Ryu Hyun-jin, Won Tae-in, and Han Seung-hyuk, the strongest shield for saves in 7 years, Hanwha, and Samsung, which has won 8 consecutive pitches, have lost 4 consecutive games (Daejeon Review)
May 06, 2025
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Hanwha came from behind to win 3-1 in the fifth game of the season against Samsung at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 6th, and has won eight consecutive games (six consecutive home games) since the match against KT in Daejeon on April 26.
Hanwha, which was at the bottom until April 9, rose to second place with eight consecutive wins from the match against Kiwoom in Daejeon on April 13 to the match against Lotte in Busan on April 23. He won two consecutive games after eight consecutive wins, but had no aftereffects of winning consecutive games. It began its winning streak again on April 26 and won 3-1 against Samsung on Children's Day, tying for first place with LG in 18 years and 6,547 days (after 30 games) since the match against Samsung in Daejeon (24 wins, 1 draw and 20 losses in 45 games) on June 2, 2007.
Hanwha's exciting march comes from the suffocation mound of solid starters and impregnable bullpen. Even the opposing team's Samsung manager Park Jin-man admitted that the Hanwha mound seems to be the strongest among the current 10 clubs. Hanwha's mound also dominated the game on this day.
When starter Ryu Hyun-jin blocked one run until the fifth inning, the bullpen deleted four scoreless innings from the sixth inning, keeping the come-from-behind victory.
The initial trend was toward Samsung.
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He is a natural enemy with a career batting average of 354 and four home runs against Ryu Hyun-jin. Expectations were so high on the bench that they moved forward from No. 5 to No. 4 just before the game.
But his first at-bat was disappointing. No. 4 Kang Min-ho stepped down with an infield fly ball as his bat was dragged weakly by Ryu Hyun-jin's off-speed curve. Diaz struck out to end the inning.
Still, it was Samsung's first point.
0-0 at the top of the third. This time, the switch lineup shone.
After two outs, Koo Ja-wook got on base with an elbow hit dune. Ryu Hyun-jin, who used his heart, failed to play properly against Kang Min-ho and walked straight to first and second bases. Diaz scored the first point by connecting Ryu Hyun-jin's curve with a heavy hit.
In the top of the fifth inning with a 1-0 lead, Kang Min-ho walked with two outs and a second base to create chances for the first and second bases. However, this time, Diaz failed to score additional points as he stepped down with a fly ball to center field on Ryu Hyun-jin's 144km fastball.
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In the bottom of the fifth inning, trailing 0-1, Hwang Young-mook opened with a double to the right-center. Hwang Young-mook's bold choice of second base shone on the ambiguous ball. During Choi Jae-hoon's at-bat, Hwang Young-mook boldly ran to third base while the catcher spilled the ball slightly to the side and made a third base with no outs. Choi Jae-hoon, who was preparing for the sacrifice bunt, pushed Won Tae-in's fastball without burden and hit a timely hit to the right. 1-1.
With two outs and a third base, Floral pulled a high slider on the body of the first pitch and hit the top of the monster wall.
Hanwha, which gained momentum, created a chance in the bottom of the sixth inning with a double that separates left-center by pulling Won Tae-in's 148km fastball. With a sacrifice bunt and a walk, one out and runners on first and third. Won Tae-in induced Hwang Young-mook to hit a double play grounder toward the shortstop, but as soon as Lee Jae-hyun, who was defending forward, tried to step on the second base himself, he lost one tempo due to a mistake in judgment and failed to hit a double play, allowing a third baseman home-in. 3-1. Given the solid Hanwha bullpen, it was a disappointing run for Samsung.
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From the sixth inning, a thrilling bullpen relay throw continued.
Closer Kim Seo-hyun was unable to play consecutively, but Hanwha Bench cut the chase trend of Samsung with an exquisite pitcher replacement at every crisis.
Park Sang-won, who took the mound in the sixth inning, faced a crisis with two outs and runners on the first and second bases, but he caught Lee Jae-hyun with an infield fly ball and blocked him without losing a point. When Kim Bum-soo, who took the mound in the seventh inning, walked a runner after one out, the Hanwha bench immediately put in Jung Woo-joo, and Kang Min-ho Diaz ended the inning with two fly balls in three balls. Jung Woo-joo, who also took the mound in the eighth inning, walked lead Ryu Ji-hyuk, but Park Byung-ho was blocked with a ground ball to the third base and Lee Won-seok blocked Lee Sung-kyu's double-base hit to the left with a super catch to overcome the crisis. With two outs and a runner on the first base, Cho Dong-wook was put in to strike out pinch hitter Jeon Byung-woo with a slider inlet.
In the top of the ninth inning with a 3-1 lead, setup man Han Seung-hyuk took the mound instead of Kim Seo-hyun, reporting his first save of the season and his third career save in eight years since 2017. It was his first save since moving to Hanwha in 2023.
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Samsung suffered a bad news when its main catcher Koo Ja-wook was replaced by Kim Tae-geun after being hit by an elbow in the second at-bat in the third inning. He failed to take advantage of three scoring chances, leaving 12 remaining bases, and has lost four consecutive games since the match against Daegu Doosan on the 3rd.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
