Fonce 18K One Man Show with tears on the mound in excitement at the new record!!! Hanwha has lost consecutive games.

May 17, 2025

Fonce 18K One Man Show with tears on the mound in excitement at the new record!!! Hanwha has lost consecutive games.
SSG-Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 17th. Ponce, who also took the mound in the eighth inning, is crying after achieving 17 strikeouts. Ponce added one more strikeout, setting a new 18K record. Daejeon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025..May 17/



Coordination Ponce's perfect 18K pitch. Hanwha Eagles succeeded in escaping the losing streak with the strongest pitcher in the league.

Hanwha won 1-0 in the first game of the doubleheader against SSG Landers at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 17th. With the victory, Hanwha recently escaped from three consecutive losses and will have four wins and no losses against SSG this season. On the other hand, SSG failed to continue its winning streak and fell into a swamp of four consecutive losses against Hanwha.

▶SSG starting lineup =Jihoon Choi (center fielder)-Park Sung-han (striker)-Choi Jung (designated hitter) - Han Yu-sum (right wing) - McBroom (first baseman)-Choi Jun-woo (left wing) - Ahn Sang-hyun (third baseman)-Jung Joon-jae (second baseman)-Shin Bum-soo (catcher) starter Kim Kwang-hyun




▶Hanwha starting lineup = Kim Tae-yeon (1st baseman) -Floral (center fielder) -Moon Hyun-bin (left fielder) -No Si-hwan (third baseman) -Chae Eun-sung (designated hitter) -Lee Jin-young (right fielder) -Lee Do-yoon (striker) -Choi Jae-hoon (captor) -Hwang Young-mook (second baseman) starting pitcher Ponce

With key starting pitchers from both teams facing off, the game flowed in the form of a pitching match. SSG hitters failed to touch Cody Ponce's ball properly, and Hanwha hitters had a hard time getting on base steadily against Kim Kwang-hyun, but it was difficult to score.

Fonce 18K One Man Show with tears on the mound in excitement at the new record!!! Hanwha has lost consecutive games.
SSG-Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 17th. Ponce is cheering when second baseman Hwang Young-mook caught Choi Jeong's ball with one out in the top of the fourth inning. Daejeon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025..May 17/
In the first inning, both teams started with three outs, and Hanwha got the chance first in the bottom of the second inning. After one out, Chae Eun-sung hit his first hit, and Lee Jin-young's at-bat made a shortstop catch error, creating a chance for first and second bases with one out.




Lee Do-yoon stepped down with a fly to right field, and Choi Jae-hoon was judged to be hit by a ball on the first pitch, loading the bases with two outs. However, as Hwang Young-mook struck out standing, Hanwha failed to score the first point.

He also missed a chance in the bottom of the third inning. Starting with a hit by Kim Tae-yeon, the leadoff hitter in the inning, he stole second base with no outs and no outs. Following Floral's futile withdrawal by catcher foul fly, Moon Hyun-bin also struck out swinging. With two outs and a runner on the second base, Noh Si-hwan walked out to fill the first base, but this time, Chae Eun-sung was caught on a fly to center field after four consecutive fouls, which did not lead to another score.

Fonce 18K One Man Show with tears on the mound in excitement at the new record!!! Hanwha has lost consecutive games.
SSG-Hanwha match at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 17th. Choi Jae-hoon is happy after hitting an RBI double with one out in the bottom of the fourth inning. Daejeon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025..May 17/
Hanwha finally scored its first score in the bottom of the fourth inning with the 0-0 battle continuing. With one out, Lee Do-yoon hit a left-handed hit and got on base, and Choi Jae-hoon's hit became a double that fell off the left fence, and runner Lee Do-yoon, who was on first base, dug home. This is the moment when Hanwha finally took a 1-0 lead.




However, Hanwha failed to score an additional point as Hwang Young-mook and Kim Tae-yeon turned to a mistake in the following one out and second base.

SSG didn't get a single hit until the fifth inning against Ponce. No one was able to step on first base except for leadoff hitter Han Yoo-sum walking in the top of the second inning. Ponce showed his strength to score no hits and 11 strikeouts with 74 pitches until the fifth inning.

Fonce 18K One Man Show with tears on the mound in excitement at the new record!!! Hanwha has lost consecutive games.
The SSG-Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 17th. Lee Do-yoon, who scored when Choi Jae-hoon had an RBI double with one out in the bottom of the fourth inning, is welcomed. Daejeon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025..May 17/
In the sixth inning, Ponce continued his "Three-Strike Show". In SSG, all three batters struck out.

Hanwha, which held a 1-0 lead, took the mound in the top of the eighth inning with Ponce, who had 97 pitches until the seventh inning. Ponce expressed his intention to continue pitching directly to Yang Sang-moon, the pitching coach, and took the mound in the eighth inning with applause and cheers from the crowd.

Fonce 18K One Man Show with tears on the mound in excitement at the new record!!! Hanwha has lost consecutive games.
SSG-Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 17th. Coach Yang Sang-moon is smiling as Ponce, who had a no-hit march until the seventh inning, also expressed his intention to take the mound in the eighth inning. Daejeon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025..May 17/
The strikeout record continued. Ponce struck out McBroom, the leadoff hitter in the inning, with a swing and miss in the top of the eighth inning and 17K. He made it to the 18th K by striking out the next batter, Choi Jun-woo, with a standing strikeout.

Fonce 18K One Man Show with tears on the mound in excitement at the new record!!! Hanwha has lost consecutive games.
SSG-Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 17th. Ponce, who also took the mound in the eighth inning, is crying after achieving 17 strikeouts. Ponce added one more strikeout, setting a new 18K record. Daejeon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025..May 17/
This is a new record based on nine innings and the most strikeouts in a game. On May 11, 2010, Ryu Hyun-jin struck out 17 as he pitched one run and completely pitched nine innings against the Cheongju LG Twins, which was the highest record, and Ponce threw fewer and struck out more than Ryu as he struck out 18 in eight innings. This is the highest strikeout tie for a pitcher in a game throughout KBO history. In 1991, Haitai Sun Dong-yeol pitched 13 innings alone in the match against Mudeung Binggrae on June 19, and Ponce set a tie record with Sun Dong-yeol.

Hanwha, which held a one-point lead, began to keep the lead. Ponce went down the mound with two hits, 18 strikeouts, and one walk in eight innings, and Kim Seo-hyun, who finished in the top of the ninth inning, took the mound. Kim Seo-hyun allowed a hit to leadoff hitter Jihoon Choi in the ninth inning and gave up consecutive hits to the next batter Park Sung-han, putting him on the verge of losing a point. However, the Jihoon Choi at second base penetrated to the groove and was tagged out as a right-field home bodhisattva, preventing a tie crisis.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.