We're driving around in the rain...Can the first round of PO be held in Daejeon, where heavy rain is pouring down.

Oct 17, 2025

We're driving around in the rain...Can the first round of PO be held in Daejeon, where heavy rain is pouring down.
The first PO match between Samsung and Hanwha held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 17th. A tarpaulin is being installed due to rain on the ground ahead of the game. Daejeon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.10.17/



We're driving around in the rain...Can the first round of PO be held in Daejeon, where heavy rain is pouring down.
The first PO match between Samsung and Hanwha held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 17th. A tarpaulin is being installed due to rain on the ground ahead of the game. Daejeon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.10.17/
Can the first round of the playoffs be held.

The Samsung Lions and Hanwha Eagles will play the first round of the semi-playoff at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 17th.

With about an hour before the start of the game, heavy rain began to fall in Daejeon. The rain forecast changed moment by moment, and eventually, it began to rain ahead of the start of the game.




The ground was covered with a large tarpaulin, but the ground quickly got wet by the water bomb.

Samsung coach Park Jin-man, who already experienced the cancellation of the second round of the semi-playoff due to rain, said "I think we're driving around the rain."`` he smiled bitterly.

If the game is canceled on that day, the first game will be held on the 18th.




On this day, Hanwha organized the starting lineup in the order of Son Ah-seop (designated hitter), Luis 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 (catcher), and Shim Woo-jun (striker).

Samsung formed the starting lineup in the order of Kim Ji-chan (center fielder), Kim Sung-yoon (right wing), Koo Ja-wook (designated hitter), Lewin Diaz (first baseman), Kim Young-woong (third baseman), Lee Jae-hyun (striker), Kim Tae-hoon (left wing), Kang Min-ho (catcher), and Ryu Ji-hyuk (second baseman).

The starting pitcher for Hanwha is Cody Ponce. Ponce went 17-1 with a 1.89 ERA in 29 appearances this season.




Against Samsung, he played one game and allowed six hits, one walk, eight strikeouts and no runs in six innings.

Samsung's starting pitcher is Kherson Garabito. He had 4 wins, 4 losses and a 2.64 ERA in 15 games this season. Against Hanwha, he pitched 11 innings in two games, striking out 10 and allowing no runs.

Meanwhile, the probability that the winning team of the first round of the playoffs will advance to the Korean Series was 76.5% (26 out of 34).



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.