Tough first game, perfect role...The head coach's compliment was natural, 2 Gles led by Weiss

May 23, 2025

Tough first game, perfect role...The head coach's compliment was natural, 2 Gles led by Weiss
The match between the Hanwha Eagles and the Lotte Giants at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 23rd. Hanwha Weiss is coming down from the mound on first base with no outs in the ninth inning. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.23/



Tough first game, perfect role...The head coach's compliment was natural, 2 Gles led by Weiss
The match between the Hanwha Eagles and the Lotte Giants at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 23rd. Hanwha Weiss, who won, is delighted. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.23/
Hanwha Eagles rose to second place with Ryan Weiss' perfect pitching.

Hanwha won the home game against the Lotte Giants 4-2 at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 23rd. Hanwha escaped its second straight loss and reached the 30th victory (20 losses) following the LG Twins. At the same time, he pushed Lotte (29 wins, 2 draws and 20 losses) to third place and rose to second place.

Starting pitcher Ryan Weiss' pitching was blinding. On the same day, Weiss had a maximum fastball speed of 155km and mixed sweepers (44), curves (16), and changeups (1).




Since Yoo Kang-nam hit a home run with two outs in the top of the second inning, he has been hitting 19 consecutive batters and erased eight innings.

In the batting lineup, Esteban Floral and Ha Joo-seok showed good performance with multi-hitters.

Lee Jin-young, the leadoff hitter in the fifth inning, hit a single, and Lee Jae-won and Ha Joo-seok made it 1-1 with consecutive hits after one out. After that, Floral's hit and Choi In-ho's walk made it 2-1 to come from behind. Hanwha, which added one point with Hwang Young-mook's ground ball with one out and runners on the first and third bases in the sixth inning, ran away 4-1 with Choi In-ho's ground ball with runners on the second and third bases in the seventh inning.




Weiss also took the mound in the top of the ninth inning. However, he eventually went down the mound after being hit by leadoff hitter Jang Doo-sung.

Tough first game, perfect role...The head coach's compliment was natural, 2 Gles led by Weiss
The match between the Hanwha Eagles and the Lotte Giants at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 23rd. Hanwha Weiss and Kim Seo-hyun, who won, are hugging each other. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.23/
After Weiss went down, closer Kim Seo-hyun came up. Yoon Dong-hee allowed a fly ball, but Reyes' hit, and Jeon Joon-woo, a follow-up hitter, threw wild pitches at the plate, putting him on the verge of second and third bases. He struck out Jeon Joon-woo, but allowed a walk to Na Seung-yeop, loading the bases with two outs in the top of the ninth inning, and eventually, Jeon Min-jae hit an RBI timely hit.

an ongoing crisis. However, he induced Ko Seung-min to swing and miss in 1B2S and kept the victory without losing additional points.




After the game, Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon praised Weiss for playing a long inning in the first difficult game and perfectly playing the role of a starting pitcher.

Manager Kim continued, "The fielders also showed their concentration in the chance to score points, and they were able to take the lead in the game and win the game." he said.

Hanwha and Lotte announced Ryu Hyun-jin (Hanwha) and Tucker Davidson (Lotte), respectively, as starting pitchers on the 24th.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.