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Ryu Hyun-jin (Hanwha Eagles) was shaken again. They struggled against the bottom-ranked Lotte Giants and were unable to prevent Hanwha’s losing streak.
Ryu Hyun-jin took the mound as Hanwha’s starting pitcher in the away game against Lotte in the 2024 professional baseball KBO League regular season held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 8th.
It wasn’t good from the start. In the bottom of the first inning, Yoon Dong-hee and Ko Seung-min each hit a right-center hit and a double. Then, Victor Reyes’ advanced base hit brought the situation to second and third base with one out, and here, Jeon Jun-woo was guided to a ground ball to shortstop, but in the meantime, Yoon Dong-hee hit home. He struck out Na Seung-yeop and did not allow any additional runs.
In the bottom of the second inning, Ryu Hyun-jin found stability. He allowed a hit to right to leadoff hitter Yoo Kang-nam, but struck out Kim Min-seok and Joo-chan Lee in succession. He led the follow-up batter, Park Seung-wook, to a ground ball to second base. In the bottom of the third inning, he calmly increased the number of outs against Dong-hee Yoon (pitcher ground ball), Seung-min Ko (left fielder fly), and Reyes (strikeout), completing his first three-way inning of the day.
The sense of stability continued in the bottom of the fourth inning. He caught Jeon Jun-woo with a ground ball to second base. Na Seung-yeop struck out, and Yoo Kang-nam blocked with a ground ball to shortstop.
The problem was in the bottom of the 5th inning. He struck out Kim Min-seok, but gave up a right-handed hit to Joo-chan Lee. Park Seung-wook also had a heavy hit, but the center fielder made a catching error, tying 2nd and 3rd bases with one out.
Then Ryu Hyun-jin slowly began to collapse. He allowed a sacrifice fly to center field to Dong-hee Yoon, and bowed his head to Ko Seung-min and Reyes after hitting a timely double with 1 RBI to left and a timely hit to center with 1 RBI, respectively. Next, it was Ryu Hyun-jin who gave up his 5th run by giving Jeon Jun-woo a timely triple with an RBI that separated right-middle ground. The only consolation was that he struck out Na Seung-yeop and did not give up any additional runs.
Final performance was 5 innings, allowing 8 hits, 7 strikeouts, and 5 runs. He threw a total of 84 balls, using the fastball (34 pitches) the most, and also used changeups (30 pitches), cutters (11 pitches), and curves (9 pitches). The highest speed of his fastball was measured at 148 km.
In addition to Ryu Hyun-jin’s poor performance, the batting line’s poor performance, which allowed only 4 hits and 1 run, added to the problem, and Hanwha fell to Lotte with a score of 1-6. As a result, Hanwha, which fell into a swamp of two consecutive losses and suffered its 22nd loss (14 wins), remained in 9th place and was unable to provide an opportunity for a rebound. They are one game behind 10th-place Lotte (12 wins, 1 draw, 22 losses).
In particular, Ryu Hyun-jin’s slump is shocking. Ryu Hyun-jin, who made his professional debut wearing a Hanwha uniform in 2006, had 98 wins, 52 losses, 1 save, and an ERA of 2.80 in the KBO League until 2012, and advanced to the American Professional Baseball Major League (MLB) from 2013 to 2023, recording 78 wins and 48 losses. He was the undisputed left-handed ace representing Korean baseball with an ERA of 3.27.
Ryu Hyun-jin, who returned to Hanwha ahead of this season, struggled somewhat with 1 win, 3 losses, and an ERA of 5.91 (26 runs, 21 earned runs in 32 innings) before the Daejeon SSG Landers match on April 30, but in that game, he allowed 7 hits, 2 walks, and 1 walk in 6 innings. He struck out 2 runs and allowed 1 earned run, achieving his 100th win in the KBO.
Afterwards, Ryu Hyun-jin was originally scheduled to play against the Gwangju KIA Tigers on the 5th, but it was postponed due to rain, and he was unable to stand on the mound in the Busan Lotte match on the 7th due to heavy rain. Instead, through today’s game, he attempted to achieve his first personal win streak since returning and 101st win in his KBO career, but everyone was looking forward to the next one.
Lee Han-joo, MK Sports reporter
