Figaro - 9 years after Kloids! 'Park Byung-ho's No. 21 shot'Samsung is solidifying its second place'Hanghwa achieved the largest number of spectators'Hanghwa has lost five consecutive games

Sep 12, 2024

The match between the Hanwha Eagles and the Samsung Lions at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon on the 12th. Samsung's Park Byung-ho is cheering after hitting a three-run shot with one out and runners on the first and third bases in the top of the first inning. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.09.12/

The Samsung Lions have won three consecutive games to secure their second place.

Samsung won 7-1 in an away game against the Hanwha Eagles at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon on the 12th. Samsung, ranked second, won three consecutive games and recorded 75 wins, two draws and 57 losses. He is six games apart from the third-place LG Twins (68 wins, two draws and 62 losses). Hanwha, ranked eighth, has lost five consecutive games. He lost 69 games (two draws and 60 wins) for the season.

Foreign pitcher Denny Reyes, who returned after 32 days, shone. Reyes, who was unable to play due to an ankle injury against KIA on the 11th of last month, took the mound for the first time in about a month. He blocked Hanwha's batters by using fastballs (22 balls) with a maximum speed of 147 kilometers per hour, changeups (16 balls), sliders (15 balls), cutters (5 balls), and two-seam (5 balls).

Hanwha changed its starting rotation to Kim Ki-joong, although it was Ryu Hyun-jin's turn to take the mound. Kim Ki-joong gave up five hits (one homer) and four runs with four outs during ⅓ innings.

On this day, Samsung's Kim Ji-chan (center fielder), Lee Jae-hyun (striker), Koo Ja-wook (left fielder), Lewin Diaz (designated hitter), Park Byung-ho (first baseman), Kang Min-ho (fosu), Kim Heon-gon (right fielder), Jeon Byung-woo (third baseman), and Ryu Ji-hyuk (second baseman) participated as starters.

For Hanwha, Jonathan Ferraza (designated hitter), Jang Jin-hyuk (middle fielder), Kim Tae-yeon (right fielder), Noh Si-hwan (third baseman), Chae Eun-sung (first baseman), Kim In-hwan (left fielder), Lee Do-yoon (striker), Hwang Young-mook (second baseman), and Choi Jae-hoon (poster) were listed in the starting lineup.

From the first inning, a home run hit in Samsung and scored. Leadoff hitter Kim Ji-chan hit a hit, and Koo Ja-wook's hit came out after one out. Diaz's one-run timely hit came out, and it was the final hit of the game. Park Byung-ho then hit Kim Ki-joong's slider and crossed the left fence to widen the score to 4-0.

The match between the Hanwha Eagles and the Samsung Lions at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon on the 12th. Samsung's Kim Hun-gon is cheering after hitting a two-run shot with two outs and a runner on first base in the top of the third inning. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.09.12/

In the top of the third inning, Samsung's leadoff hitter Diaz hit a hit. Two outs later, Kim Hun-gon's two-run home run came out. Later, Jeon Byung-woo's double and Ryu Ji-hyuk's timely hit widened the score to 7-0.

Hanwha continued to score in the bottom of the third inning. After one out, Hwang Young-mook's double and Choi Jae-hoon's timely hit followed one point. However, the score did not continue due to the failure of the follow-up hit.

Hanwha has steadily succeeded in getting on base since then, but each time, double plays have hampered it. In the bottom of the ninth inning, leadoff hitter Chae Eun-sung drew a walk, and after two outs, Ha Joo-seok hit a hit to create a scoring chance. It became the first and third base, but it failed to break the silence after the third inning as the follow-up hit did not continue.

The match between the Hanwha Eagles and the Samsung Lions at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon on the 12th. Samsung Reyes is catching his breath. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.09.12/

After Reyes threw one run in five innings, Hwang Dong-jae (2 scoreless innings), Oh Seung-hwan (1 scoreless inning), and Lim Chang-min (1 scoreless inning) came up one after another to keep the victory.

Reyes achieved his 10th win (four losses) of the season with this victory. Samsung has created a foreign 10-win duo in nine years since Figaro (13 wins) and Cloyd (11 wins) in 2015.

Samsung is the fourth team to have 10 wins with foreign pitchers after Harikala (12 wins) and Brown (11 wins) in 2006, Talbot (14 wins) and Gordon (11 wins) in 2012, and Figaro (13 wins) and Kloids (11 wins) in 2015

For Hanwha, Kim Ki-joong (4 runs in ⅔ innings), Cho Dong-wook (3 runs in 3 ⅔ innings), Kim Kyu-yeon (2 scoreless innings), Hwang Joon-seo (1 scoreless inning), Lee Min-woo (1 scoreless inning), and Jang Min-jae (1 scoreless inning) came up in order.

Meanwhile, a total of 11,719 spectators entered Eagles Park on the same day. Hanwha recorded a total of 745,797 spectators, setting the club's all-time record of more than 734,110 recorded in 2018.

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