Only we got 5 phone calls. The biggest victim of Ponce in 15 consecutive wins is KT. It won Hanwha in its 5th game

Aug 13, 2025

Only we got 5 phone calls. The biggest victim of Ponce in 15 consecutive wins is KT. It won Hanwha in its 5th game
KT-LG match held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 31st. KT manager Lee Kang-chul is watching the game. Jamsil = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.31/



Only we got 5 phone calls. The biggest victim of Ponce in 15 consecutive wins is KT. It won Hanwha in its 5th game
The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Lotte Giants at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 12th. Hanwha starter Ponce pitched seven scoreless innings. Ponce coming down the mound after pitching in the seventh inning. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.12/
Only we got 5 phone calls. The biggest victim of Ponce in 15 consecutive wins is KT. It won Hanwha in its 5th game
The match between Hanwha and KT at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 27th. Hanwha Ponce pitching as a starter. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.27/
"Phone tax came out to us five times."

Wouldn't KT Wiz coach Lee Kang-chul deserve to complain.

Cody Ponce of the Hanwha Eagles, recognized by everyone as the best pitcher in the KBO League, scored three hits, two walks and nine strikeouts in seven innings against the Lotte Giants in Daejeon on the 12th, winning his team's 2-0 victory and winning 15 games of the season. 15 straight wins without a single loss in 23 appearances. He set the record for the most consecutive wins in a row.




The great thing about Ponce's appearance was that on the day he took the mound, Hanwha recorded 18 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. In other words, if Ponce comes out, it means almost all of them won. We have to call it the 'victory fairy'.

The biggest victim of Ponce is KT. This is because Ponce took the mound in five games, the most, and Hanwha won all of them on the day Ponce came out.

On March 22, Ponce went down with seven hits, one walk, four strikeouts and two runs in five innings. It was on the verge of losing 0-1, but Hanwha came from behind to win 4-3.




The next four games were won by Downer Ponce. On April 27, he led Daejeon to a 4-3 victory with seven scoreless innings, and on June 3, he won Daejeon 10-1 with six scoreless innings. Ponce, who also won 5-0 with six scoreless innings in Suwon on July 18, allowed seven hits and one run in five innings in Daejeon on the 6th, but became a winning pitcher again with his team's 5-4 victory.

Ponce pitched five times against KT alone, recording four wins, no losses and an ERA of 0.93. He played the most games among the nine teams he faced and won the most of his 15 wins. The ERA is better against SSG, which recorded 0.41 with three wins in three games, and 0.00 with six scoreless innings in only one game against Samsung, but the ERA in the 0-point range in five games is a huge record.

Hanwha is ahead of KT with 8 wins and 4 losses this season, and five of the eight wins were Ponce's pitching game, so you can see how much Ponce's weight is. Except for Ponce's appearance, KT is rather ahead with 5 wins and 3 losses, so KT has endured well.




KT manager Lee Kang-chul said of facing LG's new foreign pitcher Tolhurst ahead of the LG match on the 12th, "It's not as bad as Ponce, is it?" Only we got 5 phone calls. It was my second time at Lotte…", he said, indicating that the match against Ponce was difficult.

Hanwha and KT still have four meetings left. You never know if you'll see Ponce again.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.