Hanwha Strives to Break 8-Game Losing Streak, Even Calling Up Residual Squad Coaches → 10 Wins for Wang Yencheng, Full Best Lineup [Suwon Field]

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The Hanwha Eagles are making every effort to break their eight-game losing streak. To boost the players' morale, they even recalled coaches from the residual squad to the first division team.

Kim Kyung-moon (68), Hanwha manager, said ahead of the match against KT Wiz held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 3rd: "Our players seem to have lost some spirit, so we called up Lee Jae-won (38) as a coach to inject energy into them."

Lee Jae-won, who transferred from SSG Landers to Hanwha in 2024, has served as the residual squad battery coach since this season. Although his official status is playing coach, he has no game appearances recorded this year. A Hanwha club official stated: "Coach Lee Jae-won has the ability to comfort players from the dugout and lift the atmosphere, so he will join the first division team starting today (the 3rd)."

Recently dropped to ninth place due to an eight-game losing streak, Hanwha will have Wang Yencheng (25), who holds the Asia quota spot, make his first start in 16 days today. With 10 wins (5 losses) this season, he leads the team in victories. Since appearing against KIA on August 18, he has been sidelined from the roster due to pneumonia symptoms and has been resting. Against KT, he recorded two wins without a loss in two games with an ERA of 3.60.

Manager Kim Kyung-moon said, "We expect Wang Yencheng's pitch count to be around 80," adding, "We hope the lineup delivers active hitting." He expressed his determination to end the losing streak.

For today's game, Hanwha set its starting lineup with top-tier players: Choi In-ho (center fielder), Peraza (right fielder), Moon Hyun-bin (left fielder), Kang Baek-ho (designated hitter), Noh Si-hwan (third baseman), Kim Tae-yeon (first baseman), Heo In-seo (catcher), Hwang Young-mok (second baseman), and Sim Woo-jun (shortstop).

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