Hanwha is really crazy. First place in the first half of the year in 33 years...Weissponse wins 10 games with Eagles foreigners for the first time in six years

Jul 06, 2025

Hanwha is really crazy. First place in the first half of the year in 33 years...Weissponse wins 10 games with Eagles foreigners for the first time in six years
KBO League Kiwoom and Hanwha at Gocheok Dome in Seoul on the 6th. Hanwha Chae Eun-sung hit a two-run homer in the second inning. Gocheok =Reporter Song Jeong-heon@sportschosun.com/2025.07.06/



Hanwha is really crazy. First place in the first half of the year in 33 years...Weissponse wins 10 games with Eagles foreigners for the first time in six years
KBO League Kiwoom and Hanwha at Gocheok Dome in Seoul on the 6th. Hanwha Liberato hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning. Gocheok =Reporter Song Jeong-heon@sportschosun.com/2025.07.06/
Hanwha Eagles confirmed the first place in the first half of the year in 33 years.

Hanwha won the away game against the Kiwoom Heroes 10-1 at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 6th. Hanwha, which swept all three consecutive games against Kiwoom, maintained its No. 1 position with 49 wins, 2 draws and 33 losses. At the same time, it secured the No. 1 spot regardless of the results of the remaining three consecutive games against the KIA Tigers in the first half.

Hanwha ranked first in the first half in 33 years since 1992, when it was with Binggrae Eagles. At that time, Binggrae won 4-2 against Lotte in the last game of the first half held in Busan on June 18, winning 37 wins and 21 losses with 38 wins, 1 draw, and 21 losses (0.644 win rate), and finished first in the regular season.




At the same time, Hanwha set a meaningful record on that day. Ryan Weiss, who came out as a starting pitcher, won his 10th game of the season by allowing six scoreless innings. While Cody Ponce won 10 games early on the 22nd of last month, Weiss and Ponce will set a record of the second '10 wins together with foreigners' since Saupold-Chadbell in 2019.

Hanwha is really crazy. First place in the first half of the year in 33 years...Weissponse wins 10 games with Eagles foreigners for the first time in six years
KBO League Kiwoom and Hanwha at Gocheok Dome in Seoul on the 6th. Weiss hugs Ryu Hyun-jin in the dugout after pitching in the sixth inning. Gocheok =Reporter Song Jeong-heon@sportschosun.com/2025.07.06/
Lee Won-seok (right wing), Luis Liberato (center fielder), Moon Hyun-bin (left wing), Noh Si-hwan (third baseman), Chae Eun-sung (designated hitter), Kim Tae-yeon (first baseman), Lee Do-yoon (second baseman), Lee Jae-won (possession) and Shim Woo-joon (eligible fielder) started the game.

For Kiwoom, Song Sung-moon (third baseman), Lim Ji-yeol (left fielder), Lee Ju-hyung (middle fielder), Choi Joo-hwan (first baseman), Joo Sung-won (right fielder), Won Sung-joon (designated hitter), Eo Jun-seo (striker), Kim Gun-hee (possession), and Jeon Tae-hyun (second baseman) were selected as starters.




Hanwha scored the first run in the top of the second inning. Leadoff hitter Noh Si-hwan drew a walk, and Chae Eun-sung immediately hit Park Joo-sung's pitch four-seam and crossed the left fence.

Hanwha later widened the score to 3-0 with Kim Tae-yeon's hit, Lee Do-yoon's double, and Lee Jae-won's ground ball.

Hanwha is really crazy. First place in the first half of the year in 33 years...Weissponse wins 10 games with Eagles foreigners for the first time in six years
KBO League Kiwoom and Hanwha at Gocheok Dome in Seoul on the 6th. Roh Si-hwan of Hanwha hit a solo home run in the seventh inning. Gocheok =Reporter Song Jeong-heon@sportschosun.com/2025.07.06/
Since then, both teams have been in a lull in their attacks, and Hanwha sealed the game in the top of the seventh inning. After one out, Shim Woo-joon and Lee Won-seok had consecutive hits, followed by Liberato's three-run home run. Subsequent Moon Hyun-bin struck out, but the score widened to 7-0 as Noh Si-hwan drew a 130-meter-long arch.




Hanwha widened the score to 10-0 with Roh Si-hwan and Kim Tae-yeon's timely hit after Lee Won-seok's solo home run and Liberato's hit in the top of the ninth inning.

Kiwoom's Kim Dong-heon doubled with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, and later recovered one point with Jeon Tae-hyun's walk and balk, but it was not enough to catch up.

Hanwha is really crazy. First place in the first half of the year in 33 years...Weissponse wins 10 games with Eagles foreigners for the first time in six years
KBO League Kiwoom and Hanwha at Gocheok Dome in Seoul on the 6th. Hanwha Weiss, who is pitching as a starter. Gocheok =Reporter Song Jeong-heon@sportschosun.com/2025.07.06/
Hanwha was followed by Kim Bum-soo (1 inning), Cho Dong-wook (⅔ innings scoreless), Kim Jong-soo (⅓ innings scoreless), and Yoon San-heum (one run in 1 inning).

Kiwoom's Park Joo-sung pitched quality starts (more than six innings and less than three earned runs) with three runs in six innings, but failed to avoid defeat. Since then, Park Yoon-sung (4 runs in 1 inning), Yoon Seok-won (1 inning scoreless), and Park Jung-hoon (3 runs in 1 inning) have taken the mound in turn.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.