The Hanwha Eagles beat the Lotte Giants thanks to starting pitcher Ryan Weiss' good pitching to regain No. 2 position in the league. Park Se-woong, who started as Lotte's starter, failed to smile in Daejeon again this time.안전놀이터

Hanwha won 4-2 against Lotte in the regular season of the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 23rd.

Starting pitcher Weiss displayed outstanding pitching. Weiss had consecutive hits to Yoon Dong-hee and Victor Reyes in the top of the first inning, and gave up a solo shot to Yoo Kang-nam in the top of the second inning, marking a somewhat shaky start.

However, the highlights started from the third inning. From the top of the third inning to the top of the eighth inning, Weiss struck out all batters he played for six innings, tying Lotte's batters tightly. Weiss's fastball of up to 155 kilometers per hour and a high-angle sweeper, and Lotte's batters' bats penetrated the air without hesitation.

Hanwha hitters, who also had a hard time targeting the opponent team's starter Park Se-woong, immediately reversed the mood in the bottom of the fifth inning. Ha Joo-seok, a chancellor with one out and runners on the first and second bases made by Lee Jin-young and Lee Jae-won's hits, hit a timely hit to the left, bringing the game to square one. Esteban Floral took a walk and the bases were all filled, followed by a walk to Choi In-ho, who entered the batter's box, and succeeded in turning the tables.

Hanwha's batting lineup, which raised the mood, ran away with one point in the bottom of the sixth inning. The leadoff hitter Noh Si-hwan walked out with an opponent's error and Chae Eun-sung's hit ball. Lee Jin-young's ground ball forced the first baseman out of the second base, but Noh Si-hwan, who entered the third base at this time, scored a point as he dug into the home base while the next batter, Hwang Young-mook's ground ball, was handled.

Hanwha also created a chance to score against Park Se-woong, who came to the mound in the seventh inning, with Lee Jae-won walking and Floral drawing a double. After the Lotte mound was replaced by Song Jae-young, Hanwha widened the score to 4-1 as Lee Won-seok, who was out as a pinch runner on Choi In-ho's ground ball, homered.

Weiss, who displayed truly "perfect" pitching through the eighth inning, took the mound in the top of the ninth inning to achieve a complete victory. However, a missed pitch that he induced to leadoff hitter Jang Doo-sung led to a hit, and the Hanwha bench eventually put closer Kim Seo-hyun on the mound.

Kim Seo-hyun, who allowed a chase point by hitting Reyes and walking Na Seung-yeop, got a hit by Jeon Min-jae and struck out Ko Seung-min, who entered the next at-bat as a pinch hitter, swinging and securing the save.

Weiss threw 98 pitches during eight innings, securing 11 strikeouts. Kim Seo-hyun garnered his 15th save of the season, trailing Park Young-hyun (16 saves) of KT Wiz, who ranks first in saves, by one point.

In the batting lineup, Ha Joo-seok, who effectively targeted Park Se-woong, played two hits, one RBI and multi hits from three times at bat. Choi In-ho produced sacrifice hits and walks when necessary, and was responsible for two RBIs without a hit.

On the other hand, Lotte starter Park Se-woong failed to win in Daejeon again this time. Park, who had shown particularly weak performance with an ERA of 7.56 in 19 games against Hanwha until last year, won the starting pitcher's victory by allowing three runs in six innings in the match against Hanwha on April 24. It was the first win against Hanwha in 1,100 days since April 20, 2022.

However, Park Se-woong's two wins against Hanwha came from his home Sajik Stadium. In Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium, which Hanwha had used until last year, he started 10 games with an ERA of 9.00 and an POPS of 1.049. In addition, Park Se-woong continued to have bad memories in Daejeon as he was recorded as a losing pitcher in his first appearance at Daejeon New Stadium.