In the bottom of the 9th inning with two outs, a 3-3 tie was broken by Noh Si-hwan's hit, an error, and Heo In-seo's go-ahead hit. Hanwha secured a tense 4-3 victory in extra innings, halting Doosan's five-game winning streak. [Jamsil On-Site Review]

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The Hanwha Eagles narrowly secured a victory they could have easily lost, winning after extra innings. The focused hitting by Noh Si-hwan and Heo In-seo brought the win to their team.

On the 12th, at Seoul Songpa-gu Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Hanwha defeated the Doosan Bears in a 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League away game, winning 4-3 after ten extra innings.

Hanwha maintained its sixth-place position with a record of 48 wins, 50 losses, and 3 ties. Meanwhile, fourth-place Doosan ended its winning streak at four games, finishing with 53 wins, 46 losses, and 4 ties, swapping positions with fifth-place KIA Tigers who won that day. Hanwha narrowed the gap with Doosan to 4.5 games.

Hanwha started with Lee Jin-young (center fielder), Yonatan Peraza (right fielder), Moon Hyun-bin (left fielder), Kang Baek-ho (designated hitter), Noh Si-hwan (third baseman), Chae Eun-seong (first baseman), Heo In-seo (catcher), Lee Do-yoon (second baseman), and Sim Woo-jun (shortstop). Owen White made the starting appearance.

Doosan countered with Kim Daehyun (right fielder), An Jae-seok (third baseman), Park Jun-soon (second baseman), Yang Ui-ji (catcher), Kim Min-seok (left fielder), Park Ji-hoon (first baseman), Yuni Severino (designated hitter), Park Chan-ho (shortstop), and Jung Soobin (center fielder). The starting pitcher was Wes Benjamin.

While Hanwha had been shut down by Kwak Bin's perfect pitching the previous day, they dominated Doosan's lineup today with Owen White on the mound.

In the bottom of the 1st inning with one out, White gave up a double to An Jae-seok but escaped a scoring crisis by getting Park Jun-soon out on a fly ball to right field and striking out Yang Ui-ji on a swing-and-miss.

In the 2nd inning, after allowing Kim Min-seok to reach base with an infield hit, White committed an error with one out and a runner on second but continued the scoreless streak by striking out Severino on a swing-and-miss and getting Park Chan-ho out on a ground ball to the pitcher.

White did not allow any runners to reach second base from the 3rd through the 6th innings. He appeared again in the 7th, giving up a hit to Park Ji-hoon with two outs. When Severino hit an infield single to center field, a fielding error by the center fielder allowed a run to score. White also gave up a hit to Park Chan-ho for additional runs, but the runner on second was thrown out at third base, escaping the crisis.

The lineup also supported White. Hanwha, who had been completely shut down by Benjamin through the 3rd inning, got a bases-loaded opportunity with one out in the 4th via a hit-by-pitch to Kang Baek-ho and walks from Noh Si-hwan and Heo In-seo. However, Lee Do-yoon's ground ball resulted in an out at home plate, and Sim Woo-jun flew out to center field, leaving some regret.

However, in the 5th inning with two outs and no runners on base, Moon Hyun-bin hit a slider from Benjamin that was moving toward the middle of the plate over the right-field wall for his 11th home run of the season, giving Hanwha an early lead against White.

Hanwha added more runs in the 6th. After Benjamin, who had thrown 100 pitches in the 5th, was relieved and Doosan brought in their bullpen, Hanwha's lineup gained momentum. Starting with Noh Si-hwan, they got hits up to Heo In-seo. Against reliever Lee Yong-chan, Lee Do-yoon hit a pitch on the body to load the bases. Sim Woo-jun's ground ball to shortstop scored an additional run. Hanwha then sent in Choi In-ho as a pinch hitter, who hit a sacrifice single with one RBI to extend the lead to 3-0.

Hanwha surrendered two runs in the 7th to trail 3-2, but Lee Sang-gyu held the line in the 8th. In the bottom of the 9th, Park Sang-won took the mound. After recording two outs, Kim Min-seok hit a single to left field and boldly attempted to steal second base. The initial call was out, but video review overturned it to safe. With just one single potentially resetting the game, Park Ji-hoon stepped up to the plate. Hanwha shifted its outfield inwards, but a perfectly placed hit rolled quickly down the right-field line, tying the game. Park Ji-hoon reached third base, but he was struck out by pinch hitter Kim In-tae, pushing the game into extra innings.

In the top of the 10th inning, leadoff batter Noh Si-hwan hit a single to center field against Doosan closer Lee Young-ha and reached scoring position via a sacrifice bunt from Kim Tae-yeon. Lee Young-ha's breaking ball resulted in a wild pitch, allowing Noh Si-hwan to reach third base. Heo In-seo then came to the plate. His one-bounce hit cleared the third baseman's glove, and Noh Si-hwan scored the go-ahead run. It was regrettable that no additional runs were scored despite Heo In-seo reaching second base.

However, this time they held on by one run. Park Chan-ho fielded a ball hit by Lee Min-woo in the bottom of the 10th inning, and shortstop Sim Woo-jun made a difficult catch on a tricky ball that dropped in a precise spot to record the first out. Against pinch hitter Oh Myung-jin, he was caught off guard with a forkball on the outer edge of the strike zone, resulting in a looking strikeout. Kim Daehyun, who had gone hitless in four at-bats that day, was retired on a ground ball by the shortstop, putting an end to the long contest.

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