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[SPOTV News=Gocheok, Reporter Park Seung-hwan] Hanwha’s expensive duo — a combined ₩40.7 billion (approximately $30.525 million) — turned a pitchers’ duel into a rout. Noh Si-hwan’s first-inning grand slam put Hanwha in control early, and Kang Baek-ho added a crucial homer later as the Eagles rolled to their third straight win.
Hanwha beat the Kiwoom Heroes 11-5 on May 12 at Seoul’s Gocheok Sky Dome in the 2026 Shinhan Bank SOL Bank KBO League, handing Kiwoom their second loss of the season series.
# Kiwoom lineup
Seo Geon-chang (DH) – Lim Byung-wook (RF) – An Chi-hong (2B) – Choi Joo-hwan (1B) – Trenton Brooks (LF) – Park Ju-hong (CF) – Yang Hyeon-jong (3B) – Kwon Hyuk-bin (SS) – Kim Geon-hee (C), starting pitcher Bae Dong-hyun.
# Hanwha lineup
Hwang Young-mook (2B) – Yonathan Peraza (RF) – Mun Hyun-bin (LF) – Kang Baek-ho (DH) – Noh Si-hwan (3B) – Lee Jin-young (CF) – Kim Tae-yeon (1B) – Choi Jae-hoon (C) – Shim Woo-jun (SS), starting pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin.
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The game tilted in Hanwha’s favor from the first pitch. Leadoff hitter Hwang Young-mook drew a hit-by-pitch off Kiwoom starter Bae Dong-hyun, and Yonathan Peraza followed with a base hit. After Kang Baek-ho walked to load the bases with one out, Noh Si-hwan took Bae’s first pitch — a 144 km/h fastball (about 89.5 mph) — and launched a grand slam for his third career four-bagger.
Hanwha kept coming. With the next inning’s sequence starting from no runners, Lee Jin-young and Kim Tae-yeon ripped consecutive hits to put runners at the corners, and Choi Jae-hoon followed with a sacrifice fly to extend the lead.
From there it became one-sided. In the bottom of the second, Mun Hyun-bin doubled into center and, taking advantage of a misplay by Kiwoom center fielder Park Ju-hong, advanced to third. Kang Baek-ho then drove him in with an RBI double to left-center.
Hanwha kept pressure on in the fourth. Back-to-back hits from Peraza and Mun set up runners at second and third, and Kang added an infield RBI. Noh Si-hwan then delivered another big blow off Bae Dong-hyun, pushing the score to 8-0.
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Kiwoom staged a late fightback. In the bottom of the fourth, An Chi-hong and Choi Joo-hwan opened the inning with hits off Ryu Hyun-jin to create a 2-3 opportunity, and Trenton Brooks’ sacrifice fly produced Kiwoom’s first run. In the fifth, a single by Seo Geon-chang, a walk to Lim Byung-wook and an opponent wild pitch set up another 2-3 chance, and An Chi-hong drove in two to pull Kiwoom back within reach.
Hanwha answered in the sixth. Ryu Hyun-jin exited after five innings, and Kang Baek-ho greeted reliever Kim Seo-jun by driving a 148 km/h fastball (about 92.0 mph) over the center-field wall for a solo homer — his eighth of the season — restoring a 9-3 lead. Kiwoom later chipped away with Seo Geon-chang’s RBI single with the bases loaded, but the margin stayed at five.
The teams traded a run in the eighth, which did little to alter momentum. Mun Hyun-bin delivered an insurance hit in the ninth, and Hanwha closed out an 11-5 victory to extend their winning streak to three games.
