LG flipped 5.5G cars in 12 games, but will a miracle in September happen to Hanwha with 21G left

Aug 31, 2025

LG flipped 5.5G cars in 12 games, but will a miracle in September happen to Hanwha with 21G left
The Samsung-Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 29th. Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon is staring at the ground. Daejeon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.29/



LG flipped 5.5G cars in 12 games, but will a miracle in September happen to Hanwha with 21G left
Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon talks with Jung Woo-joo in a match between Hanwha and Kiwoom at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 28th. Jung Woo-joo struck out all three out counts in the bottom of the seventh inning with no outs and runners on the first and second bases. Gocheok = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.08.28/
LG flipped 5.5G cars in 12 games, but will a miracle in September happen to Hanwha with 21G left
Samsung-Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 30th. Hanwha players, who lost 0-4, are greeting the crowd. Daejeon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.30/
There are only 21 games left. The gap is still 5.5 games. Hanwha Eagles are increasingly at a disadvantage in retaking the top spot.

Hanwha has not regained the top spot since giving up the No. 1 spot to the LG Twins on the 5th. The first game difference fell to six consecutive losses and widened the gap to 5.5 games, and then won five consecutive games to narrow it to 4.5 games, but lost to the Samsung Lions on the 29th and 30th, and became 5.5 games again.

In the current situation where the game is just around the corner, LG, the No. 1 player, is absolutely advantageous.




Assuming that LG has only a 50% winning rate of 10 wins and 10 losses in the remaining 20 games, LG will have 86 wins, 3 draws and 55 losses and a 61% winning rate.

If Hanwha wants to win the championship on its own, it must record 17 wins and 4 losses in the remaining 21 games and a whopping 80.1 percent. In order to break the tie with a tie-breaking performance, he has to post 16 wins and 5 losses. This, too, is not an easy record.

Fortunately, there is a nine-game difference from the third-place group, SSG Landers, Lotte Giants, and Samsung Lions.




SSG has to win 21 of the remaining 22 games, and Samsung has to win all 20 games, just 11 wins and 10 losses in the remaining games. Even if Lotte wins all the remaining 18 games, it falls short of Hanwha.

There is a sufficient gap with the third place, so there is room to go all-in in the first place fight.

LG flipped 5.5G cars in 12 games, but will a miracle in September happen to Hanwha with 21G left
Hanwha starter Ponce is pitching hard in the match between Hanwha and Kiwoom at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 28th. Gocheok = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.08.28/
LG flipped 5.5G cars in 12 games, but will a miracle in September happen to Hanwha with 21G left
The Samsung-Hanwha match at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 30th. Weiss took the mound as a starting pitcher for Hanwha. Daejeon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.30/
LG flipped 5.5G cars in 12 games, but will a miracle in September happen to Hanwha with 21G left
A match between the Kiwoom Heroes and the Hanwha Eagles at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 27th. Hanwha Moon Dong-ju is pitching hard. Gocheok = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.27/
However, it is not impossible to regain the top spot yet.

LG was in second place with Hanwha by 5.5 games until July 22, but turned this big 5.5 game gap around in just 12 games.

LG had an overwhelming 11 wins and 1 loss in 12 games, and Hanwha had only 3 wins, 1 draw and 9 losses during this period, with LG turning it over by one game on August 5 with 62 wins, 2 draws and 40 losses and Hanwha 59 wins, 3 draws and 39 losses. Hanwha rose to No. 1 again on the 6th without a game car, but LG rose to No. 1 with LG winning 4-3 against Doosan on the 7th and Hanwha losing 4-5 to KT, and LG won for two consecutive days from the 8th, immediately widening the gap to three games.

In order for Hanwha to have a miracle, Hanwha needs to do well, but LG needs to be sluggish. However, in August alone, LG ranked first with an overwhelming 18 wins, 1 draw, and 5 losses (0.783) overall.

We need to pump out all the remaining power in September when all the rankings will be determined. How will Hanwha's challenge end with the second place almost definitive.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.