Patrick Wisdom (34), who had consecutive strikeouts by Ryu Hyun-jin (38) in the Major League two years ago, came to Korea and avenged his loss with a home run. It was a shot that stopped Ryu from winning his first game of the season and saved Kia from falling into a quagmire for four consecutive losses.온라인바카라
Wizdom, a foreign hitter of the KIA Tigers in the professional baseball league, started as the second batter and first baseman in an away game against the Hanwha Eagles in the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 30th, and played in four at-bats with two hits and two RBIs, including a tiebreaking solo home run, in the top of the sixth inning. Thanks to Wizdom's performance, KIA also came from behind to win 5-3, ending its recent four-game losing streak and providing an opportunity for rebound.
With KIA trailing 1-2, Wisdom came out as the leadoff batter in the top of the sixth inning avoiding Ryu's low ball on the body of the first pitch and pulling the 131 km/h cutter that came in the low on the body of the second pitch. At the moment of hitting, the ball that flew as fast as a bullet hit hit the outside shield outside the left fence and landed on the grassstone. Wisdom's fourth homer of the season, which measured the flying distance of 125 meters, was his fourth homer of the season.
Following the game against Hanwha on the 28th and 29th, he hit a home run in three consecutive games in the opening series of Daejeon's new stadium. Wisdom is showing off its enormous power with four home runs in the opening eight games against Kiwoom in Gwangju on the 25th.
It was a home run against Ryu Hyun-jin, so Wisdom was also meaningful to me personally. Wisdom, who has 88 home runs in seven major league seasons, faced Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin when he was with the Chicago Cubs. On August 14, 2023, he faced Ryu Hyun-jin twice in an away game in Toronto, and he struck out for two consecutive times at bat in the second and fourth innings. He struck out swinging one after another due to Ryu Hyun-jin's main weapon changeup.
Two years have passed since then, and the two players who moved to Korea faced off again. Ryu Hyun-jin returned to Hanwha, the "friendly team," after finishing his major league career with Toronto in 2023, and Wisdom also came to Korea by signing with KIA this year after his big league career was suspended last year.
Ryu won the first two at-bats again on the day. In the first inning, Wisdom hit Ryu's fifth change-up, but it became a fly ball to the front of left field. In the second at-bat in the third inning, he swung and missed, and was helpless as his bat followed Ryu's low change-up on the outside.
However, he did not suffer three times and blocked Ryu's first win requirement with a solo shot that tied the game 2-2. Ryu started quality with six hits (one homer) and one walk, four strikeouts and two runs in six innings, but withdrew without a win or loss due to lack of support for the lineup, which only scored two points until the sixth inning. Even though he started quality in two consecutive games following the game against LG in Jamsil on the 25th, he failed to win his first game of the season. It was all the more regrettable that if Wisdom had not hit a home run, he would have been able to meet the requirements for a starting win.
Even after Ryu Hyun-jin went down, Wisdom did not stop. With runners on third and second bases with two outs in the seventh inning, when his team came from behind 4-3, he hit a changeup on the fourth pitch by Hanwha left-hander Cho Dong-wook, leading to a timely hit that passed by the third baseman and leftward.
After the game, Wisdom said, "I'm glad that I helped break the team's losing streak rather than the fact that I hit home runs in three consecutive games. All the players did their part in their respective positions, and I'm looking forward to the next game because I think the players' condition has returned, he said. "I hope today's victory will be an opportunity to change the atmosphere, and I'll prepare well for next week's home game." Wisdom added, "I'm happy to play with talented players, and I want to do my best in my future position for better team performance."
Until the day, Wisdom had a batting average of 292 (7 hits in 24 at-bats), four homers, eight RBIs, nine walks, six strikeouts and a .471 slugging percentage of .833 OPS 1.304 in the opening eight games. He is a slugger who takes time to adapt to the new league, but he has quickly adapted to the KBO League by banking on his pioneering skills that enabled him to garner the most walks in the league. Although he played in the early days of the season with eight opening games, he has already started to rank first in homers and walks, second in slugging percentage and third in OPS. He has displayed his adaptability to his career and has become a huge hit.