Why did Ryu Hyun-jin say it was possible to beat LG and rank No. 1 in the big reversal…The players are just so comfortable
Sep 18, 2025
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Veteran left-hander Ryu Hyun-jin said the Hanwha Eagles have a good chance of beating the LG Twins and ranking first in the regular season. This is because I believe Hanwha has become much more solid now than when it was ranked first in the early part of the season. Not only the starters such as Cody Ponce, Ryan Weiss, Ryu Hyun-jin, and Moon Dong-joo, but also the fielders have now found stability.
Hanwha, ranked second, won 6-2 against the Gwangju KIA Tigers on the 17th and won three consecutive games. He recorded 79 wins, 3 draws and 53 losses in the season, narrowing the gap to 2.5 games against No. 1 LG.
Ryu Hyun-jin, who started the game on the day, was not in better condition than usual, but he allowed 93-pitch seven hits (one home run), one walk, eight strikeouts, and two runs in five innings to secure his ninth win of the season. He achieved 10 wins and 4 wins for the first time in Hanwha's history and 1 win left until his 10th win for the second consecutive year.
Ryu Hyun-jin "I think the number of pitches overall was too high. Obviously, there were many crisis situations, but it seems that focusing a little more on the crisis was able to prevent one run and one run without additional runs. Also, good defense came out, so I was able to avoid additional runs. It was a day with a bigger difference in ball and strike than other days, and as a result, there were many actual pitches. "I think control is important because I'm not a pitcher who hits at speed, but I don't think I did it a little bit today (17th)."
When it comes to continuing to win 10 games with difficulty at the end of the season, I gave credit to my teammates.
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In the starting rotation, Ryu Hyun-jin is likely to take the mound in one of the last three consecutive games against LG in Daejeon from the 26th to the 28th. In these three consecutive games, the winner of this season is expected to be determined.
LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop earlier predicted that Anders Tolhurst, Yonny Chirinos and Lim Chan-kyu will start the three consecutive games against Hanwha. Hanwha is expected to take the mound in the order of Ryu Hyun-jin, Ponce and Moon Dong-ju if the rotation is kept without variables such as the cancellation of rain.
Ryu Hyun-jin pitched in three games against LG this year and was very strong with one win, 19 innings and an ERA of 0.95. As the oldest member of the starting lineup, he is drawn to start the first-place match.
Regarding Hanwha's possibility of coming from behind to rank No. 1, Ryu Hyun-jin said, `I think it will be okay. The balance of pitching and hitting is really good right now. (If we achieve up to 10 wins against LG), of course I hope so. I'm in a situation where I can play one game, but I'll do my best."
He stressed that Hanwha, which gave up the top spot to LG in the early second half of the year, is different from Hanwha now.
Ryu Hyun-jin said, `At that time, it was bad in April at the beginning and the (ranking) went up, but now that it has been maintained to some extent, I have some room in the rankings. Since the players are really comfortable, I think a little better results are coming out now. Pitchers are encouraging because the fielders are helping well even with invisible plays. Not only defense, but also offense these days, in September, all the players have good pace, so they seem to be going comfortably"I expected the current upward trend to be maintained until the end.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
