Ryu Hyun-jin achieved the milestone of 200 career wins across the Korean and U.S. leagues. Powered by Ryu's strong outing, the Hanwha Eagles secured their third consecutive victory.
Hanwha defeated the Doosan Bears 5-2 in the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO regular season game held Sunday at Hanwha Life Insurance Ballpark in Daejeon. By sweeping all three weekend games against Doosan, Hanwha improved to 23 wins and 24 losses, leaving the team just one win away from returning to a .500 record. Doosan dropped to 22-25-1 with their third straight defeat.
Starting for Hanwha, Ryu pitched 6⅔ innings, allowing six hits and two runs while striking out three to earn his fifth win of the season against two losses. With the victory, Ryu added to his 122 KBO League career wins and 78 Major League Baseball (MLB) wins, reaching 200 combined wins across the two leagues.
Ryu became the first Korean pitcher to reach 200 wins at the professional league level since Hanwha's Song Jin-woo (210 wins), who retired in 2009.
Ryu showed stable game management, allowing only one hit through the first five innings. He faced some difficulties in the sixth inning, giving up a triple to Jung Soo-bin with one out, followed by an RBI single to left field by Park Chan-ho. In the seventh inning with two outs, he allowed three consecutive hits to Kang Seung-ho, Yoon Jun-ho, and Lim Jong-sung, giving up one run.
Hanwha's lineup supported Ryu with strong offensive production. In the first inning, leadoff hitter Lee Won-seok hit a double to left-center field, and Moon Hyun-bin's sacrifice fly with one out and a runner on third brought in the opening run. In the fourth inning, Yonathan Perlaza belted his ninth home run of the season. Later in the same inning with two outs and runners on first and second, Lee Do-yoon delivered an RBI single to right field. In the fifth inning with no outs and a runner on third, Lee Won-seok and Perlaza combined for an RBI double.
In the ninth inning with Hanwha leading 5-2, closer Park Sang-won took the mound but loaded the bases with no outs after allowing three singles. However, the next three batters were all retired, sealing the win.
