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Hanwha won the 2024 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League kt wiz 14-3 at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon at 2 p.m. on the 31st.
With this victory, Hanwha had seven consecutive wins (one loss) for this season, maintaining its lone lead position. The KT Wiz, which has lost three games in a row, only had seven losses (one win) for this season. 스포츠토토핫
Hanwha's left-hander Hwang Joon-seo, who made his debut on the day, threw 73 pitches in five innings, allowing one run and three hits (one homer) and two outs and striking out five, to win his first professional victory. In the batting line-up, Moon Hyun-bin, who played as the first batter and center fielder, fired up four hits, four RBIs and three runs in five at-bats.
KT Wiz starter Wes Benjamin threw 72 pitches in three innings, greatly slumping with 11 runs and 11 hits (two homers) and four strikeouts with one out and four strikeouts, taking his first loss of the season.
Hanwha was the first team to gain the upper hand on the day. In the bottom of the second inning, leadoff hitter Ahn Chi-hong opened the scoring with a right-handed double. Kim Tae-yeon and Lim Jong-chan stepped down with poor batting but continued their chances with balls that hit Choi Jae-hoon's body.
Hanwha scored the first point through Lee Do-yoon's timely two-base hit. Then, Moon Hyun-bin's timely two-base hit made the team run to 3-0.
Hanwha didn't hesitate and pushed ahead with the kt wiz. The follow-up batter Jonathan Peraza's big hit made it to the first and second bases with two outs, and Chae Eun-seong made a timely RBI to run away. Then, the fourth batter, Noh Si-hwan, pulled a cutter toward Benjamin's body with two outs and runners on the first and third bases, and hit a three-run homer over the left wall, instantly widening the gap.
Hanwha's destructive offense continued. In the bottom of the third inning, leadoff hitter Kim Tae-yeon opened the door with a double to the left field. Im Jong-chan and Choi Jae-hoon tried to overcome regret by making poor hits, but consecutive timely RBI singles by Lee Do-yoon and Moon Hyun-bin dampened the KT Wiz's will to chase.Then, Peraza's two-run shot, which devastated the KT Wiz mound.
The KT Wiz counterattacked with leadoff hitter Moon Sang-chul's solo shot to the left in the top of the fourth inning. Moon pulled a high fastball in the middle of Hwang Joon-seo's drive to hit a 135-meter mega home run.
Hanwha sealed its victory with a timely RBI single by Moon Hyun-bin and pinch hitter Choi In-ho in the top of the seventh inning. Then, Lim Jong-chan's timely RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning complete all the starters' hits.
The KT Wiz chased after Moon Sang-cheol with one out and a runner on the first base in the top of the ninth inning, but failed to reverse the game. In the end, the game ended with Hanwha's landslide victory.