12 wins in Ponce & Chae Eun Sung's home run. 6 consecutive wins! Hanwha's No. 1 ranking will continue in the second half of the year...KT, Patrick, 2 perfect innings before his debut
Jul 18, 2025
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Hanwha won the away game against KT Wiz 5-0 at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 18th. The leading Hanwha Eagles won seven consecutive games and recorded 53 wins, 2 draws and 33 losses. KT lost 42 games (three draws and 45 wins) this season.
On this day, Hanwha organized the starting lineup in the order of Lee Won-seok (right wing), Luis Liberato (center fielder), Moon Hyun-bin (left wing), Noh Si-hwan (third baseman), Chae Eun-sung (first baseman), Lee Jin-young (designated hitter), Ha Joo-seok (second baseman), Choi Jae-hoon (catcher), and Shim Woo-jun (striker).
KT's starters include Hwang Jae-gyun (first baseman), Kim Min-hyuk (left fielder), Ahn Hyun-min (right fielder), Mel Rojas Jr. (designated hitter), Huh Kyung-min (third baseman), Kim Sang-soo (second baseman), Kang Hyun-woo (catcher), Jang Jin-hyuk (middle fielder), and Kwon Dong-jin (striker).
The starting confrontation between 'multi-win No. 1" Cody Ponce (Hanwha) and '2nd' Oh Won-seok (KT) took place.
Ponce pitched in 18 games in the first half with 11 wins, no losses and a 1.95 ERA. Oh Won-seok was 10-3 with a 2.78 ERA in 16 games.
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Hanwha's batters were ahead in the concentration battle.
In the top of the second inning, Chae Eun-sung and Lee Jin-young's consecutive walks and Ha Joo-seok's sacrifice bunt created chances with one out and runners on the second and third bases. Choi Jae-hoon then scored the first point when the opponent's defense error came out when he grounded out, followed by Shim Woo-joon's surprise sacrifice bunt to widen the score to 2-0.
In the top of the third inning, the center hit line joined forces. No. 4 hitter Noh Si-hwan's double and Chae Eun-sung's timely hit made it 3-0.
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While the score is accumulating in the lineup, the pitching staff also gained strength.
After Ponce pitched a quality start (more than 6 innings and less than 3 earned runs), Park Sang-won (one inning scoreless), Han Seung-hyuk (one inning scoreless), and Kim Seo-hyun (one inning scoreless) came up one after another to protect the team's victory.
Meanwhile, KT's foreign player Patrick Murphy made his debut in the seventh inning. Patrick pitched 23 pitches in two innings with about 30 pitches scheduled and went up, striking out three perfectly. The maximum speed was 154 kilometers.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
