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Hanwha announced its starting lineup ahead of a match against KT that will take place at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on Monday. On the day, Hanwha arranged the batting order in the order of Lee Jin-young (right fielder), Peraza (left fielder), Noh Si-hwan (third baseman), Chae Eun-sung (first baseman), Kim Tae-yeon (second baseman), Ahn Chi-hong (designated hitter), Kim Kang-min (center fielder), Lee Jae-won (possession fielder) and Hwang Young-mook (striker). Veteran players Kim Kang-min and Lee Jae-won have entered the starting lineup.
Kim Kang-min sometimes started on the day of Ryu Hyun-jin's appearance in order to strengthen his defense, and this is interpreted as a choice in consideration of the fact that the opponent's starter was left-hander Wes Benjamin. Lee Jae-won, who is in the same team with Ryu Hyun-jin, was also chosen by Hanwha manager Choi Won-ho in terms of breathing. Neither player has a very good batting average this season, but it can be interpreted that he focused a little more on defense than offense as it was Ryu Hyun-jin's game.
The cancellation of Choi Jae-hoon's injury was also affected. Choi, who has been sidelined recently, will not play after the match against Samsung on Tuesday. He continued to recover and watch developments, but ended up on the injured list on Wednesday due to his limited impact on his batting performance. Choi Won-ho explains that it will be applied retroactively and will be able to register for the first team on Wednesday next week. "We cannot continue to play with the three catcher system," Choi said, expressing his plan to disembark one of Lee Jae-won and Park Sang-eon, who are currently in the first team entry, to the second team after Choi Jae-hoon returns. On the day, Park explained that he would deploy Lee Jae-won first due to his lack of teamwork with Ryu Hyun-jin, and use Lee Jae-won as the starting catcher until Saturday, and then deploy a catcher according to the pitcher's schedule.
Ryu is set to win his 100th game. He returned to the Hanwha Eagles in a surprise move ahead of this season after finishing his Major League career, and posted one win and two losses with a 5.33 ERA in five games this season. Overall, his performance fell short of expectations, but he performed fairly well in his last two appearances. Ryu, who garnered his 99th KBO League victory with eight strikeouts and no runs in six innings at the match against Doosan Bears in Jamsil on April 11, allowed three runs in seven innings for the first time since his return to the KBO League at the match against NC Dinosaurs in Changwon on April 17. It was a waste of the win in which a single homerun flew.
Ryu once had a showdown with the KT Wiz. At the match against Daejeon on March 29, he had eight hits in six innings, but struck out nine with no four outs and allowed two runs. He did not become a winning pitcher at the time.
Meanwhile, Choi also explained about right-hander Han Seung-hyuk's lackluster performance recently. Early in the season, Han threw a powerful fastball in the mid-150km/h range, emerging as a savior for the Hanwha bullpen. He had relatively stabilized his fastball and control, which raised high expectations. However, he collapsed in succession in his two recent appearances, failing to raise his head along with the Hanwha Eagles' defeat. The game was not good enough for him as he allowed three walks and three walks in one ⅓ inning against Samsung in Daejeon on April 21, and three walks and three runs in two ⅔ innings against KT in Suwon on April 23. At the match against KT in Suwon on April 23, he also showed problems with his ball power, as his maximum fastball speed also dropped to the early 150km range. He seems to be showing signs of abnormalities.
Manager Choi said, "First of all, Seung-hyuk needs to have a little ball power to be able to be confident now. I think he should slowly do so, giving him time to recover his ball power while properly resting, and spending some time in a relaxed situation again. That's how I'm talking with the pitching coach," he said. "Now, ball-type pitchers lose confidence when their ball power drops." Choi put Lee Min-woo, Jang Si-hwan and Han Seung-hyuk in front of the existing closing pitcher Joo Hyun-sang, but on the day, he expressed his intention to appoint Park Sang-won instead of Han Seung-hyuk.
As for Moon Dong-ju, who left a disappointing result with seven hits and five runs (four earned runs) in four ⅔ innings in the previous day's start, he said, "If it had been like that, it would have collapsed in the first inning, but he still managed to secure two runs in the crisis of full base with no outs. I kept throwing yesterday even in bad weather," and he comforted by saying, "But I didn't do anything wrong with my ball control."
As for Kim Seo-hyun, who is in the second division, he said, "It's not a lot of games, but I'm still receiving reports that I'm pitching well with a good balance right now," adding, "For now, if there's a player who continues like that and thinks of a replacement from this side (first division), Seo-hyun can come up." Rookie Hwang Joon-seo, who will take the position of Kim Min-woo, who has been out of elbow surgery, said he will gradually take the process of raising the number of pitches, and predicted that his next appearance will be about 85 pitches.
Meanwhile, KT Wiz, which is up against Ryu, has set the batting order at the order of Cheonseong-ho (second baseman), Kang Baek-ho (designated hitter), Rohas (left fielder), Moon Sang-cheol (first baseman), Jang Seong-woo (catcher), Hwang Jae-gyun (third baseman), Cho Yong-ho (right fielder), Ahn Chi-young (center fielder) and Kim Sang-soo (striker). Wes Benjamin is starting pitcher. He has had two wins and one loss with a 5.46 ERA in five games this season. He has had quality starts in all three recent games, but lost 11 hits and 11 runs in three innings at the match against Hanwha on March 31. Attention is focusing on whether he will be able to stage a revenge match.
BY: 스포츠토토핫