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| The game between Hanwha and KT at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 25th. Hanwha closer Kim Seo-hyun allowed one run in the top of the ninth inning. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.25/ |
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| The game between Hanwha and KT at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 25th. KT Kwon Dong-jin hit a timely RBI single in the fourth inning. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.25/ |
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| The game between Hanwha and KT at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 25th. Hanwha Noh Si-hwan, who hit a tying solo home run in the bottom of the seventh inning. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.25/ |
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Mr. Zero collapsed.
KT Wiz maintained a 50% winning rate by escaping two consecutive losses due to foreign batter Rojas' winning hit.
KT won 2-1 in the top of the ninth inning when Rojas drew a final RBI right-handed hit from Hanwha closer Kim Seo-hyun and Park Young-hyun defended the last crisis in an away game against the Hanwha Eagles at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 25th.
KT, which escaped two consecutive losses with the victory on the day, recorded 14 wins, 1 draw and 12 losses. After eight consecutive wins, Hanwha has lost two consecutive games to 15-13.
Hanwha made up the starting lineup with Kim Tae-yeon (right wing), Floral (center fielder), Moon Hyun-bin (designated hitter), Noh Si-hwan (third baseman), Chae Eun-sung (first baseman), Lee Jin-young (left wing), Lee Do-yoon (second baseman), Lee Jae-won (catcher) - Shim Woo-jun (striker), and KT made up the starting lineup with Rojas (designated hitter), Kim Min-hyuk (left wing), Heo Kyung-min (third baseman), Jang Sung-woo (catcher), Hwang Jae-gyun (first baseman) - Oh Yoon-seok (second baseman) - Choi Sung-min (right wing) - Bae.
Hanwha Eom Sang-baek and KT So Hyung-joon will face off as starters. KT seemed to have a better advantage when looking at their performance this season.
Um Sang-baek, who moved from KT to Hanwha with a total of 7.8 billion won over the past four years, didn't get off to a good start. He had one win, three losses and a 6.89 ERA in four games. After winning three consecutive games, he reported his first win since moving to Hanwha with seven hits and four runs in five innings at home against NC on the 18th.
Cho Hyung-joon, who returned as a starter this season after elbow surgery, got off to a great start. He is 2-1 with a 1.44 ERA in four games. On the 19th, he pitched the best pitching of the season with four hits, 11 strikeouts and one run in seven innings against Kiwoom.
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| The game between Hanwha and KT at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 25th. Hanwha starter Um Sang-baek greets KT fans before pitching in the top of the first inning. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.25/ |
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| The game between Hanwha and KT at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 25th. Hanwha Um Sang-baek, who is pitching as a starter. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.25/ |
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| The game between Hanwha and KT at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 25th. KT Cho Hyung-joon is pitching as a starter. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.25/ |
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However, a tight pitching battle unfolded.
Cho Hyung-joon perfectly tied the Hanwha lineup. He allowed only one hit until the sixth inning, struck out as many as 10 and allowed no runs. After two outs in the bottom of the second inning, Lee Do-yoon's superior triple was the only hit, and it was the only run crisis. However, he escaped the crisis by striking out Lee Jae-won. After that, no one was allowed to go to the scoring position.
Um Sang-baek was anxious at the beginning. In the top of the first inning, he was on the verge of first and second bases by giving up a double to Huh Kyung-min and a walk to Jang Sung-woo after two outs, but he caught Hwang Jae-kyun with a ground ball in front of the shortstop, and in the top of the second inning, he loaded the bases with two outs with a hit, a hit, and a walk, but he handled Kim Min-hyuk with a fly to right field and handed over no runs. In the top of the third inning, he tried to find stability by setting the center batting line as a three-out offense, but he gave up the first run to the lower batters in the top of the fourth inning. After receiving a hit from the leadoff Oh Yoon-seok, he became a third base with two outs with a sacrifice bunt and an infield grounder, and allowed No. 9 Kwon Dong-jin to hit the middle field, making it 0-1.
In the 5th and 6th episodes, the three-way offense is withdrawn again. FA shortstop Shim Woo-joon, who came from KT together, was able to complete his first quality start in Hanwha with one run until the sixth inning thanks to the good defense of catching two hits.
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| The game between Hanwha and KT at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 25th. KT Oh Yoon-seok hit a leadoff hit in the fourth inning. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.25/ |
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| The game between Hanwha and KT at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 25th. Hanwha Jung Woo-joo, who blocked the seventh inning with a three-way exit. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.25/ |
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After Cho Hyung-joon went down, Hanwha finally tied it. After one out in the bottom of the seventh inning, Noh Si-hwan hit KT's second pitcher Son Dong-hyun's 146km fastball and hit a solo shot over the left-center fence. With his ninth home run of the season, he tied for first place in home runs with Patrick Wisdom of the KIA Tigers.
Chae Eun-sung's hit and pinch runner Lee Won-seok's steal of second base led to a chance of one out and second base, but Lee Won-seok was out while running to third base when Lee Jin-young grounded out in front of the shortstop, and Lee Jin-young was caught trying to steal second base, which cooled the atmosphere again.
KT, which missed the opportunity to make an opponent's error and an infield hit in the top of the eighth inning, picked up two walks in the top of the ninth inning due to Kim Seo-hyun's control difficulties and got another chance to get the first and second bases with one out. And Rojas' right-handed hit home the second baseman's allocation team to lead 2-1 again. Kim Seo-hyun scored no runs in 11 ⅔ innings in 13 games this season, but unfortunately became a losing pitcher with his first run.
KT closer Park Young-hyun was hit by lead Hwang Young-mook and Moon Hyun-bin, and was on the verge of a crisis with one out and runners on first and second bases. But Roh Si-hwan is a fly to right field. He struck out pinch hitter Lim Jong-chan with a swing and miss and made eight saves for the season.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
