The Hanwha Eagles defeated league-leading KT Wiz 5-3 for their second consecutive win, powered by home runs from Moon Hyun-bin and Yonathan Peraza.
Hanwha topped KT in a road game of the 2026 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on Saturday.
With the second straight victory, Hanwha extended its upward momentum to a 19-21 season record. KT, meanwhile, fell to 24-1-15 after dropping its second consecutive game.
Hanwha starter Wang Yen-cheng pitched five innings, allowing two hits and two runs while striking out eight, to earn his fourth win of the season against two losses.
Notably, replacement foreign pitcher Zach Cushing, whose six-week contract with Hanwha expired with this game, took the mound in the bottom of the ninth with a 5-2 lead and closed out the game with one run allowed in one inning, recording his fourth save of the season. He capped off his contract with a save in his final appearance.
At the plate, Moon Hyun-bin and Yonathan Peraza each recorded multi-hit games to lead the offense. Moon hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the fourth inning, and Peraza launched a two-run shot to seal the game in the eighth.
Hanwha trailed after surrendering the first run to KT in the bottom of the second, but Moon flipped the momentum with a go-ahead two-run homer off KT starter Ko Young-pyo in the top of the fourth.
KT tied the game again in the bottom of the fourth, but Shim Woo-jun put Hanwha back ahead 3-2 with a clutch hit in the top of the fifth, with two outs and a runner on second.
Holding a one-run lead, Hanwha sealed the victory in the top of the eighth when Peraza, with two outs and a runner on third, blasted a two-run homer off KT's Han Seung-hyuk.
Cushing, who took the mound in the bottom of the ninth, gave up one run but prevented further damage to preserve the win.
KT starter Ko Young-pyo recorded a quality start plus (seven or more innings with three or fewer earned runs), pitching seven innings with 10 strikeouts and three runs allowed, but he took the loss without run support, falling to 1-4 on the season.
