Professional baseball teams Hanwha Eagles and LG Twins battled through 11 extra innings but could not determine a winner.
Hanwha and LG recorded a 2-2 tie in the 9th match of the 2025 KBO league regular season held at Hanwha Life Park in Daejeon on the 14th. LG maintained first place while Hanwha stayed 0.5 games behind LG.
In the bottom of the 10th inning, with the score tied at 2-2, LG's Kim Young-woo came in as the sixth pitcher. Leading off, Lee Won-seok struck out. Lee Do-yoon hit a double over the right fielder's head to create a scoring opportunity. Moon Hyun-bin walked on an automatic intentional base on balls. LG replaced the pitcher with Park Myeong-geun. With one out and runners on first and second, Roh Si-hwan missed a chance by hitting into a shortstop ground ball double play.
In the top of the 11th inning, Hanwha's Ju Hyun-sang retired the side in order. In the bottom of the 11th, Hanwha's Kim Tae-yean reached base with a hit to center. Lee Jin-young attempted a sacrifice bunt, but it went directly to the pitcher, resulting in a ground ball double play to first and second. An Chi-hong created one last opportunity with a double down the left line. With two outs and a runner on second, Lee Jae-won hit a single to left but was tagged out on the throw to home.
Hanwha's starting pitcher Ponce recorded 6 innings (103 pitches), allowing 4 hits, 1 walk, striking out 10, and allowing 1 run. LG's starting pitcher Im Chan-kyu recorded 6 innings (89 pitches), allowing 2 hits, 2 walks, 1 hit by pitch, striking out 3 with no runs.
LG had the starting lineup of Shin Min-jae (second baseman), Kim Hyun-soo (designated hitter), Austin (first baseman), Moon Bo-gyeong (third baseman), Park Dong-won (catcher), Moon Sung-ju (right fielder), Gu Bon-hyeok (shortstop), Choi Won-young (left fielder), and Park Hae-min (center fielder).
LG's Austin did not appear in the first inning and was replaced by Lee Young-bin. An LG official noted just before the game, "Austin felt discomfort in his side during practice. He will be substituted by Lee Young-bin in the first inning."
Hanwha's starting lineup included Lee Won-seok (center fielder), Ha Ju-suk (shortstop), Moon Hyun-bin (left fielder), Roh Si-hwan (third baseman), Chae Eun-seong (first baseman), Lee Jin-young (right fielder), An Chi-hong (designated hitter), Choi Jae-hun (catcher), and Hwang Young-mook (second baseman).
In the bottom of the 1st inning, Hanwha's Lee Won-seok reached base with a walk. Ha Ju-suk then hit into a ground ball double play to erase the runner. Moon Hyun-bin got a hit to center, and Roh Si-hwan hit a double down the left line to create an opportunity on second and third. However, Chae Eun-seong struck out swinging on a 140 km fastball from Im Chan-kyu.
LG's Park Dong-won reached base with a hit to left to start the 2nd inning. Moon Sung-ju struck out, and Gu Bon-hyeok followed with a single that went past the second baseman to create a first and second base opportunity. Choi Won-young flew out to right field. Park Hae-min hit a grounder between second and first that the second baseman fielded but dropped, resulting in an infield hit. A two-out, bases loaded opportunity followed, but Shin Min-jae struck out swinging on a 156 km fastball.
Hanwha's Lee Jin-young reached first base on a throwing error by the third baseman in the bottom of the 2nd inning. An Chi-hong advanced the runner to second with a ground ball out to the catcher, and Choi Jae-hun tagged up to third on Lee Jin-young's pop out to right field. With two outs and a runner at third, Hwang Young-mook drew a straight walk. With two outs and runners on first and third, Lee Won-seok struck out swinging to miss the chance.
In the top of the 5th inning, LG's Choi Won-young reached base after being hit by a pitch on the left hand while holding the bat. Park Hae-min's ground ball out to first base advanced the runner to second. The first pitch to Shin Min-jae resulted in a wild pitch, allowing the runner on second to advance to third. With one out and a runner on third, Shin Min-jae drove in the first run with a sacrifice fly to center.
After two outs in the 5th inning, Hanwha's Lee Won-seok reached base after being hit by a pitch from a slow 104 km curveball. Hanwha used a pinch hitter Choi In-ho for Ha Ju-suk. On the second pitch, Lee Won-seok on first attempted to steal second, but the throw from the catcher went wide to the outfield. Lee Won-seok quickly sprinted to third and was safe.
With two outs and a runner on third, the third pitch resulted in a wild pitch that slightly went behind the catcher. The runner on third attempted to score, but the catcher quickly retrieved the ball and caught him in a run-down situation, resulting in a tag out on the throw from catcher to third baseman and back to catcher.
Hanwha struck against LG's second pitcher Jang Hyun-sik in the 7th inning. Leading off, Chae Eun-seong hit a triple down the right field line. However, LG challenged the play, and it was ruled a foul, appearing to cross the foul line.
Afterward, Chae Eun-seong reached base with a single to left and was replaced by a pinch runner Lee Sang-hyeok. Lee Jin-young struck out, but the runner on first, Lee Sang-hyeok successfully stole second.
An Chi-hong hit a double that bounced off the right field monster wall to tie the game at 1-1. Choi Jae-hun followed with a single to center, creating a scoring chance on first and third. Hwang Young-mook executed a surprise bunt single to score the runner from third. It was a 2-1 comeback. A throwing error by the pitcher on a throw home allowed the runners to return to first and third.
LG replaced Jang Hyun-sik with pitcher Kim Jin-sung. Lee Won-seok capitalized on the first pitch, resulting in a ground ball that turned into a double play from third baseman to second baseman to first baseman.
In the 8th inning, Hanwha's Han Seung-hyeok came in as a relief pitcher. Shin Min-jae reached base with a single to right. The runner on first attempted to steal second during Kim Hyun-soo's at-bat but was tagged out. Following that, Kim Hyun-soo reached base with a walk.
Hanwha switched pitchers from right-handed Han Seung-hyeok to left-handed Kim Beom-Su. Kim Beom-Su hit pinch hitter Lee Ju-heon by a pitch, and the cleanup hitter Moon Bo-gyeong issued a straight walk, leading to a bases loaded situation with one out.
Hanwha brought in closer Kim Seo-hyeon early. Park Dong-won tied the game at 2-2 with a sacrifice fly to center. With two outs and runners on first and third during Moon Sung-ju's at-bat, the runner on first attempted to steal second but halted midway, and the throw to second allowed the runner on third to try to score, but the shortstop sprinted forward, caught the throw, and immediately threw home for the tag out.
In the bottom of the 8th inning, LG's Lee Ji-kang came in as the fourth pitcher. Lee Do-yoon was out on a ground ball to the shortstop. Moon Hyun-bin reached base with a walk on a full count. Roh Si-hwan also walked on the 11th pitch of a full count.
With one out and runners on first and second, LG replaced Lee Ji-kang with closer Yoo Young-chan. Kim Tae-yean was out on a popped out infield fly to the second baseman on the first pitch. Lee Jin-young was out on a ground ball to the shortstop.
In the 9th inning, Kim Seo-hyeon and Yoo Young-chan both shut down their opponents without allowing runs, leading to extra innings.
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