"Base of Trust" manager Kim Kyung-moon's trust has been broken, Hanwha in crisis that is shaking even the defense of "minimum error → maximum error" in a year

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Last year's strong defense turned into a disturbing factor. There was no particular change. It is an indicator of how shaken the Hanwha Eagles are.

Hanwha lost 3-9 in the home game of the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League against the KIA Tigers at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 12th.

Since the opening, he has been showing a rollercoaster-like trend with two consecutive wins, three consecutive losses, two consecutive losses, two consecutive losses, and three consecutive losses. There are mixed feelings of joy and sorrow depending on the series.

He could not laugh in the three consecutive games against KIA. In both of the previous two games, they suffered disappointing losses by one point. In particular, the error was painful. In the game on the 10th, Noh Si-hwan sent out the leadoff batter in the fourth inning due to a throwing error, and was later hit by Na Sung-bum with a two-run shot. It did not lead to a run, but he also committed a throwing error once again in the sixth inning.

In the game on the 11th, Jung Woo-joo took the mound, but he started nervously with an infield hit, and it was crucial to let the runner in with a wild pitch from the first and third bases with no outs. I tried to change the pitcher, but after that, I lost four more points and ended up losing.

On the 12th, the game was full of errors that shook the foundation of "Base of Trust," which symbolizes head coach Kim Kyung-moon. Ha's error in the second inning was just the beginning.

Chae Eun-sung made an error in the bottom of the fifth inning when he struck out with the bases loaded with two outs while being dragged 2-4. In the sixth inning, Chae Eun-sung failed to catch Han Jun-su's ball, which popped out greatly with one out and second base, allowing the first batter to get on base. It was not recorded as an error. He then failed to catch the ball at once when Park Jae-hyun hit an ordinary ground ball to the first base with one out and second base, and later failed to prevent the runner who ran third base from digging home due to a clumsy throw. He made two errors in an instant.

In the end, head coach Kim Kyung-moon immediately replaced captain Chae Eun-sung, who always showed constant trust, with Kim Tae-yeon. It was a reprimand replacement that seemed to warn that such a scene should never come out again.

fail to reverse the tide. He lost 3-9 in the seventh inning by giving up three more points and one more point in the ninth inning, and the team lost three consecutive games.

Last year, Hanwha, which advanced to the Korean Series for the first time in 19 years, was the most salty team among the 10 clubs with 86 errors.

However, even at the beginning of the season, it has become the team with the most unstable defense with 16 errors this season.

The team's ERA is 6.41, falling from first place last year to the bottom. With the league's best one-two punch gone to the Major League and losing several key must-win teams, it is difficult to find a solution as the defense is shaken.

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