I don't want to be tied for first place. It's been 6,547 days… Hanwha fever that caught LG is not an easy flame to extinguish
May 05, 2025
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The Hanwha Eagles achieved a meaningful record on Children's Day. Eight consecutive wins → two consecutive losses → seven consecutive wins tied for the lead with LG 'absolute first place'.
Hanwha tied for first place with 22 wins and 13 losses at a time when it played 35 games, eliminating its victory against No. 1 LG, which lost to Doosan 2-5 on the day with its victory on Children's Day.
Hanwha won 3-1 against Samsung at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 5th after a tight pitching match. After KIA, which was considered the favorite before the season, he continued to defeat Samsung.
It is the first time in 18 years and 6,547 days that Hanwha has ranked first in more than 30 games since the match against Daejeon Samsung (24 wins, 1 draw and 20 losses in 45 games) on June 2, 2007.
Hanwha's team, which wore yellow hats and special uniforms with children's names for Children's Day, did not lose its concentration even in the rain.
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Hanwha, which gained momentum, took a 2-0 lead with Roh Si-hwan bringing in a lightning first-pitch timely hit after two outs against Floral, who got on base with a left-center hit after one out in the bottom of the third inning with a 1-0 lead.
In the sixth inning, Lee Sung-kyu allowed a solo home run, which led to 2-1 but Hanwha sealed the first and second base chances after one out in the bottom of the eighth inning with Moon Hyun-bin and Roh Si-hwan's consecutive missed hits, Chae Eun-sung connected Baek Jung-hyun's 142km fastball with a timely hit to the left. Cleanup trio No. 3, 4, and 5 showed concentration with three RBIs each on the day.
Hanwha starter Weiss achieved his team's seventh consecutive win and his fifth consecutive win at the same time with a brilliant pitching of one run in seven innings.
He played 107 pitches in seven innings, and started quality games with three hits, one walk, five strikeouts, one run, and five consecutive games. He neutralized Samsung's batters by mixing up to 157 kilometers of fastball, main weapon sweeper, curveball and change-up, marking his fifth win of the season (1 loss).
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In the eighth inning, Park Sang-won got a hit after one out, but he struck out the rookie with two consecutive fastballs, recording his fifth hold of the season. Kim Seo-hyun, who took the mound in the ninth inning with a 3-1 lead, secured another victory by finishing one scoreless inning, his 11th save of the season.
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This is because the guard baseball, mound, and defense are hard. The starters and bullpens are organically moving, continuing their victory in close games.
The batting lineup is also not a huge firepower, but it maintains a balance of pitching and hitting by scoring essential points based on the center batting line. Since manager Kim Kyung-moon's appointment, the defense and running baseball, which have become solid along with recruitment of Shim Woo-joon, are the strength to protect the top-ranked Hanwha baseball even in the batting cycle.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
