Today's game is important. Game 3 especially emphasized by the master. Will Ponce become a game changer?
Oct 29, 2025
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For the Hanwha Eagles, who lost the first and second games, four-time champion Cody Ponce is the last hope.
Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon also hoped that Ponce would change the winning wave toward LG.
Coach Kim said of Ponce ahead of Game 3 of the Korean Series against the LG Twins at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 29th, `I hope it will serve as an opportunity for us to change the atmosphere by sticking the first button at home"Every game is important, but today's game is important."
He/she showed his/her willingness to make a turnaround in the third and fourth games when Ponce and Weiss take the mound, believing that it is not easy to dream of winning if they lose three consecutive games. It is natural that Ponce must first block LG's hitting line to create hope.
Ponce is the pitcher who dominated this season. With 17 wins, 1.89, 252 strikeouts, and a winning percentage of 0.944 in the regular league, he is considered a strong MVP candidate and the best pitcher this season.
He won two games in the playoffs against Samsung, but he was disappointed. In the first game, he showed sluggish performance of seven hits and six runs (five earned runs) in six innings, but became a winning pitcher with the help of the batters, and in the fifth game, he became a winning pitcher by keeping his pride by allowing five hits and one run (non-earned) in five innings. He handed over the mound to Weiss in the sixth inning to prepare for Game 3 of the Korean Series. At that time, the number of pitches was 82, and he took the mound after four days of rest after Game 5.
Although there were not many pitches in Game 5, it is difficult to say that he took enough rest because he took the mound after four days off. Manager Kim said, "You can only tell by watching Ponce throw"Once the starter goes out, I think about five innings," he said.
In the first game, Moon Dong-ju allowed four runs (three earned runs) in four ⅓ innings and Ryu Hyun-jin allowed seven runs in three innings in the second game, leaving the starters unable to overcome LG's batters and unable to stop them until the fifth inning.
Will Ponce be different. Will he be able to show his capability as the best pitcher.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
