Hanwha Eagles' strongest foreign one-two punch is set to challenge for their 10th victory in succession.

Ryan Weiss of Hanwha will start on the 24th against the Samsung Lions at Daegu Samsung Lions Park in the '2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League.'

Weiss is aiming for his 10th victory that day. This season, he has a record of 9 wins and 2 losses with an earned run average of 2.83 over 15 games and 95⅓ innings. He has recorded 109 strikeouts, and his WHIP (walks and hits per inning pitched) is just 0.97, which is under 1.

Although overshadowed by teammate Cody Ponce, Weiss can also be considered one of the league's top pitchers. Notably, Ponce achieved his 10th win with a stellar performance of 5⅔ innings, allowing 2 hits, 1 walk, and striking out 12 while giving up 2 earned runs in the game against Kiwoom on the 22nd. Since the season began, he has sustained a 10-game winning streak as a starter without a loss, becoming the first among Hanwha pitchers to reach double-digit wins and the seventh in league history to achieve a 10-game win streak.

And although not a 10-game winning streak, Weiss will try to become the second pitcher, following Ponce, to challenge for his 10th win. Weiss has become even more perfect in his second year. On the 10th, he pitched 7 innings, allowing 3 hits, 1 walk, striking out 10 without allowing an earned run against Doosan, and on the 17th, he had a perfect outing against Lotte, pitching 8 innings, allowing 3 hits, no walks, striking out 9 without allowing an earned run. He hopes to reach his 10th win with 3 consecutive victories.

This season, he has pitched in 2 games against Samsung, recording 1 win and 1 loss, with an earned run average of 4.63. On April 4th against Samsung, he was the losing pitcher after going 4⅔ innings and allowing 7 hits (2 home runs), 4 walks, 1 hit batter, striking out 4, and giving up 5 earned runs. This was his worst pitching performance of the season. However, in the game on May 5th, he bounced back, pitching 7 innings, allowing 3 hits (1 home run), 1 walk, striking out 5, and giving up only 1 earned run. There is interest in whether Weiss can deliver another strong performance against Samsung and achieve his 10th victory.

The Samsung starting pitcher that Weiss will face is Choi Won-tae, who has a record of 5 wins and 4 losses with an earned run average of 5.18 over 13 games this season. It is his first year under a 4-year, 7 billion won free agent contract, and his performance has not met expectations.

Against Hanwha, he started on May 5th. At that time, it was also Weiss who started. This can be seen as Choi Won-tae's revenge game. He went 6⅓ innings, allowing 6 hits (1 home run), 1 walk, striking out 8, and ultimately became the losing pitcher.

Meanwhile, in a game at Jamsil Stadium, SSG Landers will face Doosan Bears with Mitch White and Choi Won-jun starting as pitchers. In the Nakdong River derby at Changwon NC Park, Lotte's Tucker Davidson and NC's Riley Thompson will take the mound. At Suwon KT Wiz Park, LG Twins' Yonny Chirinos and KT Wiz's Emmanuel De Jesus will go head-to-head. At Gocheok Sky Dome, KIA Tigers' Yoon Young-cheol will face Kiwoom Heroes' Kim Yoon-ha as starters.

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