a walk in the game against KT Wiz on the 23rd. Unfortunately, Noh Si-hwan's double play left the game.
Of course, Floral was the last batter after two outs in the top of the ninth inning. Lim Chan-gyu only wins against Floral through change-up.
Floral, who watched the first and second pitches, hit a 128km changeup that was driven to the middle of the third pitch in 1B1S. I rolled to Lim Chan-kyu's side, and Lim Chan-kyu stretched out his left arm and caught him. Slowly threw to first base and out. The final out count sacrifice to complete Lim Chan-kyu's shutout was Floral.
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He played in a total of 84 games in the Major League as a right-handed outfielder with solid physical and excellent athletic ability, with a batting average of 192, four homers and 22 RBIs. In the minor league Triple-A, he played in 344 games with a batting average of 257 and 65 home runs and 196 RBIs. He has fast feet enough to record 172 steals in the minor league and has good defense, so he was evaluated as a batter who could be helpful to Hanwha in all aspects of the offense and defense.
In addition, he seemed to have shown good adaptability to the KBO league by hitting three doubles with a batting average of .400 (8 hits in 20 at-bats) in eight exhibition games. Naturally, expectations were high.
However, he has not had a hit since the opening. No hits led to four games and no hits in 15 at-bats for 17 at-bats. Until the previous day, KT Wiz's Jang Sung-woo also had no hits in three consecutive games, but out of 73 hitters who made their first hit on the day to fill the regular at-bat, Floral is now the only hitter with a batting average of 0.000.
In addition, he had a dizzying accident in which he was hit in the head by an LG batter's practice ball while stretching in the outfield ahead of pre-game training. Fortunately, he showed determination to play without going to the hospital because there was no problem. However, despite his strong mentality, the result was no hit.
Hanwha has also lost three consecutive games since its victory in the opening game. It is the second consecutive loss without a goal for LG. Last year, Peraza became an early vitality, but this year, Floral is not a mood maker, but a concern.
The starting pitcher for LG on the 27th is left-handed Song Seung-ki. I wonder if I can hit my first hit.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
