"10K Overwhelmed" Hanwha Ryu Hyun-jin has been in 14 years since 2012... Park Sung-han also rang with 'highest age + minimum game 1,500K' → '40 at-bats without strikeouts.' [the scene of Incheon]

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Ryu Hyun-jin (39, Hanwha Eagles) was unable to overcome a single strikeout while he was at 40 at-bats since the opening. Ryu Hyun-jin pitched well for two consecutive games.

Ryu Hyun-jin started the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League away game against SSG Landers at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 7th and threw 93 pitches in 6 innings, allowing four hits, two walks, and 10 strikeouts.

Ryu Hyun-jin, who failed to secure victory due to bullpen difficulties even though he allowed two runs (one earned run) in five innings in the first game, once again stepped down from the mound after taking the winning requirements.

It started off in a good mood from the first inning. Ryu Hyun-jin, who took the mound with a one-run lead as the batters stepped up to support scoring, walked Park Sung-han, the first batter, but struck out Guillermo Herredia with three pitches.

Ryu Hyun-jin's 1,500th strikeout in the KBO League. It is the seventh record in KBO history. Ryu Hyun-jin, who has struck out 204 since his debut in 2006, achieved the Triple Crown as a pitcher, and won the MVP and Rookie of the Year at the same time, entered the Major League after 2012 Ning and played 11 seasons.

Ryu Hyun-jin, who returned to Hanwha at 17 billion won in eight years in 2024, recorded three-digit strikeouts for two consecutive years even at the age of his late 30s, and finally reached the 1,500 strikeouts mark on the day. It is the seventh KBO league record ever.

It is a milestone created at the beginning of the 10th season of the KBO League. In 2002, he beat Song Jin-woo (36 years, 5 months and 26 days at the time) to become the oldest (39 years and 13 days) and at the same time, surprisingly, he was listed as the main character who achieved the record with the least number of games. This is a great achievement in just 246 games, showing a big difference from Sun Dong-yeol (301 games) in 1994.

The next target was Jeong Min-cheol (1661), who was also a senior member of the team. In the bottom of the first inning, the fastball thrown to Choi Jeong was concentrated and he was hit by an upset two-run shot over the left fence, but he later struck out nine more without additional runs.

Ryu Hyun-jin, who struck out Ahn Sang-hyun and Kim Sung-wook in the second inning, allowed a walk after a 10-pitch match with Kim Jae-hwan with one out in the fourth inning and was on the verge of additional runs as he was doubled by Ko Myung-joon. However, he turned his Jihoon Choi to a straight hit to the first baseman and struck out a rookie and finished the inning without a run with a changeup caught at the bottom of the zone that froze Ahn Sang-hyun.

Ryu Hyun-jin, who also had a double in the fifth inning but finished without a run, left the most impressive scene of the day against SSG's central lineup, which led to Choi Jung, Kim Jae-hwan and Ko Myung-joon in the sixth inning. Choi Jung struck out swinging with a high cutter, Kim Jae-hwan had a low changeup, Ko Myung-joon had an outer cutter to strike out and KKK ended the inning.

With the team leading 4-2, he handed the ball over to Park Sang-won from the seventh inning and stepped down. Even in the cold weather, the maximum speed of the fastball reached 146 km/h. Sweeper also overwhelmed SSG's lineup by mixing 41 fastball balls, 18 change-up balls, and 13 cutters and curves.

Ryu Hyun-jin recorded double-digit strikeouts in the final match against the Nexen Heroes in the 2012 season, just before entering the Major League (one run with 12 strikeouts in 10 innings). If the scope is narrowed to regular innings, it was the first record in 13 years and 8 months since the game against the Lotte Giants (three runs with 10 strikeouts in 9 innings) on July 24, 2012. It was the first time in nearly seven years since the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates (two runs with 10 strikeouts in seven innings) on April 27, 2019, when he recorded a career high in the Major League.

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