KIA, thank you so much! The 2.5G gap is now narrowed...Ponce has won 17 games in a row! Hanwha wins 3 consecutive games after Kiwoom

Sep 13, 2025

KIA, thank you so much! The 2.5G gap is now narrowed...Ponce has won 17 games in a row! Hanwha wins 3 consecutive games after Kiwoom
The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Kiwoom Heroes at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 13th. Ponce cheers when Hanwha Liberato hit the bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the fifth inning. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.13/



Hanwha Eagles won three consecutive games.

Hanwha won 10-5 against the Kiwoom Heroes at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 13th.

With the victory, the second-ranked Hanwha won three consecutive games, bringing the season record to 76 wins, three draws and 52 losses. At the same time, as the No. 1 LG Twins lost to the KIA Tigers, the difference between the two teams was 2.5 games. The lowest-ranked Kiwoom lost 86 games (four draws and 43 wins) this season.




For Hanwha, Son Ah-seop (designated hitter), Luis Liberato (middle fielder), Moon Hyun-bin (left fielder), Noh Si-hwan (third baseman), Chae Eun-sung (first baseman), Ha Joo-seok (second baseman), Kim Tae-yeon (right fielder), Choi Jae-hoon (poster), and Shim Woo-jun (striker) were listed in the starting lineup.

Kiwoom made the starting lineup in the order of Song Sung-moon (third baseman), Lim Ji-yeol (first baseman), Choi Joo-hwan (designated hitter), Joo Sung-won (right wing), Lee Ju-hyung (middle fielder), Kim Gun-hee (poster), Eo Jun-seo (striker), Oh Sun-jin (second baseman), and Park Joo-hong (left wing).

KIA, thank you so much! The 2.5G gap is now narrowed...Ponce has won 17 games in a row! Hanwha wins 3 consecutive games after Kiwoom
The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Kiwoom Heroes at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 13th. Hanwha Ponce is catching his breath. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.13/
KIA, thank you so much! The 2.5G gap is now narrowed...Ponce has won 17 games in a row! Hanwha wins 3 consecutive games after Kiwoom
The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Kiwoom Heroes at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 13th. Kiwoom Ha Young-min is pitching hard. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.13/
Hanwha starter Cody Ponce won the opening 17 consecutive games by pitching six innings, six hits, no four outs, and eight strikeouts.

Kiwoom starter Ha Young-min pitched well with one run until the fourth inning, but was sent off in the fifth inning when Kim Tae-yeon got a 'head shot' dune on the first base with no outs. Ha Young-min allowed three runs (two earned runs) with two strikeouts and four outs in four innings.

Hanwha scored the first run in the bottom of the fourth inning. After two outs, Moon Hyun-bin went out with a hit ball, and he succeeded in scoring due to a right field catch error when he hit from Roh Si-hwan's at-bat.

KIA, thank you so much! The 2.5G gap is now narrowed...Ponce has won 17 games in a row! Hanwha wins 3 consecutive games after Kiwoom
The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Kiwoom Heroes at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 13th. Hanwha Kim Tae-yeon, on the first base with no outs, is being replaced after being hit in the face by Kiwoom Ha Young-min's fastball in the bottom of the fifth inning. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.13/
In the bottom of the fifth inning, Hanwha made a big inning by batting first. Following Ha Joo-seok's hit, Kim Tae-yeon hit the ball in the face. Ha Young Min is out. Kim Tae-yeon moved to the hospital, and pinch runner Lee Won-seok came out. The pitcher is Jeon Jun-pyo. After that, Choi Jae-hoon's sacrifice bunt was followed by Shim Woo-joon's walk to load the bases. With a shortstop error during Son Ah-seop's at-bat, Hanwha continued to score one point and have a full base chance. Later, Liberato crossed the right-center fence when Jeon Joon-pyo's fastball was driven to the center. Liberato's first grand slam in the KBO League. Later, following Moon Hyun-bin's walk and Roh Si-hwan's hit, Chae Eun-sung's ground ball made it 2 outs and 1st and 3rd base, while Ha Joo-seok's timely double widened the gap to 8-0.




KIA, thank you so much! The 2.5G gap is now narrowed...Ponce has won 17 games in a row! Hanwha wins 3 consecutive games after Kiwoom
The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Kiwoom Heroes at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 13th. Hanwha Moon Hyun-bin is scoring. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.13/
Hanwha had a chance to second and third bases with no outs in the bottom of the sixth inning with Choi Jae-hoon's hit and Shim Woo-joon's double, and Son Ah-seop's sacrifice fly and Moon Hyun-bin's timely hit widened the score to 10-0.

With Ponce throwing until the sixth inning, Kiwoom launched a counterattack in the top of the seventh inning. Kim Gun-hee and Eo Jun-seo had consecutive hits against Park Sang-won, who took the mound at the start of the seventh inning. Oh Sun-jin's RBI single came out later.

Park Sang-won went down and Hwang Jun-seo came up. However, the score was narrowed to 4-10 with consecutive hits by Park Joo-hong and Song Sung-moon, and Choi Joo-hwan's timely hit. After that, Joo Sung-won's sacrifice fly scored 5-10.

KIA, thank you so much! The 2.5G gap is now narrowed...Ponce has won 17 games in a row! Hanwha wins 3 consecutive games after Kiwoom
The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Kiwoom Heroes at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 13th. Hanwha Ha Joo-seok is cheering after hitting a solo shot in the bottom of the seventh inning. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.13/
Kiwoom wanted to take the flow, but Ha Joo-seok's solo home run broke his will to chase.

Following Ponce, Park Sang-won (0 innings, 3 runs), Hwang Joon-seo (2 ⅓ innings), Kim Jong-soo (1 ⅓ scoreless), Kim Bum-soo (1 inning scoreless), and Kim Seo-hyun (⅓ innings scoreless) took the mound in turn.

Following Ha Young-min, Jeon Joon-pyo (4 runs and 2 earned runs in 1 inning), Kim Sun-ki (2 runs in 1 inning), Park Yoon-sung (1 run in 1 inning), and Kim Dong-kyu (1 scoreless inning) took the mound.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.