"The first official game at the new home stadium." Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon said, "Now all you have to do is play baseball well."

"The first official game at the new home stadium." Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon said, "Now all you have to do is play baseball well."

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Hanwha Eagles head coach Kim Kyung-moon expressed his expectations for Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon, his new home stadium.

Hanwha played the previous exhibition game in Cheongju, and held its first official game at Daejeon's new baseball stadium through an exhibition game against Samsung at 6 p.m. on the 17th.

Head coach Kim Kyung-moon smiled at reporters who came to report before the start of the game, saying, "I feel like the postseason," and expressed his motivation, saying, "The players are satisfied, and now they just have to do well in baseball."

As of the 16th, he is in the top ranks with 4 wins and 2 losses, but head coach Kim Kyung-moon said, "It's because there's a 'demonstration' in front of him…"I'm playing a night game for the first time today, and I hope I finish well without injury," he said.

Regarding foreign pitcher Cody Ponce's good pitching with nine scoreless innings in the exhibition game, head coach Kim said, "If a foreign player shows good performance, the team will gain strength," adding, "There will be more stability on the pitcher's side than last year because there are Ryan Weiss and (Ryu) Hyun-jin in addition to Ponce."

However, when asked about the selection of the opening game, he declined to say, "I will reveal it on the media day of the 20th."바카라

As for the new home stadium, he left an adaptation task, saying, "We have to make the most of our advantages because it's our home stadium, but we still have to practice more and get to know each other."

In particular, it is unusual that the right fence is 95m, which is shorter than the 99m on the left, and has a "monster wall" of 8m in height.

Coach Kim laughed, saying, "I didn't think it would go over at all, but after hitting it, I got more than a few hits."

He also needs to adapt himself to the mound. "A new mound is just like a new pair of shoes," Kim said. "Pitchers will throw a lot of balls over there (Samsung) as well as us."

Hanwha beat Samsung 3-1 in the game. The match was only held until the end of the fifth inning due to the cold and ended.

Hanwha got off to a good start in the bottom of the first inning thanks to a home run by its first batter, Kim Tae-yeon. Kim came out as the first batter in the bottom of the first inning and hit a fastball of 139 kilometers per hour on the sixth pitch by Samsung starter Baek Jeong-hyun for a 120-meter home run that flew over the left-center fence. Kim Tae-yeon became the star of Daejeon Hanwha Life Insurance's first home run.

With no outs and runners on the first and second bases, which Samsung made with consecutive hits by Lewin Diaz and Kang Min-ho in the fourth inning, pinch runner Lee Chang-yong advanced to third base when Park Byung-ho made a fly to center field, and Lee Jae-hyun's timely hit tied the game 1-1.

However, Hanwha immediately took a 3-1 lead with Ha Joo-seok's right-handed hit and Choi In-ho's sacrifice fly to right field in the bottom of the fourth inning with one out and runners on the first and second bases.

After winning five consecutive exhibition games, Hanwha moved up to the second place with five wins, two losses and one draw. Hanwha starter Ryan Weiss allowed three hits and one run through five innings, securing his second win in exhibition games.

Eleven thousand tickets were sold out at Hanwha Life Insurance Ballpark in Daejeon on the same day. The stadium, which can accommodate 20,007 people, opened only half of the seats and had to pay a fee of 1,000 won per ticket through its reservation site.