Sudden downpour an hour ago → Ground turned to mud, rain canceled in 20 minutes of Daejeon game

Jul 25, 2024

Sudden downpour an hour ago → Ground turned to mud, rain canceled in 20 minutes of Daejeon game
As of 5:40 p.m. on the 25th, Daejeon Hanwha Life Eagles Park is covered with tarps amid strong rain. Daejeon = Sports Chosun Reporter Jung Hyun-seok hschung@sportschosun.com
The Daejeon game was canceled due to the unpredictable weather and sudden heavy rain.

An hour before the scheduled match between Hanwha and Samsung, it suddenly began to rain heavily. The ground quickly turned into mud.

It's a lot of rain that can be difficult for the game depending on how much longer it lasts. At 5:30 p.m., an hour before the start of the game, rain accompanied by strong winds and thunder and lightning poured down at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon.

The amount of instantaneous rain was enormous and the wind was strong, so it was difficult to open a large tarpaulin to the infield. The tarpaulin was laid in about 10 minutes, but the ground has already turned muddy enough to form puddles and valleys.

Even if it stops raining, it takes quite a lot of time to maintain the ground.
Sudden downpour an hour ago → Ground turned to mud, rain canceled in 20 minutes of Daejeon game
As of 5:45 p.m. on the 25th, Daejeon Hanwha Life Eagles Park is covered with tarps amid strong rain. Daejeon = Sports Chosun Reporter Jung Hyun-seok hschung@sportschosun.com
Sudden downpour an hour ago → Ground turned to mud, rain canceled in 20 minutes of Daejeon game
As of 5:49 p.m. on the 25th, Daejeon Hanwha Life Eagles Park is covered with tarps amid strong rain. Daejeon = Sports Chosun Reporter Jung Hyun-seok hschung@sportschosun.com
Initially, there was no rain forecast in the Daejeon area. Until daytime, it was a scorching heat with 33-34 degrees Celsius and 80% humidity. In the heat, the players of both teams went in after batting training.

Even the away team Samsung players were preparing for the game after training, and clouds suddenly came. Rain clouds low enough to cover Bomunsan Mountain in the outfield are spraying strong rain for more than 15 minutes.

The spectators who entered in advance hurriedly evacuated inside, but they were quickly seen soaked in rain as it rained on strong winds.

On the 24th, the previous day, the Busan game between Lotte and LG was canceled due to heavy rain at dawn. As the rain continued, the rain was canceled at around 5:52 p.m., 20 minutes later, considering the ground situation in Daejeon.

Even if it stopped raining, it was difficult to proceed normally due to the maintenance of the ground.



hschung@sportschosun.com