The Hanwha Eagles of the Korean Baseball Organization have recorded their first home win in Daejeon under Kim Kyung-moon. After six games.
Hanwha, led by manager Kim Kyung-moon, defeated the SSG Landers of the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League 4-1 on Saturday at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon.
Starting pitcher Jaime Barria shut down the SSG bats with six innings of three-hit ball, two walks and eight strikeouts. All six outs in the second inning came on sliders.
With 96 total pitches, he threw more of his primary slider (55) than his fastball (34), 바카라사이트 which topped out at 151 mph on Trackman and averaged 148 mph, and mixed in a changeup (7). All eight of his strikeouts came on sliders, which had good movement as they dipped quickly into the zone.
In the third inning, the offense pounced on SSG starter Park Jong-hoon for three runs.
Back-to-back singles by Lee Do-yoon and Lee Won-seok and a wild pitch by Jang Jin-hyeok loaded the bases for Hwang Young-mook, who was hit by a pitch.
Ahn Chi-hong followed with a sacrifice fly for a 3-0 lead, and Hanwha added two more runs in the fifth on a walk to Choi In-ho and a single to right-center by Moon Hyun-bin. Down 4-1 with runners on second and third in the eighth, reliever Joo Hyun-seong struck out pinch-hitter Han Yoo-seom on three pitches to end the game and earn his eighth save of the season with a perfect ninth inning of one-hit, two-strikeout ball.
With the win, Hanwha snapped a three-game losing streak and improved to 30 wins on the season (37-2, .448 winning percentage). Head coach Kim Kyung-moon also recorded his first win in six games after going 4-1-1 at home against Daejeon.
“We wanted to show our home fans, 바카라사이트 추천 who always give us great support, a good game, and I’m glad we got the win today,” said Hanwha head coach Kim Kyung-moon after the game. “I also want to say that our players had a hard week in the hot weather,” he added.
Hanwha, who finished the week with three wins and three losses, will play Cheongju Kiwoom and Gwangju Kia next week.