Ryu Hyun-jin, the ace pitcher of the Hanwha Eagles, pitched well without allowing any points for the first time in eight consecutive seasons, as he became the fifth pitcher to record 100 strikeouts, but failed to smile due to his team’s come-from-behind loss. This year’s pro baseball season continued to be a box office hit, surpassing 8 million spectators at least for the first time in its history.
Ryu started the home game against LG at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon on Sunday and pitched five innings of two hits, two walks and six strikeouts. He passed the mound in the top of the sixth inning with a 2-0 lead.
Ryu surpassed 100 strikeouts to 105 on the day. Ryu, who had 204 strikeouts in his debut season in 2006, had triple-digit strikeouts through 2012. After entering the Major League the following year, Ryu returned to the KBO league this year and continued his streak of more than 100 strikeouts.토토사이트
Ryu has been hit hard in the past two consecutive games. Since his debut against KT on April 31, Ryu has allowed six runs (five earned) in five innings with his 12 hits. He won his sixth game thanks to the help of the team’s batters, but lost his seventh game against Samsung on April 7, allowing 12 hits and seven runs in five innings.
It was a different day, however. Seemingly determined, Ryu silenced LG’s batters with his exquisite ball control. LG’s batters, including Austin Dean and Hong Chang-ki, were helplessly struck out by superb control over the ABS zone.
Ryu gave up a walk and scored a zero, before ending the inning with three strikeouts in the fourth inning. Notably, with no outs and runners on the first base in the fifth inning, Ryu got out of the woods by striking out Park Hae-min, Koo Bon-hyuk and Hong Chang-ki.
Ryu’s maximum speed was 149 kilometers. Ryu, who threw 87 pitches, lowered his ERA from 4.28 to 4.10.
Hanwha’s Peraza hit a one-run home run in the bottom of the first inning at a home game against LG on Tuesday
The batters also gained strength early on. In the bottom of the first inning, Jonathan Peraza hit left-hander Detrick N.S. with a one-run homer, and Chae Eun-seong’s timely hit gave the team a 2-0 lead.
However, the Hanwha bullpen failed to keep Ryu’s victory. Kim Kyu-yeon and Lee Sang-gyu took the mound in the top of the eighth inning, but allowed the game to be tied. With Hong Chang-ki’s walk and a sacrifice bunt, Austin hit a timely hit, and Moon Bo-kyung hit a double to the center with one out and the third base.
LG, which was in the mood, decided the winner in the top of the ninth inning. Park Hae-min gave Hanwha closer Joo Hyun-sang a chance to score with a double to right center, and Hong Chang-ki hit a timely hit to finish the game on the left. Hong led the team to victory with one hit, two walks and one RBI.
LG, which has won five consecutive games, maintained a four-game winning streak against No. 1 Kia, which beat Kiwoom 2-0. The ninth-ranked Hanwha Eagles has recently lost three consecutive games, which widened its gap with the eighth-ranked Lotte to one game.
Samsung Lions pitcher Lee Sung-kyu hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the first inning at a home game against KT on Wednesday, and is running around the ground amid the crowd’s support of some 15,000 spectators
Samsung defeated KT 7 to 2 at home in Daegu. The team maintained a 1.5-game winning streak against LG, which ranks second. KT, which ranks sixth, has lost three consecutive games, and has a 1.5-game losing streak against fifth-ranked SSG, which beat NC Dinos 2-0 on the day.
The game between Lotte and Doosan in Jamsil was canceled due to rain, but the game exceeded 8 million spectators (8,036,505). It exceeded 693 games in 2016 for the first time in 549 games, recording the minimum number of spectators at 8 million. It is the fifth time that the game has surpassed 8 million spectators after 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2023.