(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Han Nam-jik = NC Dinos won 10 wins and went solo.
NC defeated LG Twins 6-4 after a bloody long battle at the Shinhan Bank 2023 KBO Shinhan Bank League, which was held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 18th.
NC who has collected 10 wins (5 losses) in 15 matches, managed to advance 10 wins on the ‘date’. Even if SSG Landers (8-5), who played 2 games less, won 2 straight wins, NC would be 1st with 10 shootout wins.
The match between NC and LG, who were in second place with 9 wins and 5 losses before the match, was split in the 10th overtime.
At 4-4 at the start of the 10th inning, NC main hitter Son Ah-seop opted to fold against left-hander LG Lee Woo-chan, who had just landed on the mound.
LG immediately dispatched right-hander Kim Jin-seong, but NC Oh Young-soo calmly sacrificed himself and sent Oh Tae-yang to second base.
Jeon Jae-hwan’s right hand went to 1st, 1st and 3rd base, and Kim Joo-won kicked Kim Jin-sung’s forkball and hit the last RBI double that flew into right field.
NC led 6-4 with Ahn Joong-yeol throwing a sacrifice fly to the right fielder from 1st, 2nd and 3rd base.
NC finisher Lee Yong-chan got on the mound at the end of the 10th and blocked the first inning without a hit.
On this day, LG found gaps in the defense and bullpen.
Early in the first inning, second baseman Seo Geon-chang, who hit Ah-seop Son directly at first and third, threw a throw to catch up with the runner returning to first base, and was hit in the back of the head by first base runner Park Gun-woo. . , giving the first run. If the ball crosses the foul line, the runner in third takes a home shot.
In the bottom of the 3rd inning, Seo Geon-chang walked and Park Hae-min hit doubles, and infield grounders Hong Chang-ki and Mun Sung-joo sacrificed air balls to score 2 runs to tie the game 2-1.
However, early in the 5th inning, NC 1st base runner Park Kun-woo was caught off guard by LG Ham Deok-joo at 2nd, 1st and 3rd base, and in the process went back and forth between 1st base and 2nd, LG’s infield team couldn’t stop 3rd base runner Do Tae-hoon from rushing home, leading them 2-2. record a draw. give up
At the beginning of the 6th inning, LG novice pitcher Park Myeong-geun threw 2 balls to Kim Joo-won from 2nd and 3rd base, and the LG dugout instructed ‘automatic intent ball’.
This is a confrontation with Ahn Joong-yeol, who has not scored a single goal this season.
However, Ahn Joong-yeol chose to walk, and Park Myeong-geun brought a crisis in a double situation with the base filled.
After one shot in the top of the 7th inning, NC cruised to 4-2 with Park Kun-woo’s mid-month double and Son Ah-seop’s heavy hitting streak at the right time.
In the bottom of the 8th inning, LG tied the game with a double by Austin Dean, a foreign batsman, and took it to overtime.
However, none of the bullpen pitchers were left behind as Go Woo-seok, who was starting on the mound for the first time this season, went one inning over the 9th and went down the mound.