Hanwha won four consecutive games amid 104 minutes of rain..Noh Si-hwan, who became the lone No. 1 player in 33 days, won Hwang Jun-seo's first victory
Jun 15, 2025
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Hanwha defeated LG 10-5 in the 10th game of the season at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 15th, bringing down LG and ranking first by a half-game.
It is the first time in 33 days that Hanwha has returned to first place alone since the match against Doosan in Daejeon on May 13. Hanwha won four consecutive games since the match against Doosan in Daejeon on the 10th.
Hanwha's Moon Dong-ju, who returned after 21 days of condition check, and LG's Song Seung-ki, who was on a five-game winning streak, faced off as the starting pitcher for Young-gun.
Neither pitcher completed the fifth inning.
Moon Dong-joo pitched 79 pitches in three ⅔ innings and went down the mound first without completing four innings with six hits, three walks, five strikeouts and four runs.
Song Seung-ki threw 90 pitches in four ⅓ innings, allowing six hits, three walks, two strikeouts, and five runs (four earned) for his fourth consecutive loss (7 wins) of the season.
In the beginning, LG's batting line, which was forced out by Moon Dong-ju in the first and second innings, started targeting in the third inning.
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Kim Hyun-soo called in a third baseman with an infield hit on the third base side. With the bases loaded with two outs, Moon Bo-kyung pushes with a straight push walk 2-0.
In the fourth inning, LG also drove the momentum and scored two points to run 4-0. After leadoff hitter Koo Bon-hyuk got on base with a straight walk, Lee Joo-heon's fake bunt and slash hit made it to first and second base.
After two outs, Kim Hyun-soo's two-run timely hit came with the bases loaded with Shin Min-jae's left-handed hit. Hwang Jun-seo was put in to prevent the crisis with two outs and runners on first and third bases.
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In the fifth inning, Hanwha succeeded in turning the tables 5-4 by hitting a timely double on the left-field line by targeting pitcher Lee Ji-gang, whose Noh Si-hwan was changed from one out and one base made by the lead Ahn Chi-hong's hit. Shortly after that, with one out and second base, strong rain began to pour out after Lee Ji-gang drew a swing and miss at the first pitch to Chae Eun-sung's at-bat. The game was suspended at 6:43 p.m., and after waiting for as long as an hour and 44 minutes, it resumed after the ground maintenance at 8:27 p.m.
The suspension of rain has become a variable. LG's second pitcher Lee Ji-gang took the mound as he was after warming up from the bullpen despite the long wait.
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Hanwha kept the victory by putting in Cho Dong-wook, Park Sang-won, Han Seung-hyuk, Kim Bum-soo, and Kim Seo-hyun from the sixth inning. Hwang Joon-seo reported his first win (two losses) of the season as a relief victory with two hits and no runs in one ⅓ inning.
Noh Si-hwan celebrated his No. 1 ranking by shooting a right-center solo home run (13th of the season) against Jung Woo-young, who returned after two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning with a 9-4 lead.
Hanwha completed a double-digit scoring game in 12 days after the match against KT in Daejeon on the 3rd with 15 hits, with Lee Do-yoon playing a three-hit game and An Chi-hong, Noh Si-hwan, Chae Eun-sung, Choi Jae-hoon, and Hwang Young-mook hitting multiple hits. LG's top hitter Shin Min-jae had three hits and No. 2 Kim Hyun-soo had two hits and three RBIs, but the suspension of rain swallowed the disappointment. After the match against Kiwoom in Jamsil on May 13, he gave up the No. 1 spot.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.