Hanwha Eagles continued their 13-game winning streak in the Futures League. While the first team failed to achieve 13 consecutive wins, the second team succeeded in the Futures League.
Hanwha played against the Samsung Lions in the 2025 Futures League at Seosan Stadium on the 14th, and won by a narrow margin of 5-4. Hanwha is on a 13-game winning streak in the Futures League.
Hwang Jun-seo, who joined Hanwha as the overall first pick in 2024, started as a pitcher and threw 96 pitches over 6⅓ innings, allowing 6 hits, 2 walks, and achieving 8 strikeouts while giving up 3 runs to become the winning pitcher. He has recorded 4 wins and 1 loss with an earned run average of 4.35 in 8 games in the Futures League.
Kwon Min-kyu, who was selected by Hanwha in the second round as the 12th overall pick in the 2025 Rookie Draft, recorded his first hold in the Futures League with perfect pitching over 1⅓ innings. He has a record of 1 win and 1 hold with an earned run average of 5.40 in 4 games.
Hanwha scored first in the 1st inning with a hit to right-center by Euro-gyeol and a triple down the right field line by Lee Min-jae, making it 2-0 with a groundout by Lim Jong-chan. Jang Kyu-hyun hit a solo home run over the center field wall, extending the lead to 3-0.
Hwang Jun-seo struck out Kim Jae-hyeok and Park Seung-kyu in the 1st inning, ending with a perfect inning. In the 2nd inning, he retired the side again with a flyout to center field, a groundout to second base, and a groundout to shortstop.
However, in the 3rd inning, with a 3-0 lead and one out, he allowed a single to Han Su-ho and struck out Lee Byung-hun. With two outs and a runner on first base, he gave up three consecutive hits to Kim Jae-hyeok, Yang Woo-hyeon, and Park Seung-kyu, allowing 2 runs, making the score 3-2.
Hwang Jun-seo struck out Yoon Jung-bin and Cha Seung-jun in the 4th inning, finishing the inning with another perfect performance. Hanwha added another run in the bottom of the 4th. After one out, Kim Geon walked and Han Kyung-bin hit a single to right, putting runners on 1st and 3rd base. After two outs, Euro-gyeol hit a timely single to left field, extending the lead by one run. Lee Min-jae also hit a timely single to center field, making the score 5-2.
In the 5th inning, Hwang Jun-seo issued a walk to lead-off batter Han Su-ho but struck out Lee Byung-hun, got Kim Jae-hyeok to fly out to left field, and struck out Yang Woo-hyeon. In the 6th inning, he got two outs on grounders to shortstop but then walked Yoon Jung-bin and ended the inning with Shim Jae-hoon flying out to right field.
After one out in the 7th inning, he allowed a double to left-center to Han Su-ho, and then two outs later permitted another double to left-center by Kim Jae-hyeok, bringing the score to 5-3. Hwang Jun-seo left the mound, and Kwon Min-kyu came on as the relief pitcher. Kwon Min-kyu ended the inning without allowing additional runs, getting Yang Woo-hyeon to fly out to left field.
Kwon Min-kyu finished the 8th inning with only 7 pitches and retired the side. He got Park Seung-kyu to ground out to shortstop, struck out Gong Min-kyu, and forced Kim Do-hwan to fly out to left field on the first pitch.
In the 9th inning, Hanwha sent Lee Min-woo to the mound, who allowed a solo home run to Shim Jae-hoon but secured the victory by striking out Kim Jae-hyeok with two outs and a runner on second base, preserving the 5-4 win.
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