The youngest made a big mistake! Hanwha escaped six consecutive losses on the day it exceeded 1 million spectators for the first time ever
Aug 23, 2025
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Hanwha won 5-0 in the 14th game of the season against SSG Landers at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 23rd. Hanwha, which recently escaped its six-game losing streak with the victory, widened its gap with third-place SSG by seven games again. On the other hand, SSG tried to win four consecutive games, but unfortunately failed, and maintained its sole third place. This season, the two teams were tied with seven wins and seven losses.
▶SSG starting lineup = Park Sung-han (striker)-Ahn Sang-hyun (second baseman)-Choi Jung (third baseman)-Eredia (left fielder)-Hanyu Island (right fielder)-Ko Myung-jun (first baseman)-Jihoon Choi (middle fielder)-Ryu Hyo-seung (designated hitter)-Cho Hyung-woo (catcher) starting pitcher White
▶Hanwha starting lineup = Lee Won-seok (center fielder)- Son A-seop (right wing) - Moon Hyun-bin (left wing) - Noh Si-hwan (third baseman) - Chae Eun-sung (designated hitter)- Kim Tae-yeon (first baseman) - Lee Do-yoon (second baseman) - Lee Jae-won (captor)- Shim Woo-jun (striker) starting pitcher Hwang Jun-seo
With SSG Mitch White and Hanwha Hwang Joon-seo facing off as starters, the game flowed in the form of a pitching match. It wasn't easy to score in the beginning.
SSG made a big chance on the second and third bases with no outs in the top of the first inning with consecutive hits by Park Sung-han and Ahn Sang-hyun, but all the central hitters were silent.Choi Jung struck out the not-out, Guillermo Herredia and Han Yu-sum also struck out, failing to call in two scorers.
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But he saved his next chance. The runner on second base after two outs following a hit by leadoff hitter Shim Woo-joon in the bottom of the third inning. As Moon Hyun-bin hit a single that passed between 1-2 bases against White, second baseman Shim Woo-joon came home.
Hanwha also had another chance in the bottom of the fourth inning. Two outs later, Lee Do-yoon's hit and Lee Jae-won's walk on base piled up runners. runners on first and second bases. No. 9 hitter Shim Woo-joon played a close game with White up to 10 pitches. He made four consecutive cuts at the full count, increasing the number of pitches of the opposing pitcher. But the last 10 pitches. White's high curve turned into a strike that passed through the ABS zone in vain.
Hanwha's 1-0 lead. Hwang Joon-seo's good pitching continued. In the top of the sixth inning, Park Sung-han was grounded out in front of the pitcher, and Ahn Sang-hyun was handled with a fly to center field. 81 pitches with two outs in the sixth inning. Hwang Joon-seo, who continued his pitching, was responsible for six innings, handling Choi Jung with a fly ball to center field.
After Hwang Jun-seo went down, Hanwha started the bullpen in the seventh inning. SSG's leadoff hitter Herredia hit a single in the top of the seventh inning, but subsequent hitters failed to produce a base hit.
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Shim Woo-joon then scored a sacrifice fly to right field, and third baseman Lee Do-yoon scored. Hanwha went on a 2-0 run.
But there was also a scene that was disappointing. Third base runner Hwang Young-mook was caught in vain when he was tagged out by the opponent's catcher's check at Lee Won-seok's at-bat, followed by a groundout to Lee Won-seok. Hanwha only added one more point in the Big Chance with no outs and runners on the second and third bases.
Hanwha, which passed the top of the eighth inning, created a full base chance with no outs in the bottom of the eighth inning. White, who had nearly 100 pitches, continued to pitch, but the crisis grew as error plays continued.
Following Son Ah-seop's hit to right-center, pitcher White caught Moon Hyun-bin's bunt and threw it to first base, but Moon Hyun-bin's feet were faster. an infield hit. With no outs and runners on the first and second bases, a wild pitch comes out, and runners on the second and third bases. He then gave up a walk to Noh Si-hwan, loading the bases with no outs.
White didn't go down the mound despite 106 pitches. And he continued to face Chae Eun-sung and received a timely two-run hit. Only then did the SSG bench replace the pitcher. Hanwha's Lee Do-yoon filled the first base with four automatic pitches in a one-out, second and third base chance that led to Kim Tae-yeon's bunt success. With the bases loaded, Choi Jae-hoon made a sacrifice fly deep to right field, and the third baseman scored an additional run. Hanwha added three more runs in the bottom of the eighth inning and managed to make a 5-0 run.
Hanwha put rookie Jung Woo-joo on the mound in the top of the ninth inning. Jung Woo-joo allowed a hit to leadoff hitter Kim Sung-hyun, and gave up a second hit to Ko Myung-joon after holding a good two-out. Hanwha's bench replaced the pitcher with Cho Dong-wook again after two outs. As Cho Dong-wook caught Kim Sung-wook, Hanwha escaped from its sixth consecutive loss with a Young Bong-seung.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
