Ryu Hyun-jin's strong pitching Hanwha sweeps Doosan's 3-game series for the first time in 19 years, takes the lead for the first time in 13 years
Ryu Hyun-jin's strong pitching Hanwha sweeps Doosan's 3-game series for the first time in 19 years, takes the lead for the first time in 13 years
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The Hanwha Eagles swept the three-game series against the Doosan Bears for the first time in 19 years.
They also enjoyed the joy of securing an advantage in the season match against Doosan for the first time in 13 years.
Hanwha defeated Doosan 3-1 in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League away game held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 25th.
Hanwha, who defeated Doosan 7-4 on the 23rd and 7-6 on the 24th, won again today to sweep the three-game weekend series.
It has been 19 years since Hanwha swept Doosan in three consecutive games between June 4 and 6, 2005.
Kim Kyung-moon, the current manager of Hanwha, was the manager of Doosan in 2005.
Hanwha has secured its 9th win (6 losses) against Doosan this season, confirming its 'season head-to-head record advantage' with the final match remaining.
It is the first time in 13 years since 2011 (10 wins, 9 losses) that Hanwha has gained an advantage over Doosan in a season matchup.
Although they faced each other in 2018 with an 8-8 record, Hanwha did not have more wins against Doosan between 2012 and 2023.
The one who completed the '3-game sweep' was the returning monster pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin.
Ryu Hyun-jin pitched 7 innings on this day, allowing 5 hits and 1 run, and earned his 8th win (7 losses) of the season.
Ryu Hyun-jin, who returned to Hanwha this year after playing in the 스포츠 American Major League, recorded 2 wins and an ERA of 0.47 (3 runs, 1 earned run in 19 innings) in 3 matches against Doosan without a loss.
Ryu Hyun-jin gave up a game-tying solo home run to Kim Jae-hwan in the bottom of the fourth inning with the score 1-0, but he wisely overcame the crisis and stayed on the mound until the seventh inning.
Ryu Hyun-jin, who got Jared Young to fly out to second base and Yang Seok-hwan to ground out to third base in the first inning with one out and a runner on second base due to an error, allowed a double to left field to Heo Gyeong-min with two outs in the second inning, but prevented a run by getting Kim Ki-yeon to ground out to third base.
In the bottom of the 6th inning, with runners on 1st and 2nd base and 1 out, 3rd baseman Noh Si-hwan turned a quick hit by Yang Seok-hwan into a double play to help Ryu Hyun-jin.
The highlight was the bottom of the 7th.
In the bottom of the 7th inning, with Hanwha leading 2-1, Ryu Hyun-jin allowed a single to Kang Seung-ho to third base and a left-field hit to Kim Ki-yeon, putting runners on 1st and 2nd base with 2 outs.
Doosan took out the 'pinch hitter Yang Eui-ji card' that it had been saving.
Ryu Hyun-jin threw a 148 km/h fastball with a 2-2 strike count, but Yang Eui-ji fouled it out, and then dropped a 138 km/h cut fastball low to draw a swing and a miss.