The NC Dinos avenged the Doosan Bears for their defeat the day before and maintained 4th place.
NC won 12-5 in the match against Doosan in the ‘2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League’ held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 20th. NC maintained 4th place with a season record of 52 wins, 48 losses and 2 draws, and Doosan, in 5th place, only recorded a season record of 50 wins, 51 losses and 1 draw, breaking the 50% win rate again.안전놀이터
NC: Son Ah-seop (right fielder) – Park Min-woo (2nd baseman) – Park Kun-woo (designated hitter) – Jason Martin (center fielder) – Kwon Hee-dong (left fielder) – Seo Ho-cheol (3rd baseman) – Yoon Hyung-jun (1st baseman) – Kim Joo-won (shortstop) – An Joong Yeol (catcher) started the game. The starting pitcher was Tanner Tully.
Doosan has Park Gye-beom (2nd baseman) – Kim Jae-ho (shortstop) – Jose Rojas (right fielder) – Yang Seok-hwan (designated hitter) – Kim Jae-hwan (left fielder) – Kang Seung-ho (1st baseman) – Park Joon-yeong (3rd baseman) – Jang Seung-hyeon (catcher) – Jo Soo-haeng ( center field). The starting pitcher was Kwak Bin.
Starting pitcher Tanner Tully’s good pitching shone. Tanner reported his first win in the KBO League debut by fighting hard with 90 pitches, 7 hits, 1 walk, 4 strikeouts and 3 runs (1 earned run) in 6 innings. It is a quality start for two consecutive games following the match against Hanwha Eagles in Changwon on the 15th, which was his debut match (6 innings, 3 runs). The fastball was 1-2 km faster than before the debut with a maximum speed of 145 km and an average speed of 142 km, and the slider (24) worked well.
The batting line broke the Doosan mound with 18 hits. 1 hitter Son Ah-seop swung a hard hit with 4 hits in 5 at-bats, 1 RBI and 3 runs. 4th hitter Martin played an active role with 3 hits, 1 walk and 2 RBIs in 4 at-bats including a home run. 2nd hitter Park Min-woo, 5th hitter Kwon Hee-dong and 8th hitter Kim Joo-won each contributed 2 RBIs, so the offense was easily released.
The NC lineup attacked Doosan starting pitcher Kwak Bin from the beginning of the first inning. Leading batter Son Ah-seop reached base with a heavy hit, and Park Min-woo stepped on second base when he retreated with a ground ball to second baseman. 1st out, 2nd base, Park Gun-woo, taking advantage of Gwak Bin’s wild throw, Son Ah-seop went to third base, and Park Gun-woo hit a left-handed hit at the right time to lead 1-0.
At the end of the second inning, Tanner swallowed the regret by giving three runs to the Doosan lineup. It was difficult to increase the out count due to overlapping defensive mistakes. Kim Jae-hwan walked, and Kang Seung-ho gave away a double in the middle left to greet the second and third base crisis. Park Joon-yeong hit a ground ball to the shortstop, and the situation got twisted when shortstop Kim Joo-won threw a bad throw to catch third base runner Kim Jae-hwan, who was heading home. With the score tied at 1-1, the second and third base crises continued unscathed. When Seung-hyeon Jang was grounded by second baseman, Seung-ho Kang from third base scored and turned it over to 1-2.
NC did not give up and followed step by step. With two home runs, the game started at the starting point. In the beginning of the 3rd inning, Ahn Joong-yeