The slider didn't work... Urgent change of weapon → 11K Great success, 4 wins out of 4 catches perfectly

Aug 14, 2025

The slider didn't work... Urgent change of weapon → 11K Great success, 4 wins out of 4 catches perfectly
The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Lotte Giants at Hanwha Life Ballpark in Daejeon on the 13th. Hanwha Weiss, who is pitching as a starter. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.13/



The slider didn't work... Urgent change of weapon → 11K Great success, 4 wins out of 4 catches perfectly
The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Lotte Giants at Hanwha Life Ballpark in Daejeon on the 13th. Hanwha Weiss, who is pitching as a starter. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.13/
Four wins out of four. Ryan Weiss (Hanwha) still showed the appearance of 'Giant Killer'.

Weiss started the home game against the Lotte Giants at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 13th and recorded one hit, five walks, and 11 strikeouts in six innings.

Weiss, who met Lotte three times before the game this year and became a winning pitcher, had some walks on the day, but overcame all the crises without losing a point.




He gave up a walk to leadoff hitter Han Tae-yang in the first inning, but later struck out both Ko Seung-min and Yoon Dong-hee. Then Victor Reyes finished the inning with a ground ball.

In the 2nd episode, he left the game three times. A walk came out in the third inning, but he struck out all three outcounts. In the fourth inning, there was a runner in the scoring position with consecutive walks, but he overcame the crisis with strikeouts, fly balls and strikeouts.

He got off to a shaky start in the fifth inning with a double by leadoff hitter Jeon Min-jae. However, following Hwang Sung-bin's groundout to the second base, he struck out Han Tae-yang and Ko Seung-min to continue their scoreless streak. In the sixth inning, he finished with a double play with a walk after one out.




The slider didn't work... Urgent change of weapon → 11K Great success, 4 wins out of 4 catches perfectly
The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Lotte Giants at Hanwha Life Ballpark in Daejeon on the 13th. Hanwha Weiss, who is pitching as a starter. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.13/
He threw 99 pitches in total. He replaced Joo Hyun-sang at the top of the seventh inning and left the mound. Hanwha's batters helped Weiss by scoring five runs in the bottom of the second inning and won 6-0. Weiss had 13 wins of the season. In addition, he once again confirmed the killer's appearance with four wins and an ERA of 1.29 in all four games against Lotte.

After the game, Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon said, `We had several crises, but we managed the crisis brilliantly and played our role as a starting pitcher" he complimented.

Weiss said "I'm happy with my victory, but I'm even happier that the team won. I would like to thank Noh Si-hwan and his teammates for helping him with good defense," he said.




On the same day, Weiss mixed a fastball with a maximum speed of 155km, a sweeper (20), a change-up (15), a curve (8), and a slider (1). Weiss, whose usual change-up usage rate was less than 10%, showed a change-up usage rate of about 15% on the 7th. Weiss said "The slider didn't work as well as I thought, so I threw a lot of changeups, which led to a good result. Recently, I'm trying to throw various pitches", he explained.

As his pitching was not as planned, he cited it as a task for his next appearance. Weiss struck out in double digits, but he has a lot of walks, so he's not satisfied overall. I think we need to think about what worked well today and prepare for the next game" he said.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.