It's different from the old Moon Dong-ju. 80 pitches ready → Quick hook with 42 pitches in 2 innings...The maximum 157km fastball also lost its luster.

Apr 02, 2025

KBO League match between Hanwha and Lotte at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 2nd. Hanwha starter Moon Dong-ju who gave up the first run in the first inning. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.02/

KBO League match between Hanwha and Lotte at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 2nd. Hanwha's Moon Dong-joo, who allowed Lotte's Yoon Dong-hee to hit a solo home run in the second inning. Daejeon =Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.02/

KBO League match between Hanwha and Lotte at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 2nd. Hanwha starter Moon Dong-ju talking with pitching coach Yang Sang-moon in the second inning. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.02/

Hanwha Eagles' Moon Dong-joo, who was gradually increasing the number of pitches amid good pitching, lost his momentum.

Moon Dong-joo was replaced after scoring four hits, one walk and four runs, including a home run, in the first game of the week series against the Lotte Giants at Hanwha Life Ball Park on the 2nd. There were 42 pitches.

Sliders (11), curves (6), folk balls (3), and two-seam (2) were mixed with the maximum speed of 157 kilometers fastball (20). However, the ball did not come out as expected, leading to a quick replacement.

Moon Dong-ju has been gradually increasing the number of pitches since the exhibition game. In the game against the LG Twins in Jamsil on the 27th of last month, he pitched well with one hit and 6K scoreless in five innings. At that time, the number of pitches was 61.

Coach Kim Kyung-moon, who met before the game, said, `Today, I will discuss the timing of replacement with the pitching coach at about 70 to 80 pitches.'

On this day, Moon Dong-ju got off to a shaky start by giving up a run from the first inning. After one out, Lotte Son Ho-young's hit and Na Seung-yeop's double faced a crisis with one out and runners on the second and third bases, and Son Ho-young homered and gave up the first run when Reyes saw the infield ground.

KBO League match between Hanwha and Lotte at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 2nd. Lotte's Yoon Dong-hee hit a solo home run against Hanwha's Moon Dong-ju in the second inning. Daejeon =Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.02/

In the second inning, he allowed a thunderous home run to leadoff hitter Yoon Dong-hee. Yoon Dong-hee's home run was recorded as the sixth home run since the opening of Hanwha Life's Ball Park and the first home run to surpass the 8m height 'monster wall' built as a media glass behind right field. It was a 150km fastball, but Yoon Dong-hee's strength overcame it.

Moon Dong-ju rarely regained his pace. Yoo Kang-nam's walk, Lee Ho-joon's RBI triple in left-center, and Jeon Jun-woo's sacrifice fly followed, quickly spreading to 0-4.

Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon made a decision. At the start of the third inning, he replaced the mound with Cho Dong-wook. It seems that Moon Dong-ju and Cho Dong-wook operated a 1+1 tandem.

Hanwha seems to have failed to make Um Sang-baek, who was originally scheduled to start the previous day, and to focus on Moon Dong-ju's condition management.

In the order of rotation, the game against the Doosan Bears in Jamsil next Tuesday will be Moon Dong-joo's next start. However, manager Kim Kyung-moon did not give a definite answer on the possibility of Moon Dong-ju taking the mound twice a week. "I think we should look at the date, watch the game, and manage the number of pitches." he replied only.

KBO League match between Hanwha and Lotte at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 2nd. Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon is watching the players' training. Daejeon =Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.02/

However, manager Kim Kyung-moon said, `There were some batters in Lotte who had a good record against Moon Dong-ju, right??My cheeks will be different today from mine. We'll see." He expressed confidence, but the result wasn't good.

Um Sang-baek will take the mound against the Daegu Samsung Lions on the 6th. Coach Kim Kyung-moon said, `If you've played a lot of games now, it's okay to postpone the rotation by one day as a rest, but it's too early in the season. I thought it would be better to lose the topknot and run the rest normally rather than the whole thing being pushed.'

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.