SSG won 11-6 in an away game against Hanwha in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon on the 5th. With the victory, SSG escaped from four consecutive losses and made 61 wins, 1 draw and 51 losses in the season. On the other hand, Hanwha lost two consecutive games to 44 wins, six draws and 61 losses. SSG starting line-up: Choo Shin-soo (designated hitter), Jihoon Choi (center fielder), Choi Jung (third baseman), Eredia (left fielder), Park Sung-han (shortstop), Choi Joo-hwan (second baseman), Han Yu-seom (right fielder), Cho Hyung-woo (catcher), Hanwha starting line-up: Jung Eun-won, Moon Hyun-bin (2nd baseman, 3rd baseman) and Chae Seung-seok, Lee, Lee, Lee, and Lee, and Lee, Kim Tae-yeon.
It started with SSG scoring in the top of the first inning. Hanwha starter Han Seung-joo's opponent Choo Shin-soo hit a right-handed hit and stepped on second base during Choi Jung's fly ball. He then advanced to third base during Guillermo Herredia's infield hit, and went home due to the error of third baseman Noh Si-hwan. However, Hanwha immediately reversed the score. SSG starter Kirk McCarty's opponents Moon Hyun-bin and Noh Si-hwan got on base with one out and runners on first and second base, and Chae Eun-sung hit McCarty's 124km/h slider to hit a three-run over the right fence. Chae Eun-sung's 16th home run of the season in 11 games. With one home run, Hanwha succeeded in reversing the game 3-1.
Hanwha scored three more runs in the bottom of the third inning and outscored SSG. After one out, Chae Eun-sung got on base with a straight walk and added two points with consecutive hits by Kim Tae-yeon and Choi In-ho. Choi In-ho then homered to Park Sang-eon's double, widening the score by 6-1 and 5 points. SSG is also chasing. In the top of the fourth inning, Kim Ki-joong's opponent Choi Joo-hwan got on base with a hit ball, and Han Yu-seom hit Kim Ki-joong's 144km/h fastball and fired a superior two-run shot. Han Yu-seom's fifth home run of the season. The score narrowed to 3-6, three points. SSG scored two more runs in the top of the sixth inning, chasing Hanwha to the chin. SSG, who had a chance to first and second base with no outs with Jang Si-hwan's right-handed hit and Han Yu-seom's walk from the fifth inning, made second and third base with Kim Min-sik's sacrifice bunt, and Choo Shin-soo's timely hit against pitcher Joo Hyun-sang changed after Kim Sung-hyun's walk. 토토
And in the end, they succeeded in reversing the situation. In the top of the seventh inning, leadoff Eredia got on base with a hit, Park Sung-han's right-handed double made it to second and third base, and after the pitcher changed to Kim Bum-soo, Eredia homered to Han Yu-seom's right-handed hit and tied 6-6. At this time, Park Sung-han, who went to third base, even Park Sung-han came into Kim Min-sik's squeeze and took the lead again 7-6. SSG continued to have a full base chance with Kim Sung-hyun's walk, and first baseman Chae Eun-sung, who caught Choo Shin-soo's hit, chose home, but the score was 8-6. The decision was not reversed by video reading. While Hanwha was tied to the SSG mound after the third inning, SSG also scored three more runs in the top of the eighth inning. After Kim Kyu-yeon's opponent Choi Jung hit a ball and Eredia got on base with a left-handed hit, Choi Jung came into second and third base and Oh Tae-gon's hit when Park Sung-han's sacrifice bunt. Eredia homered on Han Yu-seom's hit against changed pitcher Lee Chung-ho, and Oh Tae-gon, who advanced to third base, homered with a foil, leaving the score 11-6, five points apart. Since then, the game has ended without a change in the score.
In SSG, McCarty stepped down with seven hits (one home run) in three innings, two outs, five strikeouts and six runs, but Song Young-jin (1 inning), Lee Woon (2 innings), Noh Kyung-eun (1 inning), Ko Hyo-joon (1 inning) and Lee Kun-wook (1 inning) ended the game without losing a point. On the other hand, Hanwha's starter Han Seung-joo fell to four hits and one walk in 2⅓3 innings, followed by Kim Ki-joong (1⅓3 innings), Jang Si-hwan (1⅔3 innings), Joo Hyun-sang (1⅔3 innings), Kim Bum-soo (1⅓3 innings), and Kim Kyu-yeon (1⅔3 innings) all scored runs, making it difficult to end the game.