Director Kim Kyung-moon said, "Looking for a white alternative foreigner, Roh Si-hwan will be heartbroken." [the site of a war]

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"It must have been a bad day."

Kim Kyung-moon (68), head coach of the Hanwha Eagles, expressed his calm and determined feelings about the bad news that came from the beginning of the season.

Coach Kim told reporters ahead of the KBO League KT Wiz game at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 1st, "Yesterday (March 31), I saw Ponce (32, former Hanwha, current Toronto) get hurt from the morning, and some bad things happened."

Hanwha lost 4-9 against KT the previous day amid a series of unfavorable factors such as the injury of foreign starter White (27), headshot Red Card by Um Sang-baek (30) and wild pitches and errors by Noh Si-hwan (26), and lost for the first time since the opening two consecutive games.

White, who was injured while defending in the top of the third inning, was removed from the first-team entry after being diagnosed with a ruptured left hamstring muscle as a result of MRI treatment. Rehabilitation will take more than six weeks, Hanwha said.

Coach Kim said, "I understand that the club is looking for an alternative foreign player. Until that's decided, the coach has to endure well as a player he has," he said.

Um Sang-baek, who was Red Card for pitching a head shot to KT Huh Kyung-min in the top of the fifth inning the previous day, was also excluded from the entry due to pain in his right elbow during training. Coach Kim said, "(The head shot) was not his fault, it was unfortunate," adding, "The most upsetting thing (because of the injury) is him." I just hope he gets better soon and comes back," he said.

Noh Si-hwan struck out all five at-bats in the previous day's game, including four scoring rights. It is the highest strikeout tie in a KBO game ever.

Manager Kim, who put Noh Si-hwan on the starting list as the fourth batter and third baseman, said, "Wouldn't he be very heartbroken?" I hope he recovers a little today," he said.

Meanwhile, Hanwha canceled White, Um Sang-baek, Kang Jae-min and Choi Yoo-bin and registered starting pitchers Ryu Hyun-jin, Park Sang-won, Park Jae-kyu and Kang Kyung-woo in the first team.

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