[Sports Seoul | Jamsil = Reporter Kang Yun-sik] “Our cleanup hitter Noh Si-hwan brought good energy.”
Noh Si-hwan (27, Hanwha) made a statement in his return. He launched a momentum-shifting homer that erased recent struggles and marked his return to the first-team roster. Manager Kim Kyung-moon (68), who had stuck by him, beamed afterward.
Hanwha defeated LG 8-4 on April 23 at Seoul’s Jamsil Stadium in a 2026 KBO regular-season game. After dropping the first two games of the series, the Eagles fought off an LG rally and snapped a two-game skid in the finale.
The lineup produced across the board, but Noh was the headline. He tied the game with a solo shot in the top of the fourth — his first homer of the season — and finished with two hits (one homer), a walk, an RBI and a run scored.
He struggled out of the gate this season and was removed from the first-team roster on April 13. Noh spent time in the minors, rejoined the major-league squad on the 21st and was officially reinstated to the roster on the 23rd — homering in his first game back.
After the game, Kim praised Noh’s impact. “Our cleanup hitter, Noh Si-hwan, homered in his first game back. He brought good energy to the team,” Kim said.
Other players contributed as well. Yonathan Peraza and Moon Hyun-bin each went deep, and Hwang Young-muk — called up that day — recorded his first hit of the season and drove in two runs.
The pitching staff also delivered in what amounted to a bullpen day. Starter Hwang Joon-seo got the ball rolling, and relievers Kim Seo-hyun, Jo Dong-wook, Park Sang-won, Jung Woo-ju, Lee Min-ho and Jack Cushing combined to hold LG to four runs.
Kim summed it up: “Everyone played well. Both pitchers and hitters did their jobs, and that helped us win the final game of the three-game series.” He praised the entire squad. skywalker@sportsseoul.comn
