"Flowers in despair." Hanwha's hope for the fourth consecutive loss, Lee Won-seok of the "NEW leadoff" with a hard hit of 500 [the site of a war]

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The Hanwha Eagles became the first team in KBO history to give up 18 pitches in a game. Although the batting lineup's performance, which scored five points prior to the shocking upset loss, is buried, Lee Won-seok (27)'s performance is a welcome boon for Hanwha, which is in a long-term race.

In five games this season, Lee Won-seok has a batting average of 0.533 (8 hits in 15 at-bats), three RBIs and two runs, a on-base percentage of 0.533, a slugging percentage of 0.667 and an on-base percentage of 1.200. He also has a batting average of 0.750.

Ahead of the season, rookie Oh Jae-won (19), who was selected in the first round, was selected as the main interceptor and received exhibition games and early opportunities in the season, but when he opened the lid, he suffered a 0.208 batting average and made two errors in his strength of defense.

Manager Kim Kyung-moon recalled Lee Won-seok. Lee Won-seok, who started the season in the Futures League, was called up on the 7th and began playing as the first batter center fielder against the KIA Tigers on the 11th.

He is playing hardball every day. Lee Won-seok, who had four hits in 10 at-bats in the two games against KIA, played four hits in five at-bats, one stolen base, and one RBI and one run scored against the Samsung Lions the previous day.

Lee Won-seok, who graduated from Chungam High School, wore a Hanwha uniform as the 34th overall pick in the second four rounds in the 2018 rookie draft. Despite being evaluated as a fast-footed center fielder resource, he did not have many opportunities due to his disappointing contact ability, as his career batting average was only in the 10% range. Last year, he played 129 games, the most since his debut, but his batting average was only 0.203.

On this day, Lee Won-seok, who was in charge of the leadoff again, stepped down at the bottom of the first inning with a fly ball to the first base, but he flew much higher after that. In the third inning, he hit a left-handed hit with two outs to draw fire, and ran home through the second and third bases when Jonathan Peraza doubled. It was a baserunning play with fast feet and concentration.

In the fourth inning, he made an infield hit with one out and runners on the first and second bases to create a full base opportunity, and then Peraza, who appeared, hit a sacrifice fly to right field to lay the groundwork for additional points.

In the sixth inning, Shim Woo-joon, who stole a base following a walk, was brought home with a heavy hit, and in the eighth inning, he got on base with an infield hit once again to complete his first four-hit game. The previous record was three hits against the Changwon NC Dinos on September 7, 2021.

Coach Kim Kyung-moon met with reporters ahead of the home game against Samsung at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 15th and said, "There is a good player named Oh Jae-won now, so I understand that he made a lot of effort after missing the main player at first," adding, "So I think I'm not missing it when the opportunity comes."

Lee Won-seok will continue to play Hanwha's leadoff on this day. Hanwha, which has lost four consecutive games, consisted of Lee Won-seok (center fielder), Jonathan Ferraza (right fielder), Moon Hyun-bin (left fielder), 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). Wilkel Hernandez will be the starting pitcher.

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