I didn't know HYUNJIN would go down so fast… The reason for the one-inning steel plate explained by the coach
Jul 27, 2025
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It was the manager's decision to drop Ryu Hyun-jin in the first inning.
Hanwha Eagles Ryu Hyun-jin started in the home game against SSG Landers at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 26th, but he left the mound after allowing four hits, two walks and five runs in one inning.
The game received a lot of attention as Ryu Hyun-jin and Kim Kwang-hyun faced off for the first time. The two, who have played as ace of their team since they were 20, have experienced the Major League since they grew up on the national team. In particular, Ryu Hyun-jin had 11 seasons of career in the Major League. They are now in their mid-to-late 30s, but more attention was paid to the first match between competitive pitchers.
However, the confrontation unfolded in a different way than expected. Ryu Hyun-jin, who took the mound, shook from the first inning and allowed consecutive runs. Choi Jeong's timely RBI with no outs and runners on the first and second bases with a hit and a walk. After that, he gave up another RBI timely hit to Guillermo Herredia, and allowed a timely double to Kim Sung-wook with a three-run sweep in the crisis of the bases loaded with no outs with a walk to Ko Myung-joon. Ryu Hyun-jin, who allowed five runs in an instant, finished the first inning without any more runs, but he left the mound ahead of the top of the second inning after recording 32 pitches in one inning. The team also lost 3-9. On the other hand, Kim Kwang-hyun became the winning pitcher with six hits, three strikeouts, one walk and two runs in six innings.
Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon, who met with reporters on the 27th, the next day, said, `Baseball doesn't always fit as I thought. We didn't expect Hyunjin to come down this quickly either."
There was no particular abnormality in his physical condition, but it was an early steel plate considering Ryu Hyun-jin's situation, which had already lost a lot of runs. Coach Kim Kyung-moon said, "(It's not easy) to throw more balls with five points. Of course, you can throw a few more pitches, but it was already at the point where you threw more than 30 pitches in one inning. Hyunjin also had an injury near his left adductor muscle this year. So I decided to get off quickly", he explained.
Rather than the significance of the starting showdown, he is determined to think of it as a simple loss and change the team's atmosphere quickly. Director Kim Kyung-moon said, `We need to get rid of bad things quickly," he added.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
