Hanwha Peña started the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League regular-season game against the NC Dinos at NC Park in Changwon on Sunday and threw six innings of five-hit ball on 95 pitches with four walks and four strikeouts to lead the team to a 5-0 victory. With the win, Peña improved to 4-0 on the season.
Peña got herself into trouble on the day by allowing a relatively high number of hits, but she worked her way out of the jam. He worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the first, a bases-loaded jam in the second, a bases-loaded jam in the fourth, a bases-loaded jam in the fifth, and a bases-loaded jam in the sixth to complete a quality start.
He threw up to 150 mph fastballs (41), 30 curveballs and 24 changeups to keep the game close. This extends Peña’s streak of quality starts to five games. His ERA during this stretch is 2.03 (7 earned runs in 31 innings). It was a perfect end to May for Peña.
Peña had been struggling in the month of 먹튀검증 April due to particulate matter and pollen allergies. This was something that Hanwha didn’t realize when he joined the team as a replacement last summer. As a result of his allergies, he went 1-3 with a 5.48 ERA in May. But now that spring is over and the temperatures are rising, Peña is showing off his ace stuff.
“First of all, it feels good to get a win for the team and I want to thank my teammates, it’s good to be pitching for myself in May and I’m grateful to see my teammates doing their best to defend the win,” Peña said after the game.
“We had a crisis today, but we’ve been training a lot to be able to calm down on the mound in a crisis, and you need your teammates to help you get through it. I think it was a team effort,” he said, revealing the secret of his crisis management skills.
Finally, he said, “I am encouraged by the fans who always come and support us despite being away from home. I will always be grateful to them,” he said.