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| The game between KT and Hanwha at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 19th. Hanwha's Noh Si-hwan, who hit a solo home run against KT Woo Kyu-min in the top of the fifth inning. Suwon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.07.19/ |
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Does the sky help Hanwha.
It seems hard to make a more dramatic match than this. The ninth inning, it's not the end of overtime. When the end of the fifth inning, which is a requirement for the establishment of the game, was over, heavy rain poured down like a lie. Thus, Hanwha Eagles' eight consecutive wins were completed.
Hanwha won the 6-56th rainfall cold victory against KT Wiz at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 19th. In the top of the fifth inning, just before the game was suspended, Noh Si-hwan's solo shot broke out in a 5-5 situation, and no one expected this to be the winning point. KT, which had a chance to tie the game with one out and second base in the bottom of the fifth inning, had to hit the ground.
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| The game between KT and Hanwha at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 19th. KT Heyesus, who is pitching as a starter. Suwon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.07.19/ |
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Two ace pitchers from KT Heysus and Hanwha Weiss face off. It was expected to be a pitching match. Fireballers who took a good rest during the All-Star break looked like a game to cheer up.
However, from the beginning, the game went in a different direction than expected. From the first inning, both teams' batters exploded. Hanwha scored two points in the top of the first inning. With two outs and runners on the first and second bases, Chae Eun-sung hit a two-run double. The record was a hit, but in fact, KT left fielder Rojas' error fly also overlapped. It was a good straight hit, and if you caught the ball for the first time, you could catch it, but Rojas couldn't keep up with the position of the ball from the beginning.
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| The game between KT and Hanwha at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 19th. Hanwha Weiss, who is pitching as a starter. Suwon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.07.19/ |
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However, KT turned the game around in the bottom of the first inning. After one out, Ahn Hyun-min hit an RBI double on Kim Min-hyuk's hit. And with two outs, Junghoon Lee's RBI single and Huh Kyung-min's RBI double made it 3-2.
The game fluctuated again in the third inning. Liberato and Moon Hyun-bin's consecutive hits came from the start of the inning against the sluggish Heysus. Noh Si-hwan hit a double play and the atmosphere seemed to calm down, but Chae Eun-sung hit a timely hit by Cheongeum to bring in Liberato, the remaining third baseman. In addition, Heyesus, who was exhausted, allowed a double to Kim Tae-yeon and a two-run timely hit to Ha Joo-seok. Heissus also had hits from Choi Jae-hoon and Shim Woo-joon, but KT prevented additional runs due to Ha Joo-seok's luck getting out by Ahn Hyun-min's Bodhisattva at home.
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| The game between KT and Hanwha at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 19th. Chae Eun-sung hit a two-run double in the first inning. Suwon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.07.19/ |
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And KT tied the game in the bottom of the third inning. Heo Kyung-min's timely hit and Kim Sang-soo's rare RBI catcher foul fly came out in the chance made by Ahn Hyun-min and Junghoon Lee's hits. With one out and runners on the first and third bases, Kim Sang-soo hit a foul fly toward the backnet, but while Choi Jae-hoon fell while holding the ball, no one, including pitcher Weiss, entered the home cover. Junghoon Lee, the third baseman who captured this, started running home with wit and stepped home with ease. Hanwha's miss play. On the contrary, a play that the KT baserunning part should receive praise for.
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| The game between KT and Hanwha at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 19th. At the bottom of the third inning, one out and runners on first and third bases. Hanwha catcher Choi Jae-hoon, who is catching KT Kim Sang-soo with a foul fly. Suwon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.07.19/ |
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But Hanwha soon laughed again. The bullpen session started after the two teams' starters were pulled out early. In the top of the fifth inning, No. 4 Noh Si-hwan hit a delightful solo home run off KT's Woo Kyu-min that flew well over the left-center fence. They took a 6-5 lead.
KT finished the fifth inning with one out in the bottom of the fifth inning when Rojas, who stepped down with a futile strikeout at the previous two at-bats, hit a double to the right-center, but Junghoon Lee and Heo Kyung-min stepped down with a strikeout and an infield fly, trailing by one point.
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| The game between KT and Hanwha at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 19th. Hanwha's Noh Si-hwan, who hit a solo home run against KT Woo Kyu-min in the top of the fifth inning. Suwon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.07.19/ |
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The problem is that as soon as the fifth inning was over, the rain began to pour down. Only the batter box and mound were covered with tarpaulin. Then the rain soon decreased. The umpires called the players to the ground for the top of the sixth inning. So it rained hard again. Stop again. And I laid a large tarpaulin. Rain decreased again after the installation of a large tarpaulin was completed. The large tarpaulin was rolled up again. The team members went through a lot. Then I went into the top of the sixth inning, and it rained tremendously again without even finishing the inning. Heavy rains poured down without allowing the installation of a large tarpaulin, and in the meantime, the infield ground was wet. The water was also heavily accumulated in the infield foul area of artificial dandi.
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| The game between KT and Hanwha at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 19th. With one out and runners on first base in the top of the sixth inning, the game is being suspended again when Noh Si-hwan of the Hanwha Eagles takes the batter's box. Suwon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.07.19/ |
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I waited for the rain to wane. Only when the rain stopped, the ground could be repaired and the game resumed. Half an hour has passed since the suspension, rain poured harder around 9:08 p.m., and the judges eventually declared a rainfall cold. Even if the rain stopped for a while and the ground maintenance was done, it took a lot of time, and rain clouds continued to come from the west. With the infield ground already full, it was virtually not easy to resume the game. That's how Hanwha's lucky victory was made. It was an eight-game winning streak made by rain.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
