The Hanwha Eagles beat the KT Wiz and achieved three consecutive victories, successfully escaping from the bottom.
Hanwha won 6-2 in the home game against KT in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League held at Daejeon Hanwha Life Insurance Eagles Park on the 7th. Hanwha, who made a season record of 9 wins, 1 draw and 18 losses with 3 consecutive wins, fell into 3 consecutive losses and lowered KT, who had 8 wins, 2 draws and 17 losses, to 10th place and rose to 9th place.
The first place was KT’s share. Hong Hyun-bin walked and Cho Yong-ho infield hit, and Kang Baek-ho took the lead with a timely hit at 1st and 2nd base in the first inning. However, at the end of the 3rd inning, the Hanwha Eagles had a chance to get 1st and 3rd base safely with Lee Jin-young and Oh Seon-jin’s consecutive hits, and balanced the score 1-1 with a sacrifice fly.
In Lee Won-seok’s at-bat that followed, Oh Seon-jin went to third base with a tag-up on a stolen base and a fly ball, and in the second and third base chances that continued with Jung Eun-won’s walk and steal, Noh Si-hwan’s timely hit hit all the runners, and the Hanwha succeeded in a 3-1 comeback. .
After two outs at the bottom of the 4th inning, Hanwha, who took the lead, added 2 more runs with Lee Jin-young, Oh Seon-jin, and Euro-gyeol’s consecutive hits, and at the end of the 5th inning, with one out and a full base, Choi Jae-hoon scored one more run, widening the score to 6-1. KT made up for one point by taking advantage of Kim Bum-soo’s opponent’s mistake in the beginning of the 7th inning, but Hanhwa kept the score and brought the victory as it was. 안전놀이터
Starter Moon Dong-ju, after a long absence from the support of the other line, recorded 5 innings, 3 hits, 3 walks, 5 strikeouts, and 1 run, winning 2 seasons. Then, Kim Seo-hyun, Kim Bum-soo, Jung Woo-ram, Kang Jae-min, and Park Sang-won blocked the back door with no self-restraint. In the other lineups, Noh Si-hwan stood out with 2 hits and 2 RBIs, Lee Jin-young and Oh Seon-jin with 2 hits and 2 runs, and Yoo Gyeol with 1 hit and 3 RBIs.
On the other hand, KT played a difficult game as starter Um Sang-baek, who showed good performances with an ERA of 0.53 in the previous 3 games, was struggling with 6 hits, 2 walks and 5 runs in 4 innings. Kim Yeong-hyeon gave up 1 run in 1 inning and Lee Seon-woo allowed 3 scoreless innings, but the other liners only scored 4 hits and 2 runs, and failed to turn the game around.