New stadium, full base from the first game! He showed the strength of the first team…Jung Woo-ju, 1 inning, 7 pitches, and KK's power pitching

Mar 06, 2025

New stadium, full base from the first game! He showed the strength of the first team…Jung Woo-ju, 1 inning, 7 pitches, and KK's power pitching
Kwon Kwang-min. Photo courtesy of Hanwha Eagles



Hanwha Eagles finished the practice game for adapting to the 'new stadium'.

Hanwha played its own practice game at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 6th.

Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon, Hanwha's new home stadium, opened on the 5th. Hanwha returned on the 4th from spring camps in Melbourne, Australia, and Okinawa, Japan. While playing an exhibition game against the Doosan Bears in Cheongju on the 8th, he played a final inspection practice game on the 6th.




The Hanwha Eagles team (first team), led by the first team, formed the starting lineup in the order of Lee Jin-young (left wing), Kim Tae-yeon (designated hitter), Esteban Floral (center fielder), Noh Si-hwan (third baseman), Chae Eun-sung (first baseman), Hwang Young-mook (second baseman), Lim Jong-chan (right wing), Choi Jae-hoon (catcher), and Shim Woo-jun (striker). The starting pitcher is Ryan Weiss.

The Hanwha Futures team is Euro-bound (left-winger), Lee Min-jae (right-winger), Ha Joo-seok (striker), Shin Woo-jae (first baseman), Jang Kyu-hyun (catcher), Jung Min-gyu (third baseman), Han Ji-yoon (designated hitter)-Han Kyung-bin (second baseman) and Choi Joon-seo (middle fielder) will start. Hwang Jun-seo came out as the starting pitcher.

From the bottom of the first inning, the first team worked hard. Lee Jin-young stole second base after getting on base with an infield hit. Kim Tae-yeon's hit then made it to first and third base, and Floral's first run came out. Later, Chae Eun-sung's double and Hwang Young-mook and Lim Jong-chan's consecutive timely hits widened the score to 4-0. The score was widened to 5-0 thanks to the opponent's error in the bottom of the second inning.




The Futures team also broke their silence in the top of the third inning. After EuroGyeol hit a hit, he stole second base. Later, Ha Joo-seok got on base due to an opponent's error, and Shin Woo-jae's timely hit came out. In the process, a defensive error came out and followed 2-5.

The Futures team followed Jang Kyu-hyun's timely hit with two outs and a runner on first base in the top of the fifth inning to make it 3-5.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, the first team sealed the victory. Lee Jin-young's double, Lee Won-seok's infield hit, and Moon Hyun-bin's walk made the bases loaded. Kwon Kwang-min then hit a 153km fastball thrown by Won Jong-hyuk on the first pitch and crossed the right-center fence. The first home run at Hanwha Life's Ballpark.




New stadium, full base from the first game! He showed the strength of the first team…Jung Woo-ju, 1 inning, 7 pitches, and KK's power pitching
photo courtesy of Hanwha Eagles
The first team then made Hwang Young-mook's walk, stolen base, and Lim Jong-chan's groundout to make it two outs and third base, and Hwang Young-mook came home and widened the score to 10-3.

In the top of the seventh inning, Jung Woo-ju 'Three-strike Show' came out. He struck out Song Ho-jung and Shin Woo-jae on three pitches. He then turned Huh Kwan-hoe into a grounder to shortstop at the first pitch and finished the inning with seven balls.

The first team ran 11-3 in the bottom of the seventh inning with Moon Hyun-bin's timely hit, and the game ended as it was.

Weiss allowed four hits, one walk, six strikeouts and two runs (non-ERR) in three innings, followed by Kwon Min-gyu (one scoreless inning), Park Boo-sung (one scoreless inning), Cho Dong-wook (one scoreless inning), Jung Woo-ju (one scoreless inning), Kim Do-bin (one scoreless inning), and Bae Dong-hyun (one scoreless inning) to check their condition.

The Futures team was disappointed with Hwang Joon-seo's six hits, two walks, one strikeout and five runs in two innings, while Jang Min-jae allowed one scoreless inning and Lee Ki-chang allowed two scoreless innings. Won Jong-hyuk allowed Kwon Kwang-min a grand slam, allowing five runs in two ⅔ innings, Kim Jong-soo allowed one run in one ⅓, and Lee Min-woo and Jang Si-hwan allowed one score in one inning.

Meanwhile, Hanwha will play its first exhibition game against the Doosan Bears at Cheongju Stadium on the 8th after training on the 7th. Hanwha Life Insurance's first official game at Ballpark is an exhibition game against the Samsung Lions on the 17th. The home opener of the regular season is a game against the KIA Tigers on the 28th.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.