The Hanwha Eagles of the Korea Professional Baseball League revealed their starting lineup for the game against the SSG Landers.
Hanwha formed their starting lineup for the game against the SSG Landers in the '2025 Shinhan Bank SOL Bank KBO League' at Incheon SSG Landers Field on the 28th, featuring Lee Jin-young (right fielder), Luis Liberato (center fielder), Moon Hyun-bin (designated hitter), Roh Si-hwan (third baseman), Choi In-ho (left fielder), Kim Tae-yean (first baseman), Lee Do-yoon (second baseman), Choi Jae-hun (catcher), and Shim Woo-jun (shortstop).
Starting first baseman Chae Eun-seong sustained an injury during a collision with runner Yang Do-geun while playing defense in the game against Samsung on the 26th. Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon noted on the 27th that Chae Eun-seong would miss all three games of the weekend series. Instead, Kim Tae-yean will take over the first base position.
The starting pitcher is Cody Ponce. Ponce has recorded 10 wins and an earned run average of 2.04 over 16 games (101⅔ innings) this season. In his last outing, he led his team to a win against Kiwoom, allowing 2 hits, 1 walk, with 12 strikeouts and 2 earned runs over 5⅔ innings. Against SSG, he has been dominant with 2 wins and an earned run average of 0.00 over 2 games (15 innings).
SSG will start with Kim Kang-min (center fielder), Guillermo Heredia (left fielder), Choi Jeong (designated hitter), Han Yoo-seom (right fielder), Go Myung-jun (first baseman), Park Seong-han (shortstop), Ahn Sang-hyun (third baseman), Jeong Jun-jae (second baseman), and Jo Hyung-woo (catcher). Kim Kang-min, who is retiring, has been registered as part of the special retirement roster. He will take the defensive position as center fielder before being replaced by Choi Ji-hoon at the start of the first inning.
The starting pitcher is Drew Anderson. Anderson has a record of 5 wins and 3 losses with an earned run average of 1.94 over 15 games (88 innings) this season. In his last outing against KIA, he pitched 6 innings, allowing 6 hits, 4 walks, with 9 strikeouts and 1 earned run. Against Hanwha, he has pitched in one game, throwing 5 innings with 3 hits, 1 walk, 1 hit by pitch, 9 strikeouts, and 1 earned run, but ended up the losing pitcher.
SSG reported that "the 1 earned run recorded by Anderson in the game against the KIA Tigers held in Incheon on the 22nd has officially been corrected to an unearned run." Consequently, Anderson's earned run average has decreased from 2.05 to 1.94, and he has risen to first place in the league for earned run average, surpassing Ponce.
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