How far will Hanwha's 'KBO First' go?Baseball Fever Uncooled, New Record for 22 consecutive home games sold out
How far will Hanwha's 'KBO First' go?Baseball Fever Uncooled, New Record for 22 consecutive home games sold out
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Hanwha Eagles broke the record of selling out the most home games in KBO history again.안전놀이터
At a home game against KT Wiz of the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on Sunday, the Hanwha Eagles sold out 17,000 seats. The Hanwha Eagles announced at 12:34 p.m., about an hour and a half before the opening of the game. It is Hanwha's 26th sell-out of the season, and a new record for 22 consecutive home games.
Hanwha is setting a new KBO record for selling out consecutive home games with fans this season following last season. Hanwha set a new KBO record by selling out 17 consecutive home games from Daejeon Lotte on Oct. 16, 2023, to Daejeon SSG on May 1, 2024, and broke this record directly in one season.
Hanwha has broken the record of consecutive home/away games as well as home games this season. All of the matches between Sajik Lotte on April 24, Daejeon KT on April 25-27, Daejeon LG on April 29-30 and Gwangju KIA on May 2 and 4, Daejeon Samsung on May 5-7, and Gocheok Kiwoom on September 11 were sold out.
After the game against SSG Landers was canceled due to rain on the 16th, the doubleheader on the 17th and the Sunday game on the 18th were all sold out, setting a new home/away record for 20 consecutive games. Since the 20th, this record has been broken at Ulsan Stadium, the temporary home of the NC Dinos. The number of spectators at Ulsan Stadium on the day was 4,499.
The Hanwha Eagles, however, is continuously making a new history in the league as home games have been sold out in consecutive years in the first year of the new stadium. The total number of spectators who attended the 29th home games so far stood at 492,268, with an average of 16,905 people attending each game. Only three games have not been sold out, and seating capacity amounts to 99.4 percent.
Meanwhile, Hanwha won a landslide 10-1 against KT on the day. Ponce allowed two hits, one walk and seven strikeouts during six innings, displaying good pitching and achieving nine wins in this season thanks to ample assistance from his batters. He became the lone leader in multiple wins. In contrast, KT starter Cuevas became a losing pitcher as he failed to assist his teammates in a difficult situation by allowing five hits (one homer) and four strikeouts and eight runs (five earned runs) during four ⅔ innings.
The starting lineup is Floral (center fielder), Ha Joo-seok (striker), Moon Hyun-bin (left fielder), Noh Si-hwan (third baseman), Chae Eun-sung (first baseman), Lee Jin-young (right fielder), Choi In-ho (designated hitter) and Choi Jae-hoon (catcher)Lee Do-yoon (second baseman) made eight hits in both directions, and successfully penetrated KT's chaotic defense, which made five mistakes.
Ha Joo-seok had two hits and two RBIs, Lee Jin-young had two walks, one home run, two RBIs and two runs, and Floral had one hit and one walk, and Moon Hyun-bin, Noh Si-hwan, An Chi-hong, and Lee Do-yoon added one RBI each to help. Following Ponce, Jung Woo-ju, Kim Bum-soo, and Won Jong-hyuk stopped one inning each.