Game 3 is a watershed, a tense first attack, second defense, and Moon Dong-joo, coach Roh's winning move amid a desperate crisis, a reversal of the unfavorable atmosphere → Now it goes to KS

Oct 21, 2025

Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon is watching the training in the third round of the playoffs between Hanwha and Samsung held at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 21st. Daegu=Reporter Huh Sang-wook's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.10.21/

Hanwha Eagles who came to Daegu with 1 win and 1 loss. The atmosphere was a little heavy.

Samsung's third round selection is 'Hanwha Natural Enemy' Ariel Hurado.

During the season, Hanwha was weak against Furado. He gave up both wins with one run in seven innings in Daegu and seven scoreless innings in Daejeon. The average ERA against Samsung is 0.64. The thing that bothered me the most was that I played seven innings in all games.

Coach Kim Kyung-moon threw a winning move. Right-handed hitters such as Shim Woo-joon and Kim Tae-yeon were excluded, and left-handed hitters Lee Do-yoon and Choi In-ho were placed at No. 7 and 8.

Hanwha Lee Do-yoon, with two outs and a runner on second base, is cheering after hitting an RBI timely hit in the top of the fourth inning at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 21st. Daegu=Reporter Huh Sang-wook's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.10.21/

More left-handed hitters (0.249 left, 0.228 right) with relatively weak furado were placed. No. 7 shortstop Lee Do-yoon and No. 8 right fielder Choi In-ho. It was the biggest change in Hanwha's lineup. Lee Do-yoon, who started as a shortstop instead of Shim Woo-joon, who is good at defense, played well against Furado with two hits in five at-bats. Coach Kim explained, `I paid attention to the hitting side because I had to score first in an away game to win the game.' 'First attack, second defense' strategy.

As for how to attack Furado, coach Kim laughed and said "The hitting coach talked countless times and gave a lot of guidance during the pennant race, but when I met him, I couldn't attack him."But as the first and second playoff games were different than expected, I hope our hitters will play better than expected."I hoped.

Hanwha Noh Si-hwan, with two outs and third base, is cheering after hitting a two-run home run in the top of the fifth inning at the third round of the playoffs between Hanwha and Samsung held at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 21st. Daegu=Reporter Huh Sang-wook's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.10.21/

It went as I wished. Hanwha's batters, who had been tied up with one score in 13 innings in the regular season, were not intimidated by Furado.In seven innings, he scored five runs on nine hits, including Noh Si-hwan's two-run shot, to take a 5-4 lead.

The head coach's winning card shone at the top of the fourth inning when it was 0-0. Hanwha, which scored the first run with Ha Joo-seok's double on the right-field line with two outs and second base, ran 2-0 with Lee Do-yoon hitting a right-handed hit. Hanwha's bench, which succeeded in the operation, immediately replaced Shim Woo-joon with a pinch runner to strengthen its defense. After the game, head coach Kim Kyung-moon explained the background of the replacement, saying, `I thought about replacing it quickly because I didn't think it would be a big difference today.

In the third round of the playoffs between Hanwha and Samsung at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 21st, Ryu Hyun-jin on first base with one out in the bottom of the third inning is applauding right fielder Choi In-ho's defense that caught Ryu Ji-hyuk's fly to right field and even caught Kang Min-ho on the first base. Daegu=Reporter Huh Sang-wook's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.10.21/

3rd PO match between Samsung and Hanwha held at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 21st. Hanwha's Moon Dong-ju, who is pitching. Daegu=Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.10.21/

Choi In-ho shone in defense. He caught Ryu Ji-hyuk's well-hit ball at first base with no outs in the bottom of the third inning when it was 0-0, and caught first baseman Kang Min-ho, who had a long lead with a laser throw to first base, with a force-out.

During the defense in the bottom of the fourth inning, he helped Ryu Hyun-jin with a good defense by sprinting toward the line to catch the first-runner Kim Sung-yoon's well-hit fence direct hit. Hanwha's bench locked the defensive lock more firmly in the bottom of the seventh inning with one out and runners on second base with a 5-4 lead, putting Lee Won-seok instead of right fielder Choi In-ho.

Hanwha, which succeeded in attacking Hurado with a 'pre-attack', secured an advantage with a 2-1 victory in the series after a super-strong defense that put even Moon Dong-joo, the best card in autumn baseball, in 'post defense'.

A match that showed the autumn baseball anomaly that you have to win when you can win and the standard. It was a moment when the veteran head coach's winning move, who has been through all sorts of battles, worked beautifully.

Coach Kim Kyung-moon said after winning the game "I thought Game 3 was the match." I thought I'd put everything into itIt was a tense game in the dugout while playing ". I saw Moon Dong-ju in the dugout, but he threw so well that I was happy"We applauded.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.