How much better Ponce should throw, he failed to score a point, so he lost six games in a row, and second place is also in danger
Aug 22, 2025
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The Hanwha Eagles have lost six consecutive games. Hanwha, which failed to resist the LG Twins' strong chase and gave up the No. 1 spot, is shaking.
Hanwha lost 0-1 at home against SSG Landers at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 22nd after extra time. It was hard to score a single point.
Starting pitcher Cody Ponce, who took the mound in 10 days after overcoming enteritis, pitched perfectly with nine strikeouts and one walk, allowing only three hits in seven innings. The bullpen pitchers who took the mound afterwards also did their best to prevent the crisis.
Han Seung-hyuk, Kim Seo-hyun and Park Sang-won each blocked one scoreless inning, continuing the close game of 0-0 until the end.
It didn't get over the last crisis. With two outs and runners on second base in the top of the 11th inning, Kim Jong-soo's timely RBI double that penetrated the right-center became the winning point.
What's more regrettable than that, however, is the lineup, which has not scored a single point in 11 innings. Hanwha failed many chances despite having more chances than SSG on the day. In particular, Choi Min-joon, the opponent's replacement starter, was stranded with two double plays in five ⅔ innings and was unable to shake. After Choi Min-joon, SSG's bullpen Kim Min and Cho Byung-hyun took the moundLee Eui-woon and Noh Kyung-eun had only one hit from the sixth inning to the 11th inning.
It has already lost six games in a row. Hanwha, which had been chasing LG below its chin again by winning five consecutive games from the match against LG in Jamsil on the 10th to the match against Changwon NC Dinos on the 15th, is shaking. The losing streak, which began with the match against Changwon NC on the 16th, passed the sweep of the three consecutive games against Doosan in China and continued until the match against SSG.
Hanwha coach Kim Kyung-moon, who emphasizes unwavering trust in the players despite consecutive losses, said ahead of the match, `Everything is a cycle. I can't score a lot because it's not right now, but at some point, I'll support a lot of points. I think our players can quickly break the losing streak."
However, despite Ponce's seven scoreless innings, he could not stop losing consecutive games. On this day, LG won a big victory against KIA, further moving away from Hanwha by 5.5 games. On the other hand, the gap between the second-ranked Hanwha Eagles and the third-ranked SSG has narrowed to six games. I'm in a situation where I have to pay attention to the third place that I'm chasing. First of all, in order to get out of this crisis, the first thing to do is to break the losing streak.
Hanwha will face Mitch White in the match against SSG on the 23rd. The starting pitcher for Hanwha is Hwang Joon-seo.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
