Hanwha is still in danger of being No. 1 in the trade, and 1G is being chased...a fatal error, checker, and process was bad
Aug 02, 2025
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Hanwha lost 2-3 against the Gwangju KIA Tigers on the 1st. No. 1 Hanwha ended its second consecutive win and recorded 59 wins, 3 draws and 38 losses in the season. The second-place LG Twins won four consecutive games, recording 59 wins, 2 draws and 40 losses in the season. The team is being closely chased until the first game. Son Ah-seop, the league's top school hitter who was acquired in a trade with the NC Dinos on the 31st of last month, is still in the process of rehabilitating his side injury, so he can't use it right away, which is frustrating for Hanwha.
Hanwha scored two runs first in the top of the first inning. After leadoff hitter Kim Tae-yeon walked to get on base, Liberato hit a double that went behind Shin Ik-su, making it second and third base with no outs. Moon Hyun-bin then hit a timely two-run double to right-center to lead 2-0.
Ryu Hyun-jin was the starting pitcher for the Hanwha Eagles. Ryu Hyun-jin started against Daejeon SSG Landers on the 26th of last month, the previous game, and allowed only five runs in one inning. He couldn't have felt good because he left the mound early in a game that drew attention for the first time against SSG Kim Kwang-hyun. He must have had a strong will to make up for it in this appearance, but he lost three runs (two earned runs) in five ⅓ innings because he did not receive defensive help, taking his sixth loss (6 wins) of the season.
KIA Kim Sun-bin got on base with a heavy hit after two outs in the bottom of the first inning. Ryu Hyun-jin seemed to finish the inning by turning the next batter, Choi Hyung-woo, to the first base, but Hanwha's first baseman Chae Eun-sung threw the ball to a place where Ryu Hyun-jin's glove, which entered the first base cover, could never be reached. An absurd throwing error came out as if he couldn't catch the ball properly at all, and in the meantime, Kim Sun-bin scored and was chased 2-1. Choi went all the way to second base. The record is a left infield hit by the first baseman and a throwing error by the first baseman. In the continued crisis with two outs and runners on second base, Na Sung-bum was allowed to make a timely hit to the left, making it 2-2.
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Hanwha had its last chance to fight back in the top of the ninth inning. KIA won Han Jae-seung at a time when both Jung Hae-young and Jeon Sang-hyun, a must-win group, were unable to use them due to three consecutive games. Han Jae-seung is a player full of variables that lack experience in must-win teams. If Hanwha pushes ahead, it seemed to have a chance of winning.
However, Roh Si-hwan struck out swinging and Chae Eun-seong hit a ground ball to shortstop, quickly changing to a situation without a runner with two outs. An Chi-hong hit a left-handed hit and saved the last chance before being replaced by pinch runner Lee Sang-hyuk. In Ha Joo-seok's at-bat with two outs and runners on first base, Lee Sang-hyuk diligently prepared to play second base to tie the game, but Lee Sang-hyuk was caught in a dynamic game when Han Jae-seung checked the first base in 2B2S. It seemed to be narrowly safe, and the first decision of the first base was also safe.
KIA wrote a video review here. As the video reading time was prolonged, the possibility of the decision being overturned was predicted, and the video reading center reversed it to out after using up three minutes of reading time. For Hanwha, the game ended in vain.
KIA catcher Han Jun-su said in relation to the last checker situation "At first, I saw it as safe. As I kept looking at the video reading screen, I thought 'It could be out' Jae-seung (Han) was warming up on the mound, and he said, "(It's out, but I think it's like this)"
Hanwha is 7 wins, 5 losses, 1 draw and 3rd place in the second half, while LG is 11 wins, 2 losses and 1st place. LG's momentum is huge. If Hanwha falls into a losing streak once more here, it may lose the first place. It is important to change the bad atmosphere quickly.
Hanwha announced Moon Dong-ju as the starting pitcher on the 2nd, and KIA announced James Nail. Moon Dong-ju's shoulders are heavier than ever.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
