Three-point bam! Hanwha's new foreign Liberato tastes like his first home run in 5G...The opponent is ERA No. 1 Anderson

Jun 28, 2025

Three-point bam! Hanwha's new foreign Liberato tastes like his first home run in 5G...The opponent is ERA No. 1 Anderson
photo courtesy of Hanwha Eagles



Liberato, a new foreigner of the Hanwha Eagles, hit his first home run since his Korean baseball debut.

In Game 2 of the weekend series against SSG Landers at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 28th, Riverato started in center field as the second batter and hit a come-from-behind three-run home run over the right fence in the top of the sixth inning when he was trailing 0-1.

Liberato drew attention by showing intense emotional expressions several times right after his home run until he came home from third base.




In the top of the sixth inning, with one out and runners on the first and third bases, he hit a 151km fastball, which is high in the middle of the ball count 0B1S. Anderson, and crossed the right fence as it was. The distance is 120 meters,

Three-point bam! Hanwha's new foreign Liberato tastes like his first home run in 5G...The opponent is ERA No. 1 Anderson
photo courtesy of Hanwha Eagles
Liberato struck out in the previous two at-bats in the game, which progressed quickly amid the cheerful pitching of the starting pitchers of both teams. However, he pleased Hanwha officials who predicted him as a substitute for six weeks by firing a home run at the third batter's box.

The opponent was Anderson, who was ranked first in the league with a 1.94 ERA until the game. Anderson's ERA was 2.05, but Park Chan-ho's hit in the match against the KIA Tigers in Incheon on the 22nd was corrected for a third baseman error and lowered to 1.94.




On this day, SSG Anderson and Hanwha Ponce faced off as starters. However, Anderson was replaced by 9K with three hits, three walks and four runs (three earned) in five ⅔ innings after allowing a home run, while Ponce also took the mound in the bottom of the seventh inning, and the ace match became Ponce's decision-making structure. Ponce allowed a solo shot to SSG Ahn Sang-hyun in the bottom of the third inning, giving up the first run, but he has continued his good pitching since then.

On this day, the retirement ceremony of SSG Landers Kim Kang-min will be held in Incheon.

Three-point bam! Hanwha's new foreign Liberato tastes like his first home run in 5G...The opponent is ERA No. 1 Anderson
photo courtesy of Hanwha Eagles
SSG played in the lineup of Kim Kang-min (center fielder), Eredia (left wing), Choi Jung (designated hitter), Han Yu-sum (right wing), Ko Myung-jun (first base), Park Sung-han (striker), Ahn Sang-hyun (third base), Jung Joon-jae (second base), and Cho Hyung-woo (catcher). Kim Kang-min was replaced by Jihoon Choi along with the referee's declaration of the play ball.




Hanwha faced off with Lee Jin-young (right wing), Liberato (center fielder), Moon Hyun-bin (designated hitter), Noh Si-hwan (third base), Choi In-ho (left wing), Kim Tae-yeon (first base), Lee Do-yoon (second base), Choi Jae-hoon (catcher), and Shim Woo-joon (striker).





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.