Four straight wins after opening night loss. The Hanwha Eagles have exploded.
The Hanwha Eagles cruised to a 10-6 victory over the SSG Landers in the third game of the season at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on Monday. The win was Hanwha’s fourth straight after dropping the opening game, and it also completed a midweek sweep of a three-game road trip to Incheon. SSG, on the other hand, dropped their third straight game.
Hanwha’s bats created more chances in the early innings. From the first inning, the offense was aggressive against SSG starter Oh Won-seok. Peraza’s single with one out and Noh Si-hwan’s walk with two outs put two runners on base and rattled Oh Won-seok. They were unable to capitalize.
In the top of the second, Moon Hyun-bin singled and Choi Jae-hoon walked to load the bases. With runners on first and second, Ha Joo-seok was stranded on a fly ball to right field.
SSG also missed a scoring opportunity in the bottom of the second inning.
Leadoff hitter Ha Jae-hoon doubled against Moon Dong-joo, and Go Myung-joon also drew a walk. However, Kim Sung-hyun’s attempted sacrifice bunt was thrown out at third base, shortstop, and second base.
It was Hanwha that broke the 0-0 tie. 토토사이트 Hanwha got on the board in the top of the third inning with a home run by Noh Si-hwan. With two outs, Chae Eun-sung walked, followed by Noh’s home run. Noh took a four-pitch 132-kilometer slider on a 1b2s pitch from Oh Won-seok for a two-run home run over the left field fence. Hanwha took a 2-0 lead.
After Oh Won-seok was retired in order in the fourth inning, Hanwha’s bats unleashed a barrage of offense against SSG’s second pitcher, Lee Irene. Peraza singled, Chae Eun-sung doubled to put two runners in scoring position, and Noh gave up a straight-up walk.
The bases were loaded. Ahn Chi-hong grounded out to first base to load the bases with one out, but Moon Hyun-bin drove in the go-ahead run with a pushing single. The seventh hitter, Lim Jong-chan, then hit a three-run triple off Lee Roon, a bases-loaded triple that sailed over the first baseman’s head. Choi Jae-hoon followed with a sacrifice fly. With five runs in the fifth inning alone, Hanwha took a commanding 7-0 lead.
The SSG bats finally got on the board in the bottom of the fifth against Moon Dong-ju. With one out, Lee Ji-young singled and Choi Ji-hoon walked to put runners on first and second. Park Sung-seong grounded out to the first baseman to put two runners in scoring position, and Choi Jeong-jeong followed with a two-RBI single.
Hanwha came back in the top of the sixth inning.
Against reliever Lee Kun-wook, leadoff hitter Jung Eun-won drew a walk and stole second. Peraza followed with a single to put runners on first and third. Chae Eun-sung followed with a sacrifice fly to center field to bring in Jeong Eun-won from third, making it 8-2 and a six-run lead for Hanwha.
The momentum had already shifted in Hanwha’s favor. In the top of the seventh inning, they scored a run. With one out, Moon Hyun-bin singled and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Lim Jong-chan followed with a single to put runners on first and third.
Hanwha sent in pinch-hitter Lee Jae-won, who attempted a double steal and was tagged out at home by Moon Hyun-bin, the runner from third. Lee Jae-won drew a walk to load the bases again. Runners on first and second. Ha Ju-seok hit a long shot to right field, scoring Lim Jong-chan from second base. Hanwha took a seven-run lead.
SSG didn’t go down without a fight. In the bottom of the seventh inning, Choi Jung hit a home run. With runners on first and second after back-to-back singles by Choi Ji-hoon and Park Sung-han in the bottom of the seventh, Choi hit a three-run home run to left field off Hanwha’s Kim Bum-soo. It was his third home run of the season.
In the bottom of the eighth inning.
With one out, SSG scored one more run on a double by Kim Sung-hyun, followed by an error and a grounder to shortstop by Jeon Eui-san. The lead grew to three runs.
However, Hanwha held off SSG’s late rally. In the top of the ninth, Ahn Chi-hong singled and Moon Hyun-bin walked to load the bases against Choi Min-joon. A throwing error by the pitcher allowed both runners to advance to scoring position. Lim Jong-chan then walked to load the bases with no outs.
Lee Jae-won’s shot was caught on a fly ball to right field, 파워볼사이트 but Ha Joo-seok followed with a single to bring home the third run. Hanwha’s final offense came to an abrupt end when Peraza singled with the bases loaded, but Ha was thrown out at first base for the automatic out.
Top of the ninth with a four-run lead. Hanwha sent Park Sang-won to the mound. With no outs, Park gave up back-to-back singles to Choi Ji-hoon and Park Sung-han to put runners on first and second. After striking out Choi, Park induced an infield fly to Han Yoo-seom on a full count. Runners on first and second. The final batter, Ha Jae-hoon, was retired on a fly ball to center field to preserve the four-run victory.