"How can there be such a free victory?" Samsung beat Hanwha, which self-destructed '18 dunes' to win 4 consecutive games → leap to second place alone [Daejeon site review]

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The Samsung Lions have won four consecutive games. The opposing pitching staff self-destructed, allowed 18 walks, saving power and winning a thrilling come-from-behind victory.

Samsung beat the Hanwha Eagles 6-5 in an away game of the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 14th.

Samsung, which has won four consecutive games, jumped one place to second place alone with nine wins, four losses and one draw. Hanwha, which has lost four consecutive games, fell to seventh place alone with six wins and eight losses.

On this day, the 17,000 stands at Hanwha Life Ball Park were full. Hanwha continued to sell out for nine consecutive games since the opening, but Hanwha could not laugh.

While Noh Si-hwan, who was in a slump, was notified of the second division, Hanwha formed a lineup of Lee Won-seok (center fielder), Jonathan Ferraza (right wing), Moon Hyun-bin (left wing), Kang Baek-ho (designated hitter), Chae Eun-sung (first baseman), Ha Joo-seok (second baseman), Lee Do-yoon (third baseman), Choi Jae-hoon (catcher), and Shim Woo-jun (striker). The starting pitcher is Moon Dong-ju.

Samsung made the starting lineup in the order of Park Seung-gyu (right wing), Kim Ji-chan (center fielder), Choi Hyung-woo (designated hitter), Lewin Diaz (first baseman), Ryu Ji-hyuk (second baseman), Jeon Byung-woo (third baseman), Kang Min-ho (catcher), Lee Sung-kyu (left wing) and Lee Jae-hyun (striker). Choi Won-tae started the game.

During the three-game losing streak, the defense made excessive errors and the bullpen collapsed. He took two one-point losses. To make matters worse, Noh Si-hwan was out after being notified of his second leg the day before, but the players' concentration was brighter than ever.

Starter Moon Dong-ju cheered up. He pitched 102 pitches in five innings, giving up six hits and five outs, striking out six. Although there were not a few hits and walks, he overcame the crisis with bold pitches at every moment of the crisis.

Even though he had two outs in the top of the first inning, he hit Choi Hyung-woo with a pitch that hit his body and was hit by Diaz and was on the verge of second and third bases. However, Moon Dong-ju lured Ryu Ji-hyuk with a fork ball and erased the run crisis with a ground ball to the first base.

In the fifth inning, he walked Park Seung-kyu and Kim Ji-chan with one out, walked Choi Hyung-woo again, causing a full base crisis, but threw an outside fork ball to Diaz to induce a double play, continuing his scoreless pitch.

The batters also helped. Hanwha, which scored the first run with consecutive hits by Lee Won-seok and Peraza with two outs in the third inning, made it 2-0 with Kang Baek-ho's right-handed hit following Moon Hyun-bin's walk.

In the fourth inning, Shim Woo-joon scored an additional point with a surprise bunt that caught him off guard in the first and third base opportunities made by consecutive hits by Lee Do-yoon and Choi Jae-hoon with one out. After Lee Won-seok's infield hit to second base, Peraza hit a sacrifice fly to right field with perfect team batting and ran away with one more point.

Moon Dong-ju, who also took the mound in the sixth inning, was shaken by consecutive hits by Ryu Ji-hyuk and Jeon Byung-woo, and Kim Jong-soo took over the ball. Although he took the mound in a difficult situation with no outs and runners on the first and second bases, he struck out Kang Min-ho with a swing and miss, and even after walking Lee Sung-kyu, he induced pinch hitter Yang Woo-hyun to hit a grounder to catch a leading runner at home, followed by Park Seung-gyu with a grounder to shortstop to maintain a four-run lead.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, the batters made the pitchers' shoulders light. Leading hitter Shim Woo-joon walked to get on base, stole second base, and dug home when Lee Won-seok had a heavy hit.

Park Sang-won, who took the mound in the top of the seventh inning, was shaken, and even Lee Min-woo gave up a walk, and Jung Woo-joo took the mound in a full base crisis with no outs. Ryu Ji-hyuk allowed a walk and gave up one run to push away, but that was the end of the run. He induced Jeon Byung-woo to hit a ground ball to the third base, inducing a double play to the catcher-1 and turning Kang Min-ho into a fly ball to center field to end the inning.

We had a moment of crisis in the top of the eighth inning. Lee Sang-kyu allowed a walk to Lee Sung-kyu, and Cho Dong-wook, who took the mound afterwards, walked Kim Ji-chan after taking two outs, and closer Kim Seo-hyun took the mound for a four-out save. After a 10-pitch game with Diaz, he eventually allowed a walk. He allowed a straight walk against Ryu Ji-hyuk, who has the best batting sense in Samsung, in a situation where a single grand slam could lead to a reversal.

Now, one single hit could tie the game, and Jeon Byung-woo committed a wild pitch at the batter's box and was chased to the bottom of his chin by one point. However, he did not allow Jeon to tie the game by turning Jeon Byung-woo to a ground ball to shortstop.

Hanwha, which missed the opportunity to run away with the bases loaded with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning, is once again in crisis. Kim Seo-hyun, who also took the mound in the ninth inning, was hit by leadoff hitter Park Se-hyuk and gave up Lee Sung-kyu's sacrifice bunt, then walked straight to Kim Jae-sang and gave up a hit ball to Park Seung-gyu, putting him on the verge of loading the bases with one out. He induced Kim Ji-chan to hit a ground ball to the second base and erased the run through a home game, but Choi Hyung-woo eventually allowed a 5-5 tie with a walk to push once again. Hanwha's bench, which had remained steadfast, changed the pitcher to Hwang Joon-seo only after Kim Seo-hyun once again allowed a turnaround with a walk, but it was already a missed time.

Samsung took the mound in the bottom of the ninth inning with closer Kim Jae-yoon and finished with three outs to win. On this day alone, Samsung recorded 18 pitches, setting a new team record of four pitches. The previous record was 17 against the LG Twins in Jamsil on May 5, 1990. Samsung's previous record was 16 against the SK Wyverns in Munhak on September 9, 2020.

Choi Hyung-woo hit a hit in the top of the seventh inning to complete 2,600 hits in his career. He set the second milestone in KBO history after Son Ah-seop, who was traded to the Doosan Bears on the same day.

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