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The KBO League exhibition game between Hanwha and Samsung held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 17th. In the bottom of the first inning, Hanwha Kim Tae-yeon hit a first solo home run against Samsung's Baek Jung-hyun. Kim Tae-yeon is sharing high fives. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.17/ |
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Hanwha Ha Joo-seok hit a timely RBI single in the fourth inning. |
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Director Kim Kyung-moon and Park Jin-man are talking after the 5th episode. |
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It's the first game of a pleasant new stadium, the first win. Hanwha won its first exhibition game at the new stadium.
Hanwha Eagles beat Samsung in the first exhibition game of the new stadium 'Daejeon Hanwha Life Eagles Park'
The KBO League exhibition game between Hanwha and Samsung took place at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 17th. Hanwha recorded a 3-1 victory over Samsung.
For Hanwha, Kim Tae-yeon (left fielder), Moon Hyun-bin (designated hitter), Floral (middle fielder), Noh Si-hwan (third baseman), Chae Eun-sung (first baseman), An Chi-hong (second baseman), Lim Jong-chan (right fielder), Choi Jae-hoon (poster), and Shim Woo-jun (striker) started.
For Samsung, Kim Ji-chan (middle fielder), Ryu Ji-hyuk (second baseman), Koo Ja-wook (left fielder), Diaz (first baseman), Kang Min-ho (captor), Park Byung-ho (designated hitter), Cha Seung-joon (third baseman), Lee Jae-hyun (striker) and Hong Hyun-bin (right fielder) started.
Hanwha Weiss and Samsung's Baek Jung-hyun faced off as starters.
Hanwha's leadoff hitter Kim Tae-yeon hit Samsung starter Baek Jung-hyun's six-ball 138km fastball in the bottom of the first inning to hit a pre-emptive solo home run over the left-center fence. It was the moment when he became the hero of the first home run at the new stadium.
Samsung tied the game at the top of the fourth inning. With consecutive hits by leadoff batters Diaz and Kang Min-ho, they had a chance to hit first and second bases with no outs. Park Byung-ho and Kim Young-woong were then out, but Lee Jae-hyun hit a timely RBI to tie the game.
Hanwha ran away again in the bottom of the fourth inning. Leadoff hitter Hwang Young-mook hit and got on base, and Lee Jin-young walked to first and second base with no outs. Lee Jae-won stepped down with a fly to shortstop, but Ha Joo-seok hit a timely RBI. Choi In-ho's sacrifice fly then added two more points, 3-1.
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The KBO League exhibition game between Hanwha and Samsung held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 17th. Hanwha Weiss, who is pitching as a starter. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.17/ |
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The KBO League exhibition game between Hanwha and Samsung held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 17th. In the bottom of the first inning, Hanwha Kim Tae-yeon hit a first solo home run against Samsung's Baek Jung-hyun. Kim Tae-yeon is sharing high fives. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.17/ |
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As the temperature continued to drop and the weather got colder, the game was decided to be held until the fifth inning under the agreement of both teams. After the fifth inning, both team coaches came to the ground and finished the game with a cold cold game after the agreement. Hanwha's 3-1 victory. Hanwha became a winning pitcher when starter Weiss threw 79 pitches in five innings. Weiss won two exhibition games. He pitched 9 ⅔ innings and showed no problem in playing as the opening first starter with an ERA of 0.93.
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The KBO League exhibition game between Hanwha and Samsung held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 17th. The opening of the new stadium for the first time. Baseball fans who visited Daejeon Hanwha Life Ball Park. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.17/ |
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The KBO League exhibition game between Hanwha and Samsung held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 17th. Hanwha Life Ball Park, which sold out 11,000 seats. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.17/ |
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Hanwha Life Ballpark, which sold out 11,000 seats |
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Hanwha Eagles played their first home game at Hanwha Life Ball Park, a new stadium next to Hanwha Life Eagles Park. The new stadium cost a total of 207.4 billion won with 15 billion won in state funds, 143.8 billion won in municipal funds, and 48.6 billion won in investment in Hanwha. It boasts a total floor area of 58,539.31㎡ with two basement floors and four ground floors. The audience can accommodate about 20,000 people.
The stadium is designed to be asymmetrical left and right, so the distance to the right pole is 95m and the distance to the left pole is 99m. To compensate for the relatively short right-hand distance, an 8 m high 'monster wall' was installed. Inside the 8m high 'Monster Wall', a two-tier bullpen is installed so that pitchers from both teams can use it on the first and second floors. On the fourth floor, it has the country's first Infinity Pool. Children's baseball fans can watch baseball in the pool.
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Kim Tae-yeon, the main character of the first home run in the new stadium. |
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In the bottom of the first inning, Hanwha Kim Tae-yeon hit a first solo home run against Samsung's Baek Jung-hyun. Kim Tae-yeon is sharing high fives. |
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Hanwha's Kim Tae-yeon, who played as the first batter in the first exhibition game of the new stadium, hit a home run in his first at-bat and became the hero of the first home run in the official game of the new stadium. In exhibition games this season, Kim Tae-yeon posted a batting average of .40 and eight hits in 15 at-bats. He also has four walks, with a high on-base percentage of 571. He is the No. 1 hitter with a high on-base percentage that combines long balls and snow baseball.
Manager Kim Kyung-moon has yet to decide the first batter. At that time, he announced his intention to use the player in the best condition as the first batter. Kim Tae-yeon played the role best in the exhibition game.
The last day of the exhibition game on the 18th. All four games were canceled except Gocheok due to overnight snow and a drop in temperature. Hanwha won five consecutive exhibition games and finished second after KT with five wins, one draw and two losses.
Hanwha will start the pennant race with KT on March 22 in Suwon with an opening game.
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The KBO League exhibition game between Hanwha and Samsung held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 17th. After finishing the 5th inning, the two teams agreed to coach and finished with a cold cold game. Hanwha players are greeting their fans after the game. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.17/ |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.