'Roh Si-hwan Revives, Lee Do-yoon's Surprise Home Run' SSG Killer Hanwha Secures 2 consecutive wins + Winning

Aug 17, 2024

'Roh Si-hwan Revives, Lee Do-yoon's Surprise Home Run' SSG Killer Hanwha Secures 2 consecutive wins  Winning
Lee Do-yoon is happy to hit a home run. Photo = Hanwha Eagles



Hanwha Eagles have won consecutive games and secured the Winning Series.

Hanwha won the 13th game of the season against SSG Landers 8-5 at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 17th. With the victory, Hanwha secured at least a winning series by taking two of the three consecutive weekend games first, and will try to sweep on the 18th. On the other hand, SSG has recently lost two consecutive games. Hanwha is also leading the season with 9 wins and 4 losses.

▶Hanwha starting lineup =Peraza (designated hitter)-Kim In-hwan (left-winger)-Kim Tae-yeon (right-winger)-No Si-hwan (third baseman)- Chae Eun-sung (first baseman)-An Chi-hong (second baseman)-Lee Jae-won (catcher)-Lee Do-yoon (striker)-Lee Won-seok (middle fielder) starting pitcher Barria



▶SSG starting lineup =Jihoon Choi(center fielder)-Jung Joon-jae(second baseman)-Choi Jung(designated hitter)-Eredia(left-winger)-Hanyu Island(right fielder)-Park Sung-han(fighter)-Lee Ji-young(catcher)-Park Ji-hwan(third baseman)-Oh Tae-gon(first baseman) starting pitcher Kim Kwang-hyun

For Hanwha, Peraza, who did not play the previous day, returned to the starting lineup a day later, and for SSG, Park Ji-hwan was listed as the first starting third baseman after his debut.



Both teams exchanged scores with home runs from the first inning. Peraza was the start of the first inning. Peraza, the first batter, faced Kim Kwang-hyun and hit a 129km changeup to lead to a solo home run on the left. Hanwha took a 1-0 lead with a leadoff home run in the top of the first inning.

'Roh Si-hwan Revives, Lee Do-yoon's Surprise Home Run' SSG Killer Hanwha Secures 2 consecutive wins  Winning
바리아. Photo = Hanwha Eagles
In the bottom of the first inning, SSG also succeeded in turning the tables immediately with two home runs. After two outs, Choi Jeong's home run, the third batter, hit first. Choi Jeong pulled Barria's 138-kilometer slider and connected him with a tying solo home run over the left fence.



Then fourth batter Herredia's come-from-behind solo home run also hit. In 2B2S, Herredia connected a 137km slider with a solo home run to left. SSG took the lead 2-1 with two solo home runs.

Hanwha, which had been quiet, regained its lead in the top of the fourth inning. The opponent's defense error was the beginning. After one out, SSG third baseman Park Ji-hwan failed to catch An Chi-hong's ball and succeeded in getting on base. Lee Jae-won's ball was caught as a straight hit by the second baseman, but No. 8 hitter Lee Do-yoon hit a surprise home run with two outs and a first base chance.

Lee Do-yoon connected Kim Kwang-hyun with a come-from-behind two-run home run over the right fence without missing a 143-km-high fastball coming in to catch the count. Hanwha turned the score around 3-2.

It is Lee Do-yoon's first home run this season. Lee Do-yoon hit his first home run of the 2022 season after his debut in the first division in the 2018 season and his second home run of the 2023 season. Long balls, which recorded only one home run per season in 2022 and 2023, are valuable hitters. This season, he has yet to hit a home run, but he hit a decisive home run against Kim Kwang-hyun.

'Roh Si-hwan Revives, Lee Do-yoon's Surprise Home Run' SSG Killer Hanwha Secures 2 consecutive wins  Winning
Roh Si-hwan. Photo =Hanwha Eagles
Hanwha drove again in the top of the sixth inning. Roh Si-hwan and Chae Eun-sung's consecutive hits gave no-out runners a chance at first and second base. The flow seemed to be cut off as An Chi-hong's ball became a double play. However, with two outs and a third base, Lee Jae-won revived the atmosphere with an RBI timely double that separated the right-center.

Lee Jae-won, who was on second base, also turned third and dug home as Lee Do-yoon, who had a leading at-bat home run in the continuous opportunity with two outs and second base, added a timely hit in front of the right field. Hanwha, which added two more points in the top of the sixth inning, went 5-2 far.

SSG also started chasing in the bottom of the sixth inning. Herredia's single after two outs. Han Yu-sum's timely double broke out, and he began to chase again by two points.

'Roh Si-hwan Revives, Lee Do-yoon's Surprise Home Run' SSG Killer Hanwha Secures 2 consecutive wins  Winning
Lee Jae-won rejoices after hitting a double. Photo = Hanwha Eagles
'Roh Si-hwan Revives, Lee Do-yoon's Surprise Home Run' SSG Killer Hanwha Secures 2 consecutive wins  Winning
Kim Seo-hyun. Photo by Hanwha Eagles
Then Hanwha ran away again. leadoff hitter Peraza's double in the top of the seventh inning. Hanwha widened the gap again by 6-3, 3 points as Kim Tae-yeon hit an RBI timely hit in front of center field in a chance with one out and third base that led to Kim In-hwan's ground ball.

SSG missed a chance at second base with no outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, and Hanwha began to keep it. Starting pitcher Barria

stepped down after allowing four hits (2 home runs), four strikeouts, one walk and two runs in five innings, and Kim Seo-hyun allowed one run in one inning. Park Sang-won, who took the mound in the seventh inning, also recorded one scoreless inning.

In the eighth inning, Han Seung-hyuk took the mound and gave up a walk to Choo Shin-soo, the first batter, and handled Choi Jung and Herredia with a mistake. After two outs, he gave up a walk to Han Yu-sum again, but ended the inning without losing a point.

He hit the net in the top of the ninth inning. At the time when leadoff hitter Moon Hyun-bin hit a double and got on base, but the atmosphere subsided as he was checked out. Jang Jin-hyuk's home run went off. Jang Jin-hyuk hit a superior solo home run against SSG Shin Heon-min. He then hit a home run to Noh Si-hwan. Noh Si-hwan crossed the left fence against Shin Heon-min. It is the first cannon in seven games since hitting his 21st home run of the season against Kiwoom on August 9. With two solo home runs in the ninth inning, Hanwha effectively ended its victory atmosphere.

Jihoon Choi's two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs and a runner on first base was the last comfort for SSG.



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