You can win consecutive games. Director Dal was right. a seven-game winning streak. 4 wins and 9 losses → 10 wins and 2 losses. Hanwha, the runner-up who shot a drama for a month, is now chasing LG
Apr 20, 2025
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Hanwha won 7-1 at home against the NC Dinos at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 20th with starter Cody Ponce's perfect pitch of one hit and no run in seven innings. Hanwha, which won seven consecutive games, maintained its second place alone with 14 wins and 11 losses, chasing the first-place LG Twins (18 wins and five losses) by five games.
A month after the opening of the festival, Hanwha is truly on a rollercoaster ride.
Last year, Ryu Hyun-jin returned and dreamed of a hope for the fifth round, but unfortunately, he finished eighth. During the season, he quickly prepared for the 2025 season by replacing Choi Won-ho and changing it to a system of veteran master Kim Kyung-moon.
Hanwha, which strengthened its power by recruiting FA starter Um Sang-baek and shortstop Shim Woo-joon after the 2024 season, made a strong start to fall baseball for the first time in seven years since ranking third in 2018. In particular, the new stadium opened this year, making it even more special.
Hanwha was evaluated as the top in both the mound and the lineup. The starters of Cody Ponce, Ryan Weiss and Ryu Hyun-jin's Moon Dong-ju and Um Sang-baek were solid compared to any team, while the bullpen, which has Kim Seo-hyun and rookie Jung Woo-joo Han Seung-hyuk who spray 150km, also raised expectations. The batting line is also at a time when veteran batters such as Chae Eun-sung and An Chi-hong can expect synergies from young batters who have grown, such as Noh Si-hwan, Kim Tae-yeon, and Moon Hyun-bin. In addition, experts said that Esteban Floral, a former promising New York Yankees player, was also brought in to strengthen the lineup.
Starting with the opening game on March 22, a month has passed like a roller coaster. The first two weeks and the next two weeks were completely polarizing.
The beginning was not good. The mound was not bad, but the batters were in a deep slump overall. Floral had a hard time getting a hit. However, manager Kim Kyung-moon maintained the bullpen by changing Kim Seo-hyun to the closing position when the main phenomenon of the early closing was sluggish while trusting hitters. Manager Kim said "Our starting pitchers are not that bad. Compared to other teams, it's better,' he said, adding, `We can use our starters to win consecutive games later.'
Nevertheless, the lineup, which had been waiting for, did not recover easily. Hanwha fell to the bottom with four wins and nine losses in 13 games in the first two weeks, as it lost four consecutive games after winning the opening game and two consecutive games again. During this period, Hanwha ranked fifth with a team ERA of 4.61, but ranked last with a team batting average of 169. He was the only one with a .100 batting average among the 10 teams.
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Seven consecutive wins were recorded twice last year. He won seven consecutive games from the game against LG on March 24, the second game of the opening, to the game against KT on March 31, and again from the game against Samsung on July 23 to the game against KIA on August 2.
The most consecutive wins by 10 teams this season were seven consecutive wins recorded by LG, and Hanwha set a tie record. Now, if Hanwha wins an away game against the Lotte Giants in Busan on Tuesday (22nd), it will set a new record for the most consecutive wins this season with eight consecutive wins.
10 wins and 2 losses in 12 games. It is No. 1 overall, ahead of LG, which recorded 8 wins and 4 losses during this period. Two-stroke balance is near perfect. During 12 games, he ranks second overall with an ERA of 2.47, and a team batting average of 316 is also second overall. This means that he is throwing well and playing well.
Baseball is a game of pitching. The stable mound is firmly supporting Hanwha baseball.
First of all, Ryu Hyun-jin, who is the `mental prop,' throws well. Ryu Hyun-jin is showing the real skills of the major leaguer by pitching very stably with a 2.54 ERA in five games. It is regrettable that he is only winning two games without the help of the batters.
Ponce is playing the role of a foreign ace. He leads the team with Ryu Hyun-jin with four wins and no losses with a 2.31 ERA in six games. Moon Dong-ju has a 2-1 record and a 3.68 ERA with a fastball of nearly 160km, while Weiss is also supporting him with a 2-1 record and a 4.91 ERA.
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The batting lineup has also improved. In particular, Floral's reversal is dramatic. Floral, who had a batting average of only 1.28 (6 hits in 47) in the first two weeks, had multiple hits in 8 games in 12 games until the 20th, and his batting average soared to 415 (22 hits in 53 times at bat).
Hanwha's last fall baseball was back in 2018. Hanwha's spring is back. With thrilling flame baseball in the harmony of pitching and hitting, the possibility of autumn baseball is brightening for the first time in seven years.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.