A trouble is a blessing... 'Another three-hit game.' Floral has already recovered to 6G consecutive hits → batting average to 0.240

A trouble is a blessing... 'Another three-hit game.' Floral has already recovered to 6G consecutive hits → batting average to 0.240

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Hanwha Eagles foreign hitter Esteban Floral (28), who was reduced to a headache by exposing anxiety in all aspects of hitting, running base and defense, seems to have finally regained his condition.메이저사이트

In Game 3 of the regular season of the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 13th, Floral started as the second batter and center fielder and scored three hits and one run from five times at bat. It is the second three-hit game of the season following Game 1 on the 11th. With this game, Floral continued his hit streak in six consecutive games.

After getting out after hitting a fly ball at the first two at-bats in the first and second innings, Floral pulled the outer breaking ball of pitcher Kim Sung-min, who had been replaced by the opponent team, to make a hit to the right-center field. However, Choi was put in an absurd check as he failed to keep the opponent team in check at the bat that followed. Choi had consecutive hits, which made him feel even more frustrated.

Floral made up for his mistake right away at the next batter's box. Coming up as a leadoff man in the bottom of the sixth inning, Floral pulled a fastball at Park Joo-sung's low two-seam to produce a double that sailed through the right foul line. Floral then dug home on Roh Si-hwan's hit to the left field and scored a run to make it 6-1.

In his fifth at-bat in the seventh inning, he completed a three-hit game. He hit a right-handed hit off pitcher Lee Kang-joon, who was replaced by a one-out, one-base hit. Floral, who advanced the first runner to the third base to create chances for the first and third bases, finished his duties as pinch runner Lee Sang-hyuk. Afterwards, pinch runner Lee Sang-hyuk failed to steal a base and Roh Si-hwan stepped down with a fly ball to the right field, which did not continue to score.

Hanwha, which had been leading by a 7-1 margin by accumulating scores from the beginning of the game, put closer Kim Seo-hyun on the mound in the top of the ninth inning. Kim Seo-hyun, who took the mound, struck out three batters side by side, Lim Byung-wook, Jeon Tae-hyun and Kim Gun-hee, ending the game neatly.

Moon Dong-ju, the starting pitcher of Hanwha, allowed only one run during six innings by blocking Kiwoom's batters with six strikeouts without three hits and no walks. Kim Bum-soo, Park Sang-won, Han Seung-hyuk and Kim Seo-hyun, who came up afterwards, erased three scoreless innings. In the batting lineup, Kim Tae-yeon played four hits and two runs, Chae Eun-sung three hits and one RBI and one run, and Lee Won-seok and Hwang Young-mook also played multi-hit.

The atmosphere of Hanwha's batting lineup, which had subsided as foreign hitter Floral began to do his part, also seems to be reviving. Floral received a lot of expectations from the time he joined the Major League New York Yankees due to his unusual history of being the No. 1 prospect in the team. In particular, "Five-tool player" Floral, who has fast speed, strong power, wide defense range and strong shoulders as a center fielder, seemed to be able to solve Hanwha's weakness in offense and defense.

However, Floral's performance in the early days of the regular season was very disappointing. He went 0-for-15 in the first four games of the season. He added one hit each in the next four games, but ended up going 0-for-3 again.

Then, since he hit his first multi-hit of the season against the Samsung Lions on the 5th, he has provided an opportunity for a rebound. The next day, he was silent with no hits in the game on the 6th, but he has been producing hits in every game since the game against the Doosan Bears on the 8th. In the first game against Kiwoom on the 11th, he showed three hits and three RBIs, including a home run by his manager in the season, raising his batting average for the season to .240 before he knew it. Floral's batting average, which had been in the early 10% range in the season, rose to .240.

Meanwhile, Hanwha will play three consecutive games against SSG Landers, which is currently ranked second in the league, from the 15th. The starters for the first round were foreshadowed by foreign aces Cody Ponce and Drew Anderson.