LG, be careful. It's going to the end of the competition for the lead…2.5G Car Chase Ace Pitching & Active Attacks

Sep 13, 2025

LG, be careful. It's going to the end of the competition for the lead…2.5G Car Chase Ace Pitching & Active Attacks
The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Kiwoom Heroes at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 13th. The winning Hanwha players are happy. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.13/



LG, be careful. It's going to the end of the competition for the lead…2.5G Car Chase Ace Pitching & Active Attacks
The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Kiwoom Heroes at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 13th. Hanwha Liberato is cheering after hitting the bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the fifth inning. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.13/
The lead fight is on fire.

Hanwha won 10-5 against the Kiwoom Heroes at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 13th. The second-ranked Hanwha Eagles won three consecutive games, recording 76 wins, three draws, and 52 losses overall in the season. 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.

Starting pitcher Cody Ponce served as the ace. He kept the mound by pitching six hits, no four outs, no eight strikeouts and no runs in six innings.




Hanwha's batters made perfect use of their chances. On this day, Hanwha made the starting lineup in the order of Son Ah-seop (designated hitter), Luis Liberato (center 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 (catcher), and Shim Woo-jun (striker).

LG, be careful. It's going to the end of the competition for the lead…2.5G Car Chase Ace Pitching & Active Attacks
The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Kiwoom Heroes at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 13th. Hanwha Ponce, who pitched six scoreless innings, is hugging coach Yang Sang-moon. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.13/
Hanwha, which scored one point in the fourth inning, was hit in the face by Kiwoom starter Ha Young-min's fastball in the bottom of the fifth inning with no outs and no outs. Ha Young-min was sent off, and Jeon Joon-pyo took the mound in a hurry.

Hanwha, which loaded the bases with Shim Woo-joon's walk following Choi Jae-hoon's sacrifice bunt, scored one point and created a bases-loaded chance again when a shortstop error came out during Son Ah-seop's at-bat.




When Liberato hit Jeon Joon-pyo's fastball in the middle, he did not miss it and hit it over the fence. 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 7-0

Hanwha, who added two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, allowed five runs in the top of the seventh inning, but Ha Joo-seok's wedge home run in the bottom of the seventh inning caught the game.

LG, be careful. It's going to the end of the competition for the lead…2.5G Car Chase Ace Pitching & Active Attacks
The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Kiwoom Heroes at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 13th. Hanwha Kim Bum-soo is pitching hard. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.13/
Following Ponce, Park Sang-won (three runs in 0 innings), Hwang Joon-seo (two runs in â…“ innings), Kim Jong-soo (one â…“ scoreless), Kim Bum-soo (one inning scoreless), and Kim Seo-hyun (â…“ scoreless innings) took the mound in succession to keep the victory. Ponce won the opening 17 games in a row.




After the game, Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon said, `Ponce pitched like an ace again today, and the fielders also showed active offense"It brought the atmosphere and was able to win the game by succeeding in six big innings, including Liberato shooting a grand slam in the fifth inning with the grand slam."

Head coach Kim continued "It was also important that Ha Joo-seok, who was showing a good batting sense, scored an additional point with a solo home run in the seventh inning and did not give the atmosphere to the opponent." he said.

Hanwha announced Moon Dong-ju as its starting pitcher on the 14th. In Kiwoom, Jung Hyun-woo will come out.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.