During the five innings, Ryu struck out seven, but struggled with allowing five runs while getting eight hits. The problem was that he was hit hard, although he did not allow even one dead pitch. Ryu, who replaced right-handed pitcher Jang Min-jae in the bottom of the sixth inning when the Hanwha Eagles was losing 0-5, failed to prevent his ERA from skyrocketing from 5.21 to 5.65.
He was nervous from the start. Ryu had a fastball to leadoff hitter Yoon Dong-hee in the bottom of the first inning, but was hit to the right-center field, and was on the verge of being runners on the first and second bases with no outs as he allowed Ko Seung-min to hit a double to the center. After catching and handling foreign batter Victor Reyes' grounder, Ryu grounded Jeon Joon-woo to shortstop in the crisis of runners at the second and third bases with one out, but failed to block third baseman Yoon Dong-hee from scoring a point, thus allowing his first run. Nevertheless, he struck out Na with a 146 kilometer fastball to complete the inning without allowing any additional run.
In the bottom of the second inning, Ryu gave a right-handed hit to leadoff hitter Yoo Kang-nam, but struck out Kim Min-seok and Lee Joo-chan and cooked for Park Seung-wook to ground out to the second base, finishing the inning without losing a point. In the bottom of the third inning, Ryu himself caught and handled Yoon Dong-hee's grounder, but continued his scoreless streak as he caught Ko Seung-min with a fly ball to the left field and struck out Reyes with a 139-kilometer cutter. The same was true in the bottom of the fourth inning. After overwhelming Jeon with a grounder to the second base, Ryu struck out Na once more and induced Yoo Kang to ground out to the shortstop, ending the inning with a three-out.
The problem was in the fifth inning. It was good to strike out the leadoff hitter Kim Min-seok. However, it was painful to get a hit to the right field when Lee Ju-chan only played a changeup. After all, Ryu, who was hit by center fielder Jung Eun-won's catch error, was on the verge of losing his lead to 0-2 due to Yoon Dong-hee's sacrifice fly to center fielder.
If he had one more out count, he could have finished the inning, but Ryu's real ordeal began from then on. Having been hit by a timely double to left by Go Seung-min, Ryu had to lose another point as he was hit by Reyes, who had been thoroughly beaten by two hits from two times at bat in the Major League and two hits from three times at bat in the exhibition game. This was not the end. Jeon's hit led to a triple that penetrated the outfield in right-center, and he gave up his 0-5 lead in an instant. He managed to finish the inning by swinging at Na, but his pride had already been hurt. Ryu pitched 84 pitches on the day.
Hanwha's batters were no-hit until the sixth inning against Lotte starter Charlie Barnes, making Ryu even more disturbed. As of the sixth inning, Hanwha is still trailing 0-5.
Ryu was originally scheduled to start at the match against Kia Tigers in Gwangju on May 5, but his pitching was postponed due to rain, and the match against Lotte Giants on May 7 was also canceled due to rain cancellation. It was the first time this season that Ryu took the mound after a week off. 안전놀이터