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| The match between the Hanwha Eagles and the Samsung Lions at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 30th. Hanwha starter Ponce roared after pitching six scoreless innings. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.30/ |
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| The match between the Hanwha Eagles and the Samsung Lions at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 30th. Hanwha Ponce is smiling at Yang Sang-moon's praise. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.30/ |
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| The match between the Hanwha Eagles and the Samsung Lions at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 30th. The winning Hanwha starter Ponce is delighted. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.30/ |
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Even the powerful ace who dominated the first half didn't seem easy. But there is only one step left.
Can Hanwha Eagles Cody Ponce achieve an unprecedented new record in the history of professional baseball. It is a little shaky compared to the beginning of the season, but it is keeping a milestone.
Ponce won his 14th game this season after pitching hard with one run in five innings against KT Wiz on the 6th. He has won 14 games without losing a single game while playing 138 ⅔ in 22 games since his appearance in the opening game.
Now it has reached the highest 'tie' record in professional baseball history. It was on par with the record of 14 consecutive wins by Jung Min-tae (then Hyundai Unicorns) in 2003, and Hector (then KIA Tigers) in 2017.
At that time, Jung Min-tae recorded 21 consecutive wins over two seasons, but on a single season basis, he is unbeatable from 15 consecutive wins.
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| The match between the Hanwha Eagles and the Samsung Lions at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 30th. Catchers Choi Jae-hoon and coach Yang Sang-moon praise starter Ponce for his six scoreless innings. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.30/ |
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Ponce is spending the all-time season as a KBO league pitcher this season. He ranks first in multiple wins (12 wins for No. 2 Weiss Riley), second in innings (143 ⅓ innings even after No. 1), first in ERA (1.69 and No. 2 nail 2.38), and first in strikeouts (193 and No. 2 Anderson 182). WAR (6.63 based on Sports2I) is also No. 1 with a big gap with James Nail (KIA Tigers, 4.31). Nail, Anderson and Weiss, who had a spectacular and good season as well as Ponce, are suffering from the second-in-command.
Ponce's record of winning consecutive games is also linked to another good news. Hanwha is fiercely competing with the LG Twins for first place, and when Jung Min-tae and Hector each won 14 consecutive games, all of their teams won the Korean Series. Since they are such a good team, they may have won 14 consecutive games, but the impact of the two players was different. In particular, in the case of Jung Min-tae, there is a controversy over the 'best season' in 1998, 2000, and 2003, so baseball players who played together against Jung Min-tae in 2003 when he overwhelmed the psychological game with the batter by installing a slow curve said "It was a shocking level in a word."
The record of consecutive wins in the opening game is a record that even Sun Dong-yeol, Choi Dong-won, and Ryu Hyun-jin, who are considered the first players in Korean baseball history, failed to do. If Ponce achieves the first milestone in history, and if he wins, or if he doesn't...How will Ponce's 2025 season be remembered in the future.
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| The match between the Hanwha Eagles and the Samsung Lions at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 30th. Hanwha Weiss and Moon Dong-joo are applauding Ponce pitching. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.30/ |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
