This is the overwhelming power of the No. 1 team Weiss Eight Inning Apsal An Chi-hong Final Three Runs Crazy: Hanwha Beat Lotte and Breakdown Five consecutive wins

Jun 17, 2025

In the game between Hanwha and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 17th, Hanwha Weiss thanked center fielder Lee Won-seok for catching Lotte Son Ho-young's ball with a good defense in the bottom of the 5th inning. Busan = Reporter's book @sportschosun.com/2025.06.17/

This is the power of the first place team!

The Hanwha Eagles took the first game of the three consecutive games against the Lotte Giants with their overwhelming two-stroke performance. He firmly maintained his No. 1 position.

Hanwha took the mound as a starter in Game 1 of the three consecutive games during the week against Lotte at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 17th and won the game 6-0, thanks to Weiss and An Chi-hong's three-run shot in the third inning.

Hanwha won the game against the LG Twins at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 15th, pushing LG to become the sole No. 1 player. And he came to Busan away, and with the victory, he won five consecutive games and regained the lead regardless of the results of the LG game.

It was a neat game. Hanwha's veteran hitter did not miss the opposing pitcher's good pitching. The starting pitcher did his part perfectly. The game was bound to go well.

Hanwha starter Weiss is pitching hard in a game between Hanwha and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 17th. Busan = Reporter's book @sportschosun.com/2025.06.17/

Early in the game was a pitching match between the two teams' starters. Hanwha Weiss and Lotte Davidson both pitched scoreless innings due to their overwhelming pitching capabilities. Weiss had a fastball of more than 150 kilometers and the angle of the slider flowing outside the right-handed batter was enormous, so Lotte batters couldn't even touch it properly. Davison gave up a walk to top hitter Lee Won-seok in the first inning, but he struck out three until the second inning because he caught An Chi-hong with a double play.

The balance of the game was broken at the beginning of the third inning. Davison, who threw well, was shaken by an infield hit by the leader Lee Do-yoon. Even so, he caught the 2nd base well, but he was in crisis at the 1st and 3rd bases. This is where the real shot through came out. He threw a first-pitch fork ball against An Chi-hong, and it was driven to the high side, and the seasoned An Chi-hong did not miss it and hit it properly. The ball stretched out slightly over the left-center fence. An Chi-hong's first shot of the season. After overcoming a severe slump, he had a multi-hit game in two consecutive games against LG last weekend, and this day he came out wearing glasses for the first time and hit an important home run.

The game between Hanwha and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 17th, Hanwha An Chi-hong hitting a three-run home run with two outs and runners on the first and third bases in the top of the third inning and sharing joy with third base coach Kim Jae-gul. Busan = Reporter's book @sportschosun.com/2025.06.17/

Since then, the game has been in a lull again. Weiss invariably neutralized the Lotte lineup. Davison also hit a home run, but immediately regained his composure and pitched well until the seventh inning with one out.

And it was in the top of the eighth inning that the game was perfect for Hanwha. Veteran captain Chae Eun-sung solved the game well, and Lotte self-destructed due to an error. Chae Eun-sung hit a surprise bunt on the third base against pitcher Park Jin, who changed from a chance at first and second bases with no outs made by hits by Moon Hyun-bin and Roh Si-hwan. Kim Min-sung, who could not prepare for this, caught the ball in a hurry and sprayed the ball on the first base, but the ball fell out. Second baseman Moon Hyun-bin homered due to infield hits and errors. On top of that, first baseman Jung-hoon made another mistake in the follow-up process and even Roh Si-hwan homered. The moment Lotte's power completely disappears.

A game between Hanwha and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 17th, and Chae Eun-sung, with no outs and runners on the first and second bases, is safe at first base with a sacrifice bunt in the top of the eighth inning. Busan = Reporter's book @sportschosun.com/2025.06.17/

Hanwha, which caught fire, scored the third point of the inning with Lee Do-yoon's infield hit and Lee Jae-won's sacrifice fly following pinch runner Lee Sang-hyuk's steal. The gap was widened to six points. In the previous situation, the players played the baseball necessary for the team on their own, and the bench threw out the opponent's spirit with perfect baseball, such as timely pinch-runner and operational baseball.

Weiss, who threw only 78 pitches until the seventh inning. He also took the mound in the eighth inning. Jung-hoon got a hit after one out, but Son Sung-bin was treated as a double play to complete the setting for the shutout. He cut the number of pitches to 90 until the eighth inning. Weiss, who was unable to take the mound in the 9th inning ahead of the opportunity to shut out the Kiwoom Heroes on the 11th of last month, did not have a chance to shut out again on the same day. I think head coach Kim Kyung-moon considered having to take the mound again on Sunday. Kim Jong-soo took the mound in the ninth inning. Weiss still won nine games of the season. Following the previous win over SSG Landers with 10 strikeouts and no runs in 7 innings, he continued his tremendous momentum.

Lotte Davidson pitched well with nine strikeouts and three runs in six ⅓ innings, but he had to use one real pitch and his third loss of the season.

Lotte Davidson leaves the mound at the top of the seventh inning in a game between Hanwha and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 17th. Busan = Reporter's book @sportschosun.com/2025.06.17/

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.