Eagles set KBO record for most combined walks, HBPs allowed in game

The Hanwha Eagles now own a dubious Korean baseball record for the most combined walks and hit-by-pitches (HBPs) allowed in a game. The Eagles issued 16 free passes and also plunked two batters as they lost to the Samsung Lions 6-5 in their Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) regular-season meeting Tuesday night at Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark in the central city of Daejeon. With a sellout crowd of 17,000 on hand, the Eagles led 5-1 entering the top of the eighth inning, but the Lions rallied with five runs in the final two frames. They scored the tying run and the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth without the benefit of a hit. The total of 18 walks and HBPs was a new record by one. The LG Twins had held the previous mark of 17, set on May 5, 1990. The 16 walks by the Eagles tied the record for the most in a game by a team, with the SK Wyverns (currently SSG Landers) having also handed out 16 walks on Sept. 9, 2020. For the Eagles, starter Moon Dong-ju walked four and hit one in five innings. And then each of the next seven pitchers that followed Moon either gave up a walk or hit a batt

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