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| Fonce is cheering for fans in the stands after finishing the inning with striking out Diaz in the top of the fifth inning in Game 5 of the PO held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th. Daejeon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.10.24/ |
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| Weiss, who finished the first inning of the seventh inning of the fifth PO match between Samsung and Hanwha at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th, is cheering with his gloves covered. Daejeon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.10.24/ |
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| The fifth PO game between Samsung and Hanwha at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th. Hanwha Moon Hyun-bin, who hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.10.24/ |
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Hanwha Eagles have reached the Korean Series for the first time in 19 years since 2006. The LG Twins and Hanwha Eagles will meet in the Korean Series for the first time in history. His second win in 26 years since 1999.
Hanwha won 11-2 in Game 5 of the playoffs against the Samsung Lions at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th. Hanwha, which has recorded 3 wins and 2 losses in the series, will play the best-of-seven Korean Series against the regular league champion LG from the 26th.
Starter Cody Ponce became the winning pitcher with one run (non-earned) in five innings, and Ryan Weiss finished the remaining four innings and made a perfect victory. The batters also celebrated their advance to the Korean Series with a tremendous offense that scored 11 points by focusing 13 hits, including Moon Hyun-bin's wedge two-run shot.
This marks the seventh time that Hanwha has advanced to the Korean Series. Hanwha, which reached the Korean Series in 1988, 1989, 1991, and 1992 during Binggrae, advanced to the playoffs as second place in the Magic League in 1999 when it was in the two major leagues, beat Doosan, which was No. 1 in the Dream League, with four consecutive wins, and beat Lotte, which was No. 2 in the Dream League, with four wins and one loss.
In 2006, Ryu Hyun-jin, who joined the team in the same year, reached the postseason as third place and reached the Korean Series, but has never reached the Korean Series since losing to Samsung with one win, one draw and four losses. Now Ryu Hyun-jin is trying to win once again in his second year back from the U.S.
Coach Kim Kyung-moon said, "It is my first attempt to win the championship. Coach Kim, who has reached the Korean Series four times, including 2005, 2007, 2008, and 2016 when he was in Doosan, but has never reached the championship, will reach his fifth Korean Series this time and look to win another championship.
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| The 5th PO match between Samsung and Hanwha held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th. Hanwha Ponce, who is pitching as a starter. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.10.24/ |
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| The 5th PO match between Samsung and Hanwha held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th. Samsung's Choi Won-tae, who is pitching as a starter. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.10.24/ |
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| On the 24th, Samsung and Hanwha in Game 5 of the PO at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon, Noh Si-hwan is happy to hit a timely RBI with one out and runners on the second and third bases in the bottom of the first inning. Daejeon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.10.24/ |
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Hanwha, which led 4-0 in the fourth game and suffered a shocking upset loss by getting a three-run shot and a three-run shot from behind by Kim Young-woong, went all out in the final fifth game with a foreign one-two punch that combined for 33 wins.
Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon, who vowed to give up Kim Seo-hyun, who allowed a tying three-run shot immediately after Game 4, changed his mind and declared that he would finish Game 5 with two foreign pitchers.
Following Cody Ponce, the starting pitcher with 17 wins, Ryan Weiss, who has 16 wins, is set to block Samsung's batters.
On the other hand, Samsung manager Park Jin-man hoped to finish with the pitchers who showed the best condition following starting pitcher Choi Won-tae, who is pitching the best this postseason, followed by Garabito and Lee Ho-sung and Kim Jae-yoon.
Hanwha made up the starting lineup with Son A-seop (designated hitter), 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), while Samsung made up the starting lineup with Kim Ji-chan (middle fielder), Kim Sung-yoon (right fielder), Koo Ja-wook (designated hitter)-Diaz (first baseman) - Kim Young-woong (third baseman), Kim Tae-hoon (left fielder), Lee Jae-hyun (poster) - Kang.
The match between Ponce, the best pitcher in the KBO League this season, and Choi Won-tae, who recorded an ERA of 0.69 with six hits (one home run), three walks, 12 strikeouts and one run in 13 innings, taking one win each in the semi-playoffs and playoffs this year.
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| 3rd baseman Liberato penetrates home and is safe during the fifth PO match between Samsung and Hanwha at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th, and Chae Eun-sung's sacrifice fly with one out and runners on the first and third bases in the bottom of the first inning. Daejeon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.10.24/ |
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| Kim Tae-yeon is unable to catch Lee Jae-hyun's ball in the top of the second inning in Game 5 of the PO held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th. Daejeon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.10.24/ |
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| 3rd baseman Lee Jae-hyun is scoring during the fifth PO match between Samsung and Hanwha at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th, and Kim Ji-chan's strikeout not-out with two outs and third base in the top of the second inning. Daejeon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.10.24/ |
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Both chances came in the first inning, but the team that connected to the first point was Hanwha. Samsung created a chance to load the bases with Koo Ja-wook's infield hit, Diaz's heavy hit, and Kim Young-woong's straight walk after two outs, but Kim Tae-hoon struck out three pitches. Hanwha scored one run with a left-handed hit by No. 4 Noh Si-hwan on the second and third bases with one out, which was made with the first-handed hit by the leader Son Ah-seop, a walk by Liberato, and Moon Hyun-bin's sacrifice bunt, and made it 2-0 with Chae Eun-sung's sacrifice fly to the left field with one out and runners on the first and third bases.
Samsung got a free scoring opportunity in the top of the second inning. Leader Lee Jae-hyun hit a big ball to the right, but right fielder Kim Tae-yeon failed to catch it and became a double. It was not a difficult ball to catch, but it became a double when Kim Tae-yeon failed to catch the ball in the process of catching it. Kang Min-ho's foul fly to right field made it to third base with one out.
