The Hanwha Eagles took the first game of a doubleheader

The Hanwha Eagles took the first game of a doubleheader from the Kia Tigers in a hard-fought battle.

Hanwha won the first game of a doubleheader against KIA 9-8 on Wednesday at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju. Starter Ryu Hyun-jin, who had allowed just one home run in 14 games and 80 innings this season, was hit by three home runs in five innings of work, but Kim Tae-yeon hit a solo shot to left in the top of the ninth inning with the score tied at 8-8 to win the game. With the win, Hanwha improved to 33-2 and 39-39 on the season. Na Sung-beom contributed five hits, including a tying triple and game-winning double, and Kim Do-young and Choi Hyung-woo hit back-to-back home runs for Kia, but the team was unable to capitalize on a ninth-inning blast from closer Jung Hae-young. Kia’s season record now stands at 44 wins, 1 loss and 30 draws.

The early momentum was in Hanwha’s favor. In the top of the second inning, after a walk to Chae Eun-sung, a single to left by Kim Tae-yeon, and a wild pitch by Choi Jae-hoon, Lee Do-yoon led off the inning with a sacrifice fly to left field. 스포츠토토 With runners on first and second, Lee Won-seok hit a two-run double to right field to make it 2-0.

Hanwha extended its lead to 5-0 in the top of the third inning when Chae Eun-sung hit a three-run homer to right center off Hwang Dong-ha with runners on first and second after a walk to Noh Si-hwan and a single to left by Ahn Chi-hong.

The game seemed to be tilting in Hanwha’s favor, but KIA used its home run arsenal to tie the game.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, leadoff hitter Kim Do-young hit a solo shot to left center to tie the game at 20-20. In the next at-bat, Choi Hyung-woo took advantage of a fastball from Ryu Hyun-jin and connected on a solo shot to left-center field to extend the lead to two runs.

In the bottom of the fifth inning, KIA finally tied the game. Socrates walked and Kim Do-young singled to right-center to put runners on first and second, and Na Sung-beom took advantage of Ryu Hyun-jin’s throwing error to tie the game at 5-5 with a three-run shot to left. Ryu then got two outs to complete the fifth inning, but was pulled for the no-decision.

With both bullpens in action, the game came back to life in the seventh inning.

Hanwha loaded the bases in the top of the seventh with Peraza’s double to left-center, followed by Ahn Chi-hong’s walk and Chae Eun-sung’s single up the middle, and Kim Tae-yeon drew a bases-loaded walk to regain the lead at 6-5. In the bottom of the seventh inning, however, Kia took advantage of a Socrates walk and Kim Do-young’s single to left field to put runners on first and second with no outs and back-to-back RBI singles by Choi Hyung-woo and Na Sung-beom to make it 8-6. Kia sent Pil-Seung-jo Jeon to the mound in the top of the eighth, but Hanwha answered with a run on a triple by Lee Won-seop and an RBI single by Jang Jin-hyeok, and then tied the game at 8-8 when Noh Si-hwan drove in the tying run with a two-out RBI single after Peraza walked.

In the bottom of the eighth inning,

Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon decided to bring in closer Joo Hyun-sang early after Kim Bum-soo gave up a leadoff single to Lee Chang-jin and struck out Hong Jong-pyo. The move paid off, as Joo retired the next two batters to keep the game tied.

In the top of the ninth inning. Hanwha regained the lead when Kim Tae-yeon hit a solo shot to left field off Kia closer Jung Hae-young. 메이저사이트 In the bottom of the ninth, Joo Hyun-sang returned to the mound and pitched a scoreless inning against the Kia cleanup trio to end the first game of the doubleheader with a one-run victory for Hanwha.