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Hanwha Facing Shock Slide to Ninth as SSG Closes Within One Game
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Hanwha Facing Shock Slide to Ninth as SSG Closes Within One Game

From Chosun Ilbo · () Korean

Translated from Korean and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • SSG Landers defeated the Kiwoom Heroes 4-0 at Seoul’s Gocheok Sky Dome.
  • The win put SSG one game behind eighth-placed Hanwha Eagles, raising the possibility that Hanwha could fall to ninth.
  • SSG starter Choi Min-jun earned his third win after five scoreless innings.

SSG Landers moved to within one game of Hanwha Eagles after beating Kiwoom Heroes 4-0 on June 1 at Seoul’s Gocheok Sky Dome.

The victory intensified the battle near the bottom of the KBO League standings. Hanwha, currently eighth, now faces the possibility of slipping to ninth as SSG mounts a strong chase.

SSG starter Choi Min-jun delivered five scoreless innings, allowing four hits and four walks while striking out one and hitting one batter. The performance earned him his third win of the season.

Moon Seung-won followed with a scoreless inning, and Jeon Young-jun also appeared in relief. The source account ends while describing SSG’s pitching sequence.

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Originally published by Chosun Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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