I had 20 hits in a row...I can't believe you're taking care of your colleagues first. "I'm happy because I'm Hanwha."

I had 20 hits in a row...I can't believe you're taking care of your colleagues first. "I'm happy because I'm Hanwha."

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Korean slugger Esteban Floral (28) of the Hanwha Eagles started the season without a hit in 17 at-bats for 20 consecutive times since the season opened. He had three walks, but rarely had a first hit, including five strikeouts.메이저놀이터

In the match against LG in Jamsil on the 25th, he hit a sharp ball on the right line against Elijah Hernandez in the fourth inning, but it was a foul that slightly escaped the outside and did not follow luck. Foreign hitters from other teams have been hitting hard from the beginning, so Floral could feel impatient.

However, he finally got his long-awaited first hit at the last batter's box in the ninth inning against the LG Twins on Sunday. He hit a fastball by Kim Kang-ryul of LG's second pitch with two outs and a chance to second base, bringing home runner Kim Tae-yeon with a timely hit that landed on the right side. Floral's first hit in 18 at-bats for the first time in 21 times at bat.

At that moment, Hanwha's dugout on the third base was in chaos. Fellow players were delighted to see Floral, with Cody Ponce and Ryan Weiss shouting and clapping. Hanwha lost to LG 1-2, but Floral's first hit ignited the team's mood.

Floral's hit also came out against KIA on the 28th, the first game of the opening of Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon. With the bases loaded with two outs in the seventh inning, when the team turned the game around 3-2, he pushed the second slider of left-handed Lee Joon-young, and hit a two-run double that fell to the left of the left field. Although he got lucky due to the missed hit, a hit like this increases the batter's sense of hitting. In the seventh inning alone, Hanwha also came from behind to win the game 7-2 with five outs and five runs scored in big innings.

After the game, Floral said, "I'm very happy and happy to play as a team member for the Hanwha Eagles. It's better for the team to win than for me to have a hit. I'm satisfied with that if the team wins, whether I have a hit or not," adding, "I took the batter's box with the thought that I should let the offensive flow continue without thinking too much."

His teammates' intense reaction after his first hit gave him a big boost. "My teammates have always supported me since the first game. Even though I couldn't get a hit, they always came by and told me good things, saying, "It will come out someday." We were all happy together after our first hit," he said.

Floral, who has captured manager Kim Kyung-moon's heart with a serious and exemplary training posture since the spring camp, was also called "Real-Elder" by young players. Floral must have been more upset than anyone else by his silence of no hits in 17 at-bats, but he was also a support to his teammates as a member of the team. As a foreign player who needs to show results right now, he started "Team First" by looking at his teammates even though he could not afford to look around.

Kim Tae-yeon, who approached Floral first since the spring camp, said, "I didn't take care of him. Rather, Floral took care of my mental state. I got angry because I got all the right hits, and I said, "It's okay. You're doing great. You will get a hit when you get a hit." Kim, who was frustrated as the hitters kept getting caught by stellar defense, played multi hits including a solo home run in the seventh inning against KIA on the day.

His teammates were also happy about his first hit because he showed off his team-first spirit amid a deep slump. Despite his calm personality, he was very happy after hitting a two-run double. He raised his arms to the Hanwha dugout on the first base, and encouraged teammates to respond. "I think it was Floral himself who was more desperate than anyone else in that situation. I was also very happy because Floral hit a hit that widened the score gap," Kim Tae-yeon said.

Although the hitting has not fully increased yet, the center fielder's defense and base running are showing exactly the way they expected from Floral. At the match against KIA on the day, he caught first baseman Lee Woo-sung, who was aiming for the third base with an accurate throw when Choi Won-joon had a hit to the middle field with two outs and a runner on the first base in the second inning. It was difficult to throw the ball because he had to throw it in the opposite direction to the direction in which he was running to catch the ball, but he hardly took steps and quickly connected it to a one-bound throw to kill the runner. He was the second in this season's lineup. In the fourth inning, he stole second base and reported his first stolen base of this season.