Hanwha was really good." Coach Lee Kang-chul, who praised the solid starting lineup, said, "Good starting team is not falling."

Hanwha was really good." Coach Lee Kang-chul, who praised the solid starting lineup, said, "Good starting team is not falling."

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KT Wiz manager Lee Kang-chul mentioned the Hanwha Eagles, who have built a solid starting lineup this season.

Ahead of the third game of the season against the KIA Tigers of the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League at Gwangju-KIA Champions Field on the 17th, manager Lee said, "There have been too many good foreign pitchers this year. Almost all of them are big league-class pitchers," adding, "We thought Hanwha would not fall if it had that kind of pitching power, but it slowly came up."온라인카지노

As of Tuesday, Hanwha has the fourth lowest ERA after the LG Twins (2.68), KT (2.71) and SSG Landers (3.50). Notably, Ryu Hyun-jin (2.54) and Cody Ponce (2.81) are playing their roles.

In the three consecutive games against the SSG Landers held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon from May 15 to 17, Hanwha achieved a series sweep by banking on its starting pitchers' good pitching. Ponce (one hit and three outs in seven innings, 12 strikeouts and no run) on April 15, Ryan Weiss (seven hits and one strikeout and two runs in six innings), and Ryu Hyun-jin (six hits and two strikeouts in five ⅓ innings, two strikeouts and two runs) all became winning pitchers. Hanwha, which has recently won four consecutive games, including the match against SSG, has achieved a 50% winning rate with 11 wins and 11 losses (0.500).

"Hanwha is good at bullpen sessions and starting pitchers as well. When I saw the Hanwha Eagles during the Okinawa spring camp, they started so well. I think the team that started well is definitely not out," Lee said. "Both of Hanwha's foreign pitchers record speeds of over 150km/h."

KT's starting lineup is not easy, either. The five players, including Enmanuel de Heissus, William Cuevas, Ko Young-pyo, So Hyung-joon and Oh Won-seok, are all faithfully performing their roles. However, the head coach believes that as many teams as well as Hanwha and KT have strengthened their starting lineup, there have been more close matches this season.

"Depending on the outcome of one game, the ranking may drop. I think we should not collapse at the beginning of the game," coach Lee said. "LG has accumulated wins to some extent, but I don't know what will happen to the rest of the teams. From our point of view, we are bleeding, but from our point of view, it will be fun for our fans, and I think the KBO League will continue to be successful. The gap between us (second place) and the lowest-ranked Kiwoom Heroes is only 4.5 games."

"With the exception of LG, no team scores more points in the early stages of the game. All 10 teams are eligible for the starting pitcher fight. Foreign pitchers are so good, and Korean starting pitchers have improved a lot," he said. "The bottom line is a bullpen fight in the second half of the game. I think the team with a good bullpen will be able to withstand it."