In the 4th inning against NC Shin Min-hyuk, 1 RBI wedge was hit at the right time…Helped in a 2-0 win
(Busan = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Dae-ho = Lotte Giants infielder Noh Jin-hyeok (34) is a player who stands out with a sense of humor, unlike his calm appearance.
Noh Jin-hyeok’s ‘big mouse’ did not stop even against his former team, the NC Dinos.
Noh Jin-hyeok, who hit a timely hit with a wedge and 1 RBI in the 4th inning with a 1-0 lead at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 23rd, said after the game, “I thought Han Dong-hee (in the preceding batting order) hit a hit that hit the fence (sacrifice fly Ro) It was out. So I thought I needed one point, so I focused on it, but the pitcher threw a ball I shouldn’t have thrown at me, so a good result came out.”
On this day, Noh Jin-hyuk struck a timely hit on the right field side against Shin Min-hyuk, who played together until last year.
As an infielder at NC, he watched countless pitches behind Min-Hyuk Shin’s back as an infielder. and shuddered.
“I was fooled by the changeup in my at-bat, so I held the bat short with that in mind. Thanks to that, I was able to respond,” he explained.
Thanks to the performance of Noh Jin-hyuk, who scored 1 RBI in 3 at-bats, Lotte won NC 2-0.
Noh Jin-hyeok was silent with 1 hit in 11 at-bats in the 3 consecutive games with NC and Changwon earlier, and also suffered 5 strikeouts.
He said, “In Changwon, it’s our parent team, so I (NC pitcher) didn’t have a chance to see the ball, so I watched a lot and ate a lot of strikeouts. Still, thanks to playing against it once, today was fine.”
The conversation with Son Ah-seop, who moved from Lotte to NC in 2021, also shows Noh Jin-hyuk’s personality well.
Noh Jin-hyeok, who joked that Son Ah-seop came before the game and said, “Don’t catch your own ball,” said, “Yeah, but (Son Ah-seop in the left field position) caught all of them with sliding catches without sense. I didn’t know if he would be that good at defense. ) Jeon Jun-woo hyung and Han Dong-hee were very angry. Their words and actions were inconsistent,” he raised his voice.
Noh Jin-hyeok, who stayed with a batting average of 0.257 in April and hit 0.311 this month, said, “Originally, the pace always rose in May. I was confident that it would be the same this year as well. I can see the ball well. After LASIK surgery, my eyes have improved so much.” did.