Hanwha's 'super-jackpot' is happening, but expectations for 'a whopping 14 pitches cut new ball → hit → two-run for one-man show' are growing even more. '18 hits big explosion', KIA Oh Sun-woo's 3 hits response

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Hanwha Eagles defeated the KIA Tigers with the powerful firepower of the explosive lineup and succeeded in winning two consecutive exhibition games.

Hanwha won 13-8 in the exhibition game (home) of the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League against KIA at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 20th.

Hanwha won 7-5 against KIA the previous day (19th) and then succeeded in winning two consecutive games. Hanwha's performance in the exhibition game was four wins and four losses. He is tied for fifth in the exhibition game standings with the Samsung Lions. Kia, on the other hand, has been mired in a four-game losing streak due to the pitching staff's turmoil. He ranked ninth in the exhibition game with two wins, one draw and five losses.

Hanwha formed the starting lineup in the order of Oh Jae-won (center fielder), Peraza (right fielder), Moon Hyun-bin (left fielder), Noh Si-hwan (third baseman), Kang Baek-ho (designated hitter), Chae Eun-sung (first baseman), Ha Joo-seok (second baseman), Choi Jae-hoon (captor), and Shim Woo-jun (striker). The starting pitcher was right-hander Moon Dong-ju.

In response, KIA made the starting lineup in the order of Castro (left-handed), Kim Ho-ryeong (center fielder), Kim Do-young (designated hitter), Na Sung-bum (right wing), Yoon Do-hyun (second baseman), Oh Sun-woo (first baseman), Dale (striker), Han Jun-su (catcher), and Park Min (third baseman). The starting pitcher was right-hander Kim Tae-hyung.

After showing strong firepower from the beginning, Hanwha broke down the KIA mound and won the game. At the bottom of the second inning, trailing 0-2, Hanwha completed a big inning in which they scored a large number of six runs, starting with leadoff hitter Noh Si-hwan. After successive timely hits by Chae Eun-sung and Ha Joo-seok, Oh Jae-won and Jonathan Peraza combined additional timely hits and KIA starter Kim Tae-hyung's wild pitches to run 6-2.

Hanwha's offensive did not stop. Hanwha, which added one run with Choi Jae-hoon's timely hit in the bottom of the third inning, made a 9-2 and 7-run difference in the bottom of the fourth inning when Peraza hit a 125-meter two-run home run over the right-center fence.

However, Hanwha left the mound early with starter Moon Dong-ju allowing two runs in two innings. Since then, the bullpen seemed to be solidifying the victory by suppressing the run. But the crisis came in the top of the eighth inning. Kang Kyung-woo and Kang Jae-min, who took the mound in relief, shook and gave up a large number of six points. 9-8, I was chased to a point.

However, Hanwha immediately showed its concentration again in the attack in the bottom of the eighth inning. Choi In-ho's timely double, Lee Do-yoon's sacrifice fly, and Hwang Young-mook's timely triple were combined to add four more points, completely breaking KIA's willingness to chase. At the top of the ninth inning, closer Kim Seo-hyun took the mound and showed off his strength to strike out three batters in a row, ending the game with a victory.

Hanwha starter Moon Dong-ju became the winning pitcher with four hits, no four outs, one strikeout and two runs (two earned) in two innings. The total number of pitches is 32. Lee Min-woo (two walks, three strikeouts and no-hit ball in one inning), Kwon Min-gyu (one hit and no run in one inning), Park Sang-won (one hit and one strikeout in one inning), Cho Dong-wook (one hit and no run in one inning), Won Jong-hyuk (one hit and no run in one inning), Kang Sung-woo (one hit and three walks in one ⅔ inning), Kang Jae-min (one hit and no run in one ⅓ inning), and Kim Seo-hyun (three strikeouts in one inning) pitched in succession.

In the lineup, which had 18 hits in long and short, Chae Eun-sung had three hits, and Oh Jae-won, Peraza and Choi In-ho played multi-hit, respectively. In particular, Peraza's performance was brilliant, with two hits and three RBIs in three at-bats, including home runs. Ferraza, who returned to Hanwha ahead of this season, proved his true value from the first inning of the day. Although he was struck out as a rookie, he played a full count game to 14 pitches, including 10 fouls. In the second inning, he hit a double-base hit directly over the height of the right field, went to second base, and was out after being caught on a KIA relay play. And in the fourth inning, he showed off his scary firepower by drawing a two-run arch over the middle fence.

On the other hand, KIA starter Kim Tae-hyung became a losing pitcher with six hits and two physical hits in two innings with four strikeouts and six runs (six earned) on balls. The total number of pitches is 64. Kim Ki-hoon (five hits, three strikeouts and three runs in two innings), Hong Min-gyu (three hits and one hit in two innings, two strikeouts and no runs on one body), Cho Sang-woo (one inning no hit, no run), and Kim Hyun-soo (four hits, one walk, four runs in one inning) took the mound in turn. In the nine-hit lineup, Oh Sun-woo performed well with three hits and two runs from five times at bat, while Kim Ho-ryeong, Kim Do-young, Kim Sun-bin, Park Jae-hyun, Han Jun-su and Park Min also hit one hit each.

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