We connected. Perfect squeeze…A batting average of 40% in July? It's worth 5 billion won

Jul 19, 2025

We connected. Perfect squeeze…A batting average of 40% in July? It's worth 5 billion won
심우준. Photo courtesy = Hanwha Eagles



"My body may feel a little heavy because it's the beginning of the second half of the year…."

Hanwha won the away game against KT Wiz 5-0 at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 18th.

'Ace'Cody Ponce's match. Ponce established himself as a must-win card with 11 wins and no losses in the first half alone.




If Ponce takes the mound, Hanwha can operate a bullpen with some calculations. As such, the early score was important.

Above all, KT was Oh Won-seok, who was ranking second with multiple wins after Ponce, with 10 wins in the first half. If he went to the pitching match without scoring, he could have lost one or two runs.

Hanwha, which blew a chance with one out and runners on the second and third bases in the top of the first inning, created another opportunity to score in the top of the second inning. Chae Eun-sung and Lee Jin-young drew consecutive walks, making them the first and second bases with no outs. Hanwha increased its scoring probability by making runners on second and third bases with one out with Ha Joo-seok's sacrifice bunt. I followed my luck. He succeeded in scoring the first point as a ground ball led to a defensive throwing error.




From 1-0 to 1st and 3rd base. Additional points were needed. Shim Woo-joon made a surprise bunt on Oh Won-seok's first pitch, and third baseman Lee Jin-young homered. Shim Woo-joon is out at first base by a hair's breadth. Hanwha widened the score to 2-0.

Hanwha, which scored an additional point in the top of the third inning, made Chae Eun-sung's two-run home run 5-0 in the top of the fifth inning, and won the first game of the second half with the pitcher's good pitching in the relay of Ponce, Park Sang-won, Han Seung-hyuk and Kim Seo-hyun. a seven-game winning streak.

Ponce's good pitching and Chae Eun-sung's home run shone in the victory. However, Shim Woo-joon's perfect squeeze operation in the top of the second inning helped Hanwha take the flow in the beginning. Moreover, although it is a bunting called 'basic', it is not easy to do this completely depending on the situation.




We connected. Perfect squeeze…A batting average of 40% in July? It's worth 5 billion won
심우준. Photo courtesy = Hanwha Eagles
After the game, the sign came out in the situation of Shim Woo-joon's squeeze bunt." smiled. At the same time, "In fact, it was my first game since the start of the second half, so I tried to make a surprise bunt because my body could be heavy." But just in time, the director also gave me an autograph. I think we're on the same page" smiled.

On this day, Shim Woo-joon hit a double in the top of the ninth inning. There was a good hit in the sixth inning, but he swallowed the disappointment as he became a straight hit. The last-minute double was a valuable shot that allowed him to continue his batting.

With one more hit on the day, Shim Woo-joon posted a batting average of 470 (11 hits in 27 at-bats) in 10 games in July.

He signed a 5 billion won FA contract with a high score on defense and base running ability, but his perfect operational ability shone. On top of that, Hanwha's recruitment of Shim Woo-joon began to return to 'Great Success' as the hit began to recover.

We connected. Perfect squeeze…A batting average of 40% in July? It's worth 5 billion won
심우준. Photo courtesy = Hanwha Eagles




This article was translated by Naver AI translator.