Professional baseball player Hanwha Eagles' Ryan Weiss nearly achieved a shutout win but looks forward to the next opportunity.

Weiss started the game against the Kiwoom Heroes in the '2025 Shinhan Bank SOL Bank KBO League' held at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 11th, recording a victory with 8 innings, 1 hit, 2 walks, 9 strikeouts, and no earned runs.

Weiss, who is in his second season in the KBO League this year, has played 9 games (56⅓ innings) with a record of 6 wins, 1 loss, and an earned run average of 3.36. He is on a personal winning streak of 6 games, recording victories in his last 6 games. In this game, he threw only 93 pitches through the 8th inning, keeping the Kiwoom batting lineup scoreless. Although he had enough pitches to challenge for a shutout win, Hanwha decided to replace Weiss with Kim Jong-soo.

Weiss, who threw 93 pitches, utilized fastballs (38 pitches), sweepers (36 pitches), curveballs (16 pitches), and changeups (3 pitches). His maximum fastball speed reached 156 km/h. He recorded a strike rate of 67.7%, showcasing aggressive pitching.

Hanwha finished the game with a victory of 8-0 without any significant crisis after Weiss left the mound, achieving their 12th consecutive win. This marks their first 12-game winning streak in 10,041 days since the victory in the second game of the doubleheader against SSANGBANGWOOL in Cheongju on May 23, 1992.

In a post-game interview, Weiss noted, "Today, the batters scored a lot of runs. In my last start, I threw over 100 pitches. The manager thought that today, 93 pitches were appropriate. I agreed." This was his reason for not challenging for a shutout win.

However, that doesn’t mean Weiss didn’t want to pitch in the 9th. After the 8th inning defense, he was seen asking manager Kim Kyung-moon if he could pitch for one more inning. Regarding this, Weiss said, "This issue should be asked to Ryu Hyun-jin, Ponce, Moon Dong-joo, and Um Sang-baek. I came down after finishing my pitching, but other starting pitchers teased me, saying, 'Why aren’t you pitching one more inning when you only threw 93 pitches?' So I asked the manager what I should do since the other starting pitchers were saying to pitch one more inning, and he just said that this was good enough." He added with a laugh.

Hanwha pitching coach Yang Sang-moon explained, "Weiss has already thrown over 100 pitches in several recent games. I thought it was good to stop at 93 pitches," adding, "There was no reason to push for a shutout win carelessly. Many pitchers who try to achieve a complete game or a shutout win end up collapsing in their next start." He emphasized, "Baseball should be played for practicality, not for romance."

Weiss started with 112 pitches against SSG on the 16th of last month, and then threw 105 pitches against Lotte on the 23rd, 106 pitches against LG on the 29th, and 107 pitches against Samsung on May 5—all over 100 pitches. While his pitching pace is good, it is true that he has thrown a lot recently. Hanwha judged that it was more important for Weiss to show better performance in the future rather than pursuing the romance of a shutout win.

Although he missed the chance for his first career shutout win, Weiss's pitching was nearly perfect. It will be interesting to see what performance Weiss, who chose quick replacement instead of forcing a shutout, shows in his next outing.

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