Hanwha Wang Yancheng, too bad. It's five dunes... "Yang Chang-seop's scoreless 4 innings + 15 hits exploded." Samsung laughed

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Hanwha Eagles' Asian quarter pitcher Wang Yancheng (25) expressed regret in his first appearance in an exhibition game.

Wang Yancheng started the opening game of the 2026 KBO exhibition game against the Samsung Lions at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 12th and threw 68 pitches in three innings, allowing two hits, five strikeouts, and three runs.

Wang Yan-cheng, who joined Hanwha's uniform through the Taiwan Professional Baseball (CPBL) and the Japanese Professional Baseball (NPB), drew attention as a competitive pitcher who also played for the Taiwanese national team.

He also pitched well in consecutive practice games in Okinawa, Japan, and raised expectations by pitching two scoreless innings against the Korean national baseball team, which is showing off its explosive power at the 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC).

Wang Yancheng, who met with Qu Chae-jin before leaving the Melbourne Spring Camp in Australia and said, "My goal is to win the Korean Series and fill 150 innings," had high expectations that he was not easily satisfied.

However, the pitch on the day was disappointing. It was even more painful because it shook itself so much that it couldn't find the problem properly.

At the beginning of the first inning, he drew a walk after a nine-pitch match with Kim Ji-chan at the beginning of the game, followed by a hit to Kim Sung-yoon. Is it because the start wasn't good. Wang Yancheng rarely caught control and even allowed Choi Hyung-woo to hit the ball.

Wang Yancheng, who caused the bases-loaded crisis with no outs, induced fourth batter Lewin Diaz to fly a fly ball to left field and exchanged one run and one out count. Kim Young-woong also struck out but allowed Lee Jae-hyun to walk again.

He struck out Ryu Ji-hyuk to end the first inning only after losing two more points due to Kang Min-ho's timely hit.

At the beginning of the second inning, he found some stability. Jeon Byung-woo was allowed to walk again, but he did not allow a run by striking out and hitting the next three batters. In the third inning, he started nervously by giving up a ball that hit Diaz, but induced Kim Young-woong to hit a double play and turned Lee Jae-hyun to right field fly ball to finish the pitch on the day.

Even after Wang Yancheng stepped down, the Hanwha mound did not easily find stability. Lee Sang-kyu, who took the mound, then allowed five hits and three runs in one inning, and Lee Min-woo and Kwon Min-gyu blocked the fourth and fifth innings well, but Kang Kyung-woo, who took the mound in the sixth inning, failed to get an out count, gave up four outs and a hit, allowed two runs, Kang Jae-min (⅓ innings) allowed one run, and Won Jong-hyuk (1 inning), who took the mound in the eighth inning, allowed three runs, revealing his anxiety.

In the lineup, rookie Oh Jae-won started as the first batter center fielder and produced a hit from his first at-bat, and Kang Baek-ho also reported his first at-bat hit, but eight hits were scattered and scored only three points.

On the other hand, Samsung's batters combined 15 hits and 10 walks to explode 12 points. Kim Sung-yoon led the lineup with three hits and two runs in four at-bats, Diaz two hits and one out and two RBIs in two at-bats, and Kang Min-ho two hits and two RBIs in three at-bats.

On the mound, Yang Chang-seop pitched 67 pitches in four innings and pitched two hits, three strikeouts, and no runs, becoming the winning pitcher. Yang Chang-seop, who joined Samsung as the second runner-up in the second round in 2018, has not been able to stand out much, showed signs of rebounding with 3 wins, 3 losses and 2 holds average ERA (ERA) of 3.43 last season, and raised expectations once again ahead of the season's opening.

Asian quarter pitcher Miya Yura took the mound in the sixth inning and allowed two outs, but he also struck out two and stopped one inning without a hit, and Kim Jae-yoon and Yuk Sun-yeop also blocked one inning neatly to lead Samsung to a 12-3 victory.

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