"The game that Ryu Hyunjin turned over on the day he came out..." Hanwha's second-place turning point, 156km foreigners were sure

"The game that Ryu Hyunjin turned over on the day he came out..." Hanwha's second-place turning point, 156km foreigners were sure

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"If it's the turning point, the game that Ryu Hyun-jin turned over on the day he came out..."스포츠토토

Will there be another such twist in the reversal? Hanwha, which once struggled with the batting average of its team in the 100s and was at the bottom of the team's ranking, is now creating a typhoon, not a storm. On the 19th, Hanwha won NC with a 7-25 rain-cold game on its home turf in Daejeon, won six consecutive games, and "emerged" as the lone runner-up with 13 wins and 11 losses (winning rate .542).

When did the reversal story begin? Hanwha, which got off to a good start by winning the opening game, ended up in a quagmire of four consecutive losses, suffering from record-breaking poor batting. It was another four-game losing streak that awaited the team, when it secured two consecutive wins against the Kia Tigers. Even though the bat did not fit, it was inevitable that the bat did not fit so well.

Hanwha, which had already fallen to the bottom, was dragged 1-5 until the seventh inning against Samsung in Daegu on Saturday, and the nightmare of losing five consecutive games was gradually approaching. Ryu Hyun-jin came out as the starting pitcher on the day and held on until the fifth inning, but the batters remained silent.

But a twist happened. In the top of the 8th inning, Moon Hyun-bin exploded a solo home run over the right-center wall in the top of the 8th inning, and Hanwha, which followed one point, followed by Esteban Floral's double in the left-center and Lee Jin-young's two-run home run over the left.

Again, it was a difficult game. Hanwha, which gave up a 4-6 two-run lead after being hit by a solo homer to the left in the bottom of the eighth inning, seemed to be facing defeat as it was on the brink of two outs even in offense in the top of the ninth inning. However, Hanwha saved the spark that was going out when pinch hitter Lim Jong-chan picked up a walk, and Roh Si-hwan hit a hit to the left, gathering runners, and finally turning Moon Hyun-bin's three-run homer from behind to overturn the game 7-6 in the end.
Ryan Weiss, the 156km fireballer who is also wearing Hanwha's uniform this year, remembers this moment clearly. Weiss considers this game to be the turning point of the Hanwha Eagles. "There was a game where Ryu Hyun-jin came from behind in the 8th to 9th innings in an away game in Daegu," Weiss said. "I think this game was a turning point for us to revive our batting sense," he said.

If Hanwha had lost that game helplessly, it would still be in the bottom ranks. Of course, Hanwha suffered a perfect humiliating loss to Samsung starter Denny Reyes until the seventh inning in the match against Samsung in Daegu on the 6th, but was able to escape humiliation as Moon Hyun-bin hit a hit to the right in the top of the 8th inning, and also began to show signs of change at the match against Doosan Bears in Jamsil on the 8th by losing by 5-6 one point after a close game in the 11th inning.

Since then, the Hanwha Eagles has displayed remarkable performance of nine wins and one loss, causing a typhoon in the league. The mound has been solid enough to win six consecutive starts, and the batters have also revived, displaying extreme balance of pitching and hitting.

Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon persevered and said, "Our team's batting is not good right now. But it will explode someday." Players responded to the manager's belief, and now they continue to flap their wings for a new heyday.

One of the biggest reasons why the KBO League has been competing for all-time rankings since the beginning of the season is Hanwha's "great reversal." Perhaps if Hanwha successfully finishes this season in the future, there will be a moment to look back on Weiss's "Turning Point."