The professional baseball Hanwha Eagles gave up the second place to the Lotte Giants again in a day. It was the first time in a long time that the batters had burst, but the mound could not withstand Lotte's firepower.메이저놀이터
Hanwha lost its home game against Lotte in the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on Monday, 6-8, after a close game in the 10th inning. The team came from behind to beat Lotte 4-2 on Sunday to move up to second place, but lost again in a day.
It was not an easy game. Starting pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin sweated a lot due to constant contact between Lotte's batters. He allowed three runs on both two hits in the second inning and three hits in the third inning. However, he allowed seven hits and one walk in five innings while allowing no additional runs until the fifth inning. He allowed four strikeouts and three runs.
In the meantime, the team's batters burst out for the first time in a long time. Hanwha tied the game 3-3 in the third inning with two homeruns in the fifth inning by garnering three hits, one walk, and three runs. Following Esteban Floral's solo shot, Chae Eun-seong's two-run shot, the team went on a 6-3 run. The six runs are Hanwha's highest in the last 10 games.
Ryu Hyun-jin's starting win requirements were met, but the flow changed after being suspended for 39 minutes due to rain during the sixth inning of the offense. The game, which stopped at first base with one out in the sixth inning, ended without additional points, and Park Sang-won, a must-winner, threw a hit ball to the leader Yoo Kang-nam in the seventh inning and shook. He was then replaced at the second and third bases with no outs after Son Ho-young hit a double to the left.
Left-hander Kim Bum-soo came up to left-handed batter Jang Doo-sung's at-bat, but he was chased by one point due to a timely hit with two RBIs. In the process, center fielder Floral made a mistake in the catch and gave Jang another base. To make matters worse, Ko Seung-min's training hit became an infield hit that was deflected off the left collarbone of first baseman Chae Eun-sung, and the crisis spread to the first and third bases with no outs. Chae Eun-sung, who tried to block the two-bound ball with his body, was replaced by major guard Kim In-hwan as he complained of pain, and he immediately moved to the hospital for an X-ray.
The atmosphere of the game seemed strange. Kim Bum-soo struck out Victor Reyes on a swing and miss, overcoming a crisis. With runners on the first and third bases with one out, Hanwha put in setup man Han Seung-hyuk. Han induced Jeon to hit an infield grounder with a slider at the first pitch, but the missed ball at the end of the bat rolled slowly to the first base foul line. Han caught the ball in a difficult position, threw it to the first base, and caught a grounder out, but the third baseman came home to tie the game at 6-6. A scene that didn't come with luck for Hanwha.
The game was over when Han Seung-hyuk allowed three strikeouts and no runs in one ⅔ inning until the eighth inning, and Kim Seo-hyun, the closer, allowed one scoreless inning in the ninth inning. However, in the 10th inning, Kim Jong-soo allowed leadoff hitter Na Seung-yeop to have a hit to the middle field, before balking at the second base with no outs. He allowed Jeon Min-jae to walk at the end of the ninth inning, and allowed Son Ho-young to hit a timely hit to center field with two RBIs and runners on the second and third bases with one out, which continued due to Yoo Kang-nam's sacrifice bunt. Hanwha's batters were also blocked by Lotte's bullpen after the sixth inning, and thus failed to score additional runs.
Following Ryu Hyun-jin, Hanwha recruited seven relievers including Joo Hyun-sang (one scoreless inning), Park Sang-won (two runs in 0 innings), Kim Bum-soo (one run in 1 ⅓ inning), Han Seung-hyuk (one ⅔ scoreless inning), Kim Seo-hyun (one scoreless inning), Kim Jong-soo (two runs in 1 ⅓ inning), and Cho Dong-wook (⅔ scoreless inning). It was regrettable that the team lost the game even though it used all of the available pitchers in the bullpen except for rookie Jung Woo-joo. As Kim Seo-hyun pitched two consecutive games, chances are high that he will rest on Saturday.
It was a painful defeat, but there was also good news during the misfortune. Chae Eun-sung, who was replaced after being hit by a collarbone by a training ball, avoided major injury as he was found to be bruised after X-ray examination. Chae, who had multiple hits with a double and a home run on the day, started hitting hard with three home runs in five games this week alone. If the injury was severe, it could have been a big blow to the Hanwha Eagles, but he took a breather as a bruiser.