'Shin Min-hyuk's 8th win + Davidson No. 38' NC succeeded in avenging SSG
Aug 31, 2024
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NC won 7-2 in the 13th match of the season against SSG Landers at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 31st. NC, which recently won two consecutive games with the victory, avenged its second consecutive away win against SSG in Changwon. NC is still far ahead with 10 wins and 3 losses against both teams this season. On the other hand, SSG failed to continue its winning streak, and the warning light was turned on for the fifth place chase.
▶NC starting lineup = Park Min-woo (2nd baseman) - Kim Joo-won (striker) - Seo Ho-cheol (3rd baseman) - Davidson (1st baseman) - Kim Hwi-jip (designated hitter) - Chun Jae-hwan (right wing) - Kim Sung-wook (left wing) - Kim Hyung-joon (captor) - Choi Jung-won (middle fielder) starting pitcher Shin Min-hyuk
▶SSG starting lineup =Eredia (left fielder)-Kim Sung-hyun (striker)-Choi Jung (third baseman)-Hanyu Island (right fielder)-Ha Jae-hoon (center fielder)-Lee Ji-young (catcher)-Oh Tae-gon (first baseman)-Shin Bum-soo (designated hitter)-Park Ji-hwan (second baseman) starting pitcher Anderson
Until the third inning, a tight pitching match was unfolded. The score was rarely scored amid good pitching by pitchers from both teams.
In the bottom of the third inning, leadoff hitter Park Ji-hwan hit a double to left-center to get on base, but all the top hitters, including Guillermo Herredia, Kim Sung-hyun and Choi Jung, stepped down and failed to bring in runners.
In the top of the fourth inning, NC succeeded in gaining the upper hand first. After leading hitter Park Min-woo hit left-handed and got on base, he managed to steal second base. Kim Joo-won's walk on base with no outs and runners on second base piled up. With no outs and runners on the first and second bases, Seo Ho-chul hit Anderson's first pitch and recorded a hit to the right, and Park Min-woo, who was on the second base, came home. Matt Davidson's timely hit to the right also scored third baseman Kim Joo-won.
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NC pulled Anderson off the mound in the top of the fifth inning by scoring four runs. It started with a straight walk by Choi Jung-won, the first batter. Park Min-woo was caught on an outfield fly, but first baseman Choi Jung-won managed to steal second base. Kim Joo-won then filled the first base again with a hit ball. With runners on first and second bases with one out, Seo Ho-cheol's grounder led to Anderson's defense error, and second baseman Choi Jeong-won turned around the third base and dug home.
The runners on the first and second base chances continue. This time, Davison's home run went off. Davison hit a 154km fastball on Anderson's third pitch and connected it with a three-run home run over the fence in the middle of Landers Field. 38th homer of the season by Davison, the league's home run leader. NC, with its long-shot lead, began to take a big lead of 7-0.
SSG, which had been quiet, scored its first goal in the bottom of the fifth inning. Park Ji-hwan's hit after one out. And Shin Min-hyuk's balk gave him one out and two outs. Herredia struck out, but Park Ji-hwan homered when Kim Sung-hyun hit a timely hit.
He also scored one more point in the bottom of the sixth inning. With consecutive hits by Han Yu-seom and Ha Jae-hoon, runners on second and third bases with no outs. When Lee Ji-young grounded out to shortstop, third baseman Han Yoo-som scored and gained one more point. However, he had to settle for one point without a cool timely hit.
NC, leading by 7-2 and 5 points, has started defending. Starting pitcher Shin Min-hyuk stepped down with the winning pitcher requirements after pitching six innings with six hits, seven strikeouts, two walks and two runs with one out. Kim Si-hoon, who took the mound as the second pitcher, did not allow a single hit in two innings and succeeded in no hit.
Still five points ahead in the bottom of the last nine. Kim Jae-yeol took the mound in NC. Kim Jaeyeol is Oh Taegon and Ko MyungjunHe finished the game by handling Park Ji-hwan neatly.
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