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A game between the LG Twins and the Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil Stadium on the 9th. Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon is in thought. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.09/ |
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A game between the LG Twins and the Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil Stadium on the 9th. Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon is in thought. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.09/ |
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A game between the LG Twins and the Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil Stadium on the 9th. Hanwha players who lost are disappointed. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.09/ |
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No one would have expected the Hanwha Eagles to suddenly drop this much when they won 10 consecutive games with six consecutive wins in the first half and four in the second half.
When the Hanwha Eagles won 2-1 at Jamsil Doosan on July 22 and won 10 consecutive games, the gap with the second-place LG Twins was 5.5 games.
However, in the next 14 games, Hanwha fell into a shocking slump with four wins, one draw and nine losses. On the contrary, LG had a whopping 13 wins and 2 losses in 16 games during that time.
The result is the current situation that everyone knows. LG is No. 1 and Hanwha is No. 2. And the difference is three games.
Hanwha lost 1-8 against LG on the 9th after Um Sang-baek, who first started in the second half of the season, failed to fight properly due to a shocking slump of six runs in one inning.
Hanwha, which lost one win and two to KT Wiz this week, also lost two consecutive games to LG, confirming its luggings in both series. All three previous games had come from behind to lose when the bullpen lost the victory, but the starter collapsed in the beginning and had to play a difficult game on that day.
In fact, the game on the 9th was difficult from the beginning of preparation. Hwang Jun-seo, who replaced Um Sang-baek, was sluggish and was thinking of 'surprise selection'. Naturally, there was a high possibility of a lower starter than Fonsen or Weiss and Ryu Hyun-jin and Moon Dong-joo. Manager Kim Kyung-moon, who originally had left-handed bullpen Kim Bum-soo in mind, turned his mind to Um Sang-baek, a starting pitcher who can throw five innings, because he had to go to bullpen day because he could not throw long innings even if Kim Bum-soo pitched well, but the result was the worst.
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A game between the LG Twins and the Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil Stadium on the 9th. In the top of the second inning, Hanwha starter Um Sang-baek is coming down from the mound without catching a single out count. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.09/ |
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A game between the LG Twins and the Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil Stadium on the 9th. In the top of the second inning, Hanwha starter Um Sang-baek is coming down from the mound without catching a single out count. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.09/ |
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A game between the LG Twins and the Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil Stadium on the 9th. Hanwha Um Sang-baek and Moon Dong-ju are watching the game. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.09/ |
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It was painful to lose three games before the game on the 9th. In the game against KT on the 5th, Moon Dong-joo pitched seven scoreless innings, and Han Seung-hyuk and Kim Seo-hyun, who believed in the 8th inning, collapsed
They failed to keep their 2-0 lead and lost 2-5. On the 7th, Weiss led 4-2 with six scoreless innings, but Cho Dong-wook lost 4-5 in the top of the ninth inning after being hit by Kang Baek-ho's come-from-behind two-run shot. On the 8th, Ryu Hyun-jin allowed six scoreless innings to lead 1-0 against LG, but the main phenomenon in the seventh inning allowed a 1-1 tie, and closer Kim Seo-hyun had a walk-off hit in the bottom of the 10th inning.
Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon said of his recent disappointing defeat, `Time to endure.' Coach Kim said in the game on the 9th, `It's a pity that the starters throw so well, but they can't win.' `We've won a lot of consecutive games because of Seung-woon, but now Seung-woon is less following us. Then this is the time to put up with this until we come to our mood." Then "When baseball wins consecutively, I think I'll always win, but that's not it. It goes up and down, and then the season endsCoach Kim stressed that `we need to overcome this crisis well to create an atmosphere in which we can win consecutive games.'
When will the mood change again toward Hanwha. At the beginning of the season, you will have time, but things are different now. Now, Hanwha has only 39 games left.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.