The overall first-round draft pick, Jun-seo Hwang (Hanwha Eagles), could not overcome the sixth inning crisis and collapsed.

The promising left-handed pitcher from the Hanwha Eagles, Jun-seo Hwang, took the mound as a starter in a home game against the SSG Landers in the 2025 Mediheal KBO Futures League at Seosan Stadium on the 24th, recording 5⅔ innings pitched, 6 hits allowed, 5 walks, 4 strikeouts, and 4 earned runs (3 unearned runs).

At the start of the game, he sent lead-off batter Hyeon-seung Jeong back with a looking Samjin after six pitches. He then gave up a hit to Dae-in Hong but got Ji-hwan Park to pop out to second base on the second pitch and struck out Su-yun Kim with a swinging Samjin to end the inning.

In the top of the second inning, he quickly added two outs by getting lead-off batter Jeong-beom Lee to pop out to left field and Kyu-min Kim to pop out to center field. Center fielder Yu-rogyeol caught a sizable hit from Kyu-min Kim in front of the center fence. He then allowed a full count walk to Chang-pyeong Kim and also issued a hit by pitch to Chan-hyung Kim, putting runners on first and second, but he got Jin Huh to pop out to left field, avoiding any runs.

Jun-seo Hwang allowed his first run in the top of the third inning while the game was tied 0-0. His concentration waned after two outs. He struck out lead-off batter Hyeon-seung Jeong with a swinging Samjin after a full count and got Dae-in Hong to ground out to the pitcher, but in a crisis with runners on first and second due to Ji-hwan Park's single to left and Su-yun Kim's walk, he gave up a one-run single to Jeong-beom Lee.

Jun-seo Hwang regained his stability in the top of the fourth inning, getting Chang-pyeong Kim to pop out to right field, Chan-hyung Kim to pop out to right field foul, and Jin Huh to pop out to left field. It was a clean three-up, three-down inning.

In the top of the fifth inning, trailing 0-1, he faced Dae-in Hong after one out and gave up a single to right field, but he ended the inning by getting Ji-hwan Park to hit into a double play that went from third base to second base to first base.

Jun-seo Hwang stepped onto the mound in the top of the sixth inning, still trailing 0-1, and allowed a double to lead-off batter Su-yun Kim. Center fielder Yu-rogyeol failed to track the descending ball, allowing the hit to roll to the warning track, and Kim took advantage of this to advance to third base.

After getting Jeong-beom Lee out with a looking Samjin, Jun-seo Hwang allowed a sacrifice fly to left field from Kyu-min Kim and gave up a run. Following a walk to Chang-pyeong Kim and a stolen base to second, the crisis continued with a walk to Chan-hyung Kim, and pitching coach Jeong-jin Park came to the mound to replace him with Gyu-yeon Kim. Jun-seo Hwang's pitch count was exactly 100.

Gyu-yeon Kim issued a walk to Jin Huh, putting him in a bases-loaded crisis. He then faced Hyeon-seung Jeong and allowed a two-run single that barely went over the second baseman's glove, resulting in both of Jun-seo Hwang's inherited runners crossing home plate.

Jun-seo Hwang, who graduated from Jangchung High School, was selected as the overall first pick in the 2024 KBO rookie draft, experienced the high wall of the first team with a season record of 36 games, 2 wins, 8 losses, 1 hold, and an earned run average of 5.38 in his first year.

Now in his second year, Jun-seo Hwang has spent over a month training in the Futures League. He became the losing pitcher in his most recent outing on the 18th against the KT Wiz, allowing 6 earned runs (5 unearned runs) in 6 innings, and faced SSG again with an unstable pitching performance.

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