However, Ryu Ji-hyuk struck out with a swing and miss, and Kim Ji-chan struck out with a fourth fastball in 1B2S, but catcher Choi Jae-hoon left it behind, making it a strikeout not-out, and third baseman Lee Jae-hyun dug into the home.
Choi Jae-hoon threw to Ponce, the pitcher who came home, but Lee Jae-hyun's hand homered first, making it safe.
At this time, if Choi Jae-hoon threw to first base and caught Kim Ji-chan, even if Lee Jae-hyun came in first, he could have finished the inning with an out, but Choi Jae-hoon threw home and lost a point.
a lucky run for Samsung.
Choi Won-tae blocked the bottom of the second inning with three outs, and now the game has entered a one-point race.
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| The match between Samsung and Hanwha in Game 5 of the PO held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th, and Chae Eun-seong hit a two-run double and advanced to third base with one out in the bottom of the third inning. Daejeon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.10.24/ |
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| The 5th PO match between Samsung and Hanwha held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th. 1 out and 1 base in the top of the 3rd inning. Diaz was out with a ground ball in front of the pitcher after hitting Ponce. Diaz showing his sorry for Ponce. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.10.24/ |
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| The fifth PO match between Samsung and Hanwha at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th. After one out in the bottom of the fourth inning, Samsung starter Choi Won-tae coming down the mound. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.10.24/ |
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Samsung had another chance in the top of the third inning, but they couldn't catch it. Kim Sung-yoon's hit came out, but Koo Ja-wook struck out, and Diaz's hitting ball hit pitcher Ponce's body and was out on first base. Fortunately, Ponce continued the pitch without any major injuries.
It's Kim Young-woong's at-bat with two outs and a runner on second base, but he got on base with four pitches automatically. Ponce accepted coach Kim Kyung-moon's choice with a smile. Kim Tae-hoon came out with two outs and runners on the first and second bases, but the opportunity to tie was lost when he was grounded out by a catcher at the first pitch.
Hanwha took the lead in the bottom of the third inning. After one death, Chae Eun-sung's superior double broke out in the first and third base opportunities made by Moon Hyun-bin's left double and Roh Si-hwan's heavy hit. Moon Hyun-bin stepped home and was on the second and third bases with one out, but the second baseman, who caught the right fielder's throw, leaked the ball to the second base. Noh Si-hwan, who went to third base, ran home, and Chae Eun-seong, who went to second base, also ran to third base and was safe. It became 4-1, followed by a chance of one out and third base.
Ha Joo-seok's well-hit ball becomes the second baseman's line drive and two outs. And Kim Tae-yeon's ball went toward shortstop and thought the inning was over, but first baseman Diaz failed to catch the throw that went to one-bound properly and was safe. In the meantime, third baseman Chae Eun-sung homered to make it 5-1. It was a disappointing run for Samsung and a lucky run for Hanwha.
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| The 5th PO match between Samsung and Hanwha held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th. Ponce roars down the mound after pitching in the fifth inning. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.10.24/ |
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| The match between Samsung and Hanwha in Game 5 of the PO held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th, and Chae Eun-sung on the second and third bases with no outs in the bottom of the fifth inning are happy with a two-run timely hit. Daejeon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.10.24/ |
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| The fifth PO match between Samsung and Hanwha at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th. Hanwha Weiss pitching. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.10.24/ |
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Ponce found more and more composure. He got a hit by the leadoff Lee Jae-hyun in the top of the fourth inning, but he finished his mission by blocking six consecutive hitters until the top of the fifth inning. He became the winning pitcher with five hits and two walks in five innings, nine strikeouts and one run (unearned).
Choi Won-tae, Samsung's last hope, took one out in the top of the fourth inning and replaced it, allowing five hits, two walks, two strikeouts, and five runs (three earned runs) in three ⅓ innings.
Hanwha widened the gap by scoring an additional point in the bottom of the fifth inning. Leading Moon Hyun-bin hit Samsung left-hander Lee Seung-min on the right fence, followed by a double to the right-center from Yang Chang-seop, who changed Noh Si-hwan, creating a chance for the second and third bases with no outs. Immediately, Chae Eun-sung hit a two-run single to right-center, 7-1.
In the top of the sixth inning, Hanwha replaced the pitcher. As manager Kim promised, Ponce went down and Weiss came up as the second pitcher. This means Weiss will be responsible for the remaining four innings until the ninth inning.
Samsung created an opportunity to chase in the top of the seventh inning with Hanwha virtually solidifying its victory as it gained one more point with a walk in the bottom of the sixth inning to lead 8-1. Kim Ji-chan made a mistake at second base and Kim Sung-yoon hit left-handed hits to become first and second base with one out. However, Koo Ja-wook was out with a catcher ground ball, and Diaz was caught on a fly to left field with two outs and runners on the second and third bases, failing to score again. Kim Young-woong's double and Lee Jae-hyun's sacrifice fly in the top of the eighth inning were the last points given to fans who cheered for Samsung.
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| Moon Hyun-bin hits a solo home run and shares joy in the bottom of the eighth inning in Game 5 of the PO held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th. Daejeon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.10.24/ |
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Hanwha responded to the fans who cheered until the end with a hot blow. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Moon Hyun-bin's two-run shot scored 10 points. Roh Si-hwan's triple and Chae Eun-sung's timely hit led the game to 11-2.
Weiss allowed four hits, four strikeouts, and one run in four innings, wiping out the pain of losing the second game with four saves.
Samsung advanced to the postseason in fourth place and led the postseason in 2025 by fighting for 11 postseason games, including two wild card games, four semi-playoffs and five playoff games. The players who did not give up until the end impressed enough, and Kim Young-woong's dramatic three-run shot in the fourth round of the PO deserved to be the best scene of this year's postseason.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
