Lotte's iron wall mound → NC 20-year-old Young Gun overwhelmed the Cuban batters with 10 scoreless innings
Oct 24, 2024
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Lotte beat LG 3-0 with starter Hyun Do-hoon's good pitching and relief pitcher Kim Do-kyu and Jin Seung-hyun's clean finish in the 2024 Ulsan-KBO Fall League (Educational League) LG Twins match at Munsu Stadium in Ulsan on the 23rd.
Lotte, which defeated Jangsu Hughes (China) 7-1 with the good pitching of pitchers such as starter Park Joon-woo in the game on the 20th, also showed off a solid mound that allowed only one run in the last 18 innings, recording a zero-base victory in the game.
The game was decided in Lotte's attack in the top of the first inning. Lotte, which had a chance at first and third bases with no outs in the first inning, scored the first run when Jang Doo-sung homered when Shin Yoon-hoo hit the infield. Lotte added two runs with consecutive RBIs by Choo Jae-hyun and Kim Dong-gyu in the continued attack to make it 3-0.
Lotte, which scored three points, failed to score additional points until the ninth inning, but Hyun Do-hoon (5 innings), Kim Do-kyu (2 innings), and Jin Seung-hyun (2 innings) struck out 11 in nine innings without losing a point to beat LG. Starting pitcher Hyun Do-hoon has emerged as a hope for Lotte's mound by allowing one run in 10 innings alone in this tournament. Shin Yoon-hoo led the offense with two hits, one RBI and one run from four times at bat. LG's Ham Chang-gun played 2 hits and 1 walk in 3 at-bats, but the silence of the batters caused the bitter taste of defeat.
In the previous game, Team LMB (Mexican League Alliance) overpowered the Goyang Heroes and recorded its second win of the tournament. Team LMB ran away 4-0 in the bottom of the sixth inning when Buraulio Cabero hit a two-run home run while keeping an uneasy 2-0 lead. Team LMB gave up a two-run timely hit to Goyang Park Joon-hyung in the top of the seventh inning, but added three points in the second half of the game and blocked Goyang's persistent pursuit with two points, eventually winning 7-4. Team LMB starter Orkar Valenzuela pitched four scoreless innings, and Cabero hit two hits, two RBIs and two runs in four at-bats, including a home run. The team gave up the game, but Goyang starter Jeon Joon-pyo showed impressive pitching with two runs in five innings.
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Jiangsu defeated the All-Star of the Independent League 7-6 after a bloody battle. Jiangsu was trailing 2-6 until the seventh inning, but in the top of the eighth inning, they scored five points and won a thrilling 7-6 come-from-behind victory, including Wang Lei's winning double. Jiangsu led Li Xiaoyang, Lu An Chen Chun and Qiao Ze with multi-hits. The All-Star of the Independent League had 13 hits, including Park Soo-hyun and Kang Dong-woo's home runs, but missed the victory, which was strengthened by the bullpen's turmoil.
In the following game, NC defeated Cuba, the team that appeared for the first time in the tournament, 13-1. NC, which scored three points in the bottom of the first inning due to Han Jae-hwan and Kim Han-byeol's timely hits, scored 10 points with Kim Se-hoon's three-point home run and won a big victory over Team Cuba, which scored only one point in the eighth inning.
NC starter Shin Young-woo, who recorded five scoreless innings against LG in the game on the 16th, also became the winning pitcher with five scoreless innings and 6K good pitching. Shin Young-woo has shown his most outstanding pitching in this tournament with 10 scoreless innings. In the attack, Kim Se-hoon performed impressively with three hits and four RBIs in five at-bats, including a home run. Team Cuba's fourth batter Alfredo Despaigne recorded two hits in four at-bats, but suffered a complete defeat due to poor pitchers.
The preliminary round will be concluded with four matches to be held on the 26th. From the 28th, the semifinal tournament will begin depending on the performance. All games after the semifinals will be held at Munsu Stadium in Ulsan and will be broadcast live on SPOTV and KBO YouTube.
*Table. 2024 Ulsan-KBO Fall League Match Results
*Attached. NC Shin Young-woo and Lotte Hyun Do-hoon. Photo
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