Nadeux the blade is back! 365 days + 1st starting win for the first time in 14G → Winning against No. 1 Hanwha

Jun 20, 2025

Nadeux the blade is back! 365 days 1st starting win for the first time in 14G → Winning against No. 1 Hanwha
The game between Hanwha and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 19th, and Na Kyun-an, with two outs, struck out Moon Hyun-bin in the top of the fifth inning, cheering after finishing the inning. Busan = Reporter Huh Sang-wook's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.06.19/



Nadeux the blade is back! 365 days 1st starting win for the first time in 14G → Winning against No. 1 Hanwha
The game between Hanwha and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 19th, and Na Kyun-an, with two outs, struck out Moon Hyun-bin in the top of the fifth inning, cheering after finishing the inning. Busan = Reporter Huh Sang-wook's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.06.19/
Nadeux the blade is back! 365 days 1st starting win for the first time in 14G → Winning against No. 1 Hanwha
The game between Hanwha and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 19th, and Na Kyun-an, with two outs, struck out Moon Hyun-bin in the top of the fifth inning, cheering after finishing the inning. Busan = Reporter Huh Sang-wook's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.06.19/
The joy of having tasted it in a full year. Na Kyun-an relieved some of her past troubles.

Na Kyun-an won his first start of the season with six scoreless innings and 6K against the Hanwha Eagles at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 19th.

It is a precious victory after starting for the 13th game this year. Na Kyun-an's starting victory is the joy of a total of 14 games and 365 days after the KT Wiz match on June 19 last year. Last year, he moved to the bullpen after allowing eight runs in the first ⅔ against the KIA Tigers on June 25 and played only as a bullpen until the end of the season.




With the victory, Lotte achieved a series win against the Hanwha Eagles, while approaching the second-place LG Twins by 2 1/2 games and Hanwha by 2 1/2 games, and entered the battle for first place, which was the league of only two teams. The gap with the fourth-ranked Samsung Lions also widened to one and a half games.

For Na Kyun-an, it is a impressive victory after twists and turns, including taking the mound in two games as a bullpen last week and being delayed by a day due to symptoms of gall the previous day. He allowed only four hits and two walks in six innings. He struck out six and tied the Hanwha lineup tightly.

Nadeux the blade is back! 365 days 1st starting win for the first time in 14G → Winning against No. 1 Hanwha
The game between Hanwha and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 19th, Lotte Na Kyun-an smiles as he passes the crisis of two outs and runners on first and second bases to the infield's defense. Busan = Reporter Huh Sang-wook's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.06.19/
Regarding Na Kyun-an's use of two bullpen games last week, Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung said, `It was perfect because Na Kyun-an played a role in blocking the must-win group. In addition, with Kim Won-joong already taking the mound in overtime, it was really good that Na Gyun-an went out. "In reality, there is no starter on our team who throws better than Na Gyun-an." After that, he will start."




Immediately after switching to the pitcher, Na Kyun-an showed various breaking balls and sophisticated ball control, not like a catcher. Among Lotte fans, it is nicknamed 'Nadux' by comparing it to Major League legend Greg Maddox. It is a nickname that also connects with Na Jong-deok, who was renamed before.

Na Kyun-an seems to have clearly appealed not only to the extent of his use as a bullpen, but also to himself as a starting pitcher. He pitched 88 pitches through the sixth inning. He properly mixed cut fastballs (28), fork balls (24), and curves (33) with fastballs (33) that reached up to 148 kilometers. He also got out of his way, which was limited to two pitches of fastball and forkball.

In particular, the moment when Hanwha's Moon Hyun-bin struck out in the bottom of the fifth inning with the bases loaded with two outs was the outcome. Na Kyun-an celebrated with an uncharacteristic roar and ceremony.




The blade control, which uses strike zones widely, also stood out.

Nadeux the blade is back! 365 days 1st starting win for the first time in 14G → Winning against No. 1 Hanwha
Lotte starter Na Kyun-an is pitching hard in a game between Hanwha and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 19th. Busan = Reporter Huh Sang-wook's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.06.19/
He suffered a lot because he failed to win in 12 consecutive games this season. On June 11, he appeared as a bullpen must-win team against KT Wiz and became a winning pitcher, showing emotion to Reyes, who hit the final hit "I love you!"He also shouted ".

Lotte's competition for starters, which had been agonizing even before the season, seems to have ended ahead of the end of the first half. The two foreign pitchers, Gamboa and Davidson, are Park Se-woong, and Na Kyun-an and Lee Min-seok. The degree to which Kim Jin-wook remains. All Lotte has left to do is run toward fall baseball.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.