"No hit in 10 at-bats → tied score + finish" Noh Si-hwan and Kang Baek-ho batting order, coach Kim Kyung-moon said, "Please throw more than 5 innings in Wang Yancheng." [the site of a war]

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Asian quarter pitcher Wang Yancheng (25) who impressed in the exhibition game will be the second starting pitcher for the Hanwha Eagles.

Wang Yancheng will start the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League home game against the Kiwoom Heroes at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon from 2 p.m. on the 29th.

Kang Baek-ho's walk-off hit won the game after an extended 11th inning over four hours and 17 minutes on the 28th, but he utilized as many as eight bullpen pitchers. Manager Kim Kyung-moon (68) said he hopes the starter will be responsible for the longest innings.

Manager Kim said, "Wang Yancheng hopes to throw more than five innings," adding, "I want to throw a little less pitches until the fifth inning and go into the sixth inning and then change it."

In the end, it was the batters who completed a dramatic victory, but manager Kim praised the bullpen's hard work. "I wanted to work hard and win the batting (before the game), but the batters played well," he said. "But there were a lot of young pitchers." There were pitchers who threw well in the element. I think you should praise such invisible parts as well. If these players have confidence, I think our team will only become stronger," he encouraged. He praised Cho Dong-wook (⅔ innings), Park Joon-young (⅔ innings), Kim Do-bin (⅔ innings), Kim Seo-hyun (1 inning), and Won Jong-hyuk (⅓ innings), who pitched scoreless.

Although he praised the batters' performance, Roh Si-hwan, who signed a multi-year contract for 11 years and 30.7 billion won in the offseason, and Kang Baek-ho, who was recruited as an FA for up to 10 years and 10 billion won in four years, were silent, so if he lost, he would have left a bitter aftertaste.

However, it was even more meaningful as they drove the victory with a tiebreaking hit and a walk-off hit in the last attack in the bottom of the 11th inning, respectively.

Head coach Kim Kyung-moon also said, "I want all the players to hit, but the players who have to hit should hit it," adding, "To win today, Woo-jun hit such a big home run, but it's dark even though he wins if he doesn't get hit at 4, 5, and 6. But everyone has a good RBI and a come-from-behind RBI, so I think it's a very good scene for the team and the player," he said with satisfaction.

Therefore, the batting order goes as it is without change. Oh Jae-won (center fielder), Jonathan Ferraza (right wing), Moon Hyun-bin (left wing), Noh Si-hwan (third baseman), Kang Baek-ho (designated hitter), Chae Eun-sung (first baseman), Ha Joo-seok (second baseman), Choi Jae-hoon (catcher), and Shim Woo-jun (striker).

Rookie Oh Jae-won played three hits from Debujeon, and Peraza and Moon Hyun-boo, who returned, also worked hard to set the table with three hits. Noh Si-hwan and Kang Baek-ho were sluggish, but they finished happily with hits that ended the game at the last minute, and Chae Eun-sung also said he would go without any change because he had two hits, including a home run, and even Shim Woo-joon, who hit a home run.

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