'How long has it been since Changwon won in a row?' SSG escaped the nightmare, and 3 consecutive wins and 7 consecutive wins of NC

Aug 15, 2024

'How long has it been since Changwon won in a row?' SSG escaped the nightmare, and 3 consecutive wins and 7 consecutive wins of NC
hitting Han Yu-sum. Photo =SSG Landers



How long has it been since we won the NC game. SSG Landers beat the NC Dinos, who are inferior to each other, to win three consecutive games.

SSG won 10-5 against NC in Game 12 of the season at Changwon NC Park on the 15th. With the game postponed on the 14th of the three consecutive games, SSG won both games in Changwon and recently won three consecutive games. It is the first time this season that SSG has won consecutive games against NC. Prior to this series, he played 10 games against NC and was extremely weak with 1 win and 9 losses, but he succeeded in making up for it by putting NC in a corner. fifth-ranked SSG trails fourth-ranked Doosan by 1.5 games.

Meanwhile, NC, which fell to eighth place, recently lost seven consecutive games as it failed to break its losing streak against SSG.



▶SSG starting lineup =Jihoon Choi(middle fielder)-Kim Sung-hyun(striker)-Choi Jung(third baseman)-Eredia(left wing)-Choo Shin-soo(designated hitter)-Oh Tae-gon(first baseman)-Lee Ji-young(catcher)-Ha Jae-hoon(right wing)-Park Ji-hwan(second baseman) starting pitcher Elias

▶NC starting lineup = Park Min-woo (designated hitter), Seo Ho-cheol (second baseman), Davidson (first baseman), Kwon Hee-dong (left fielder), Kim Hwi-jip (third baseman), Chun Ji-hwan (right fielder), Kim Joo-won (striker), Park Se-hyuk (captor), Kim Sung-wook (middle fielder) starter Yokishi



With SSG Elias and NC Yokishi facing off as starters, the game went to the early pitching match.

Yokishi, who had a 10-run difficulty in his return to the KBO League, got off to a fresh start with three outs in the top of the first inning. Elias also finished the bottom of the first inning with three batters.



'How long has it been since Changwon won in a row?' SSG escaped the nightmare, and 3 consecutive wins and 7 consecutive wins of NC
엘리아스. Photo =SSG Landers
SSG shook Yokishi first in the top of the second inning. Leading hitter Herredia hit a left-handed hit and got on base, and Choo Shin-soo walked. 1st and 2nd base with no outs. Two out counts went up all at once as Oh Tae-gon recorded a double play leading to second base-striker-1 and second baseman Herredia reached third base.

Lee Ji-young's timely hit occurred in the opportunity for two outs and third base. Lee Ji-young hit a timely hit to center field by hitting Yokishi's 142km pitch, bringing in third baseman Herredia. SSG's 1-0 lead.

SSG missed an extra point chance in the top of the third. Jihoon Choi's walk after 1 out and Kim Sung-hyun's hit made runners on 1st and 3rd bases. Choi Jung struck out swinging. After two outs, Herredia walked and provided a full base opportunity, but this time, Choo Shin-soo touched the first pitch and was caught on a fly to center field, failing to score.

In NC, Kim Joo-won drew a walk in the bottom of the third inning to reach the leadoff batter's base, but Park Se-hyuk's double play cut the flow.

And NC succeeded in turning the tables in the bottom of the fourth inning. After Park Min-woo's hit to the first batter, Seo Ho-chul's sacrifice bunt. With runners on second and one out, Davison hit a long shot that went deep to the left field. Enough time for Park Min-woo, who was at second base, to turn third base and come home. It was tied 1-1, and Davison went all the way to second base.

Kwon Hee-dong's timely hit followed. NC turned the game around 2-1 as Kwon Hee-dong's ball escaped to center field.

'How long has it been since Changwon won in a row?' SSG escaped the nightmare, and 3 consecutive wins and 7 consecutive wins of NC
Choi Jeong. Photo=SSG Landers
But the tenderloin rose. Immediately, SSG regained the lead with a home run. In the top of the fifth inning, Kim Jihoon Choi hit a double and got on base with no one out runner, and Kim Sung-hyun hit a two-run home run over the left fence by targeting Yokishi's 138km pitch. Kim Sung-hyun recorded his first home run this season in the match against NC.

Choi Jeong's back-to-back home run was also hit. Choi Jung hit a 127km curve and hit a solo home run to replace Yokishi. With this home run, Choi Jung-eun succeeded in hitting a home run (11th of the season) against the former club.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, NC went chasing again. Leading hitter Davison hit a home run against the changed pitcher Seo Jin-yong. Davison, who was concentrated on 2S, hit Seo's fastball and connected it with a solo home run over the right fence. NC started chasing SSG by one point.

SSG, which was being chased, ran away far in the top of the seventh inning. He made 'Big Inning' by taking advantage of the opponent's error and the bases loaded chance obtained by four outs. The leadoff hitter Jihoon Choi attempted a surprise bunt, but pitcher Ryu Jin-wook's bad pitch to the first base made it safe at first base. Kim Sung-hyun's sacrifice bunt followed with one out and second base. Choi Jung filled the first base with a hit ball, and even Herredia walked.

'How long has it been since Changwon won in a row?' SSG escaped the nightmare, and 3 consecutive wins and 7 consecutive wins of NC
Photograph.=SSG Landers
a bases loaded with one out. Choo Shin-soo hit an RBI timely hit against Lim Jung-ho, and the next batter, Oh Tae-gon, got a walk to push. Lee Ji-young struck out, but Han Yu-sum's three-run timely double, which swept the bases with the bases loaded with two outs, allowed SSG to run to 9-3 and 6 points.

SSG, riding the flow, scored a wedge in the top of the eighth inning. After two outs, Choi Jeong's double was followed by Herredia's timely hit to run one more point. In the bottom of the eighth inning, NC provided a chance for the first and second bases with two outs, but it did not lead to a timely hit.

SSG, which was seven points ahead, went into defense. Starter Elias stepped down with six hits, four strikeouts, one walk and two runs in five innings, and Seo Jin-yong allowed one run in ⅓ innings, Noh Kyung allowed no runs in ⅔ innings, and Han Doo-sol and Jang Ji-hoon each allowed one scoreless inning.

In the bottom of the last ninth inning, SSG put rookie Choi Hyun-suk on the mound. Choi Hyun-suk, who allowed a walk to leadoff hitter Kim Han-byeol, gave up consecutive hits after one out. He struck out Seo Ho-cheol with the bases loaded with one out, but failed to overcome the last crisis. With the bases loaded with two outs, he allowed a timely two-run hit to Do Tae-hoon and lost a point. Choi Hyun-suk, who faced Park Young-bin, gave up a walk again to fill the first base with a five-point gap. a bases loaded with two outs. In the end, the SSG bench replaced the pitcher with Moon Seung-won. Moon Seung-won caught Kim Hwi-jip with a fly to center field and secured the team's victory by tying the knot.



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