Professional baseball kt wiz won its first victory of the season thanks to the performance of Bae Jung-dae, the "man who finishes."메이저놀이터

At a home game against the Hanwha Eagles of the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on March 23, KT won the game 5-4 after 11 extra innings. After losing to Hanwha on the previous day, KT finished the opening two consecutive games with one win and one loss.

Thursday's game was a tight race. KT maintained its 4-2 lead through the fifth inning thanks to William Cuevas' good pitching and the batters' concentration to score three runs in the fourth inning. KT gave up one more run in the sixth inning, but led the game 4-3 through the ninth inning by mobilizing all of its bullpen.

However, in the top of the ninth inning, just before the victory, KT closer Park Young-hyun allowed Hanwha leadoff hitter Noh Si-hwan to hit a tiebreaking solo home run on the left, shaking the game. A shaken Park Young-hyun faced a crisis, giving up a straight walk to his follow-up hitter Chae Eun-sung, but overcame the crisis without additional runs.

In the 10th inning of extra time, kt faced a crisis with two outs and third base, but blocked it without losing a point, and the game was finally decided at the end of the 11th inning of extra time.

KT's leadoff hitter Jang Sung-woo got a walk from Han Seung-hyuk, and Chun Sung-ho got a hit ball by substitute pitcher Joo Hyun-sang to create a chance for first and second bases with one out. Bae Jeong-dae, who entered the batter's box, then hit Joo Hyun-sang's second fastball accurately and hit a finishing double that separated the left-center field.

Bae Jung-dae, nicknamed the "Ending Man," was one hit in five at-bats on the day, but that one hit became the decisive hit to end the game. With this, Bae Jung-dae proved his nickname once again by recording his eighth career walk-off hit (nine times including sacrifice hit).

Hanwha's Noh Si-hwan hit a home run for two consecutive days and worked hard with two hits in five at-bats (one home run) with two RBIs and one run, but his team's loss faded.

Meanwhile, the KBO reduced the overtime from 12 to 11 to shorten the duration of the game from this season. This was the first overtime game of the season when the new rule was applied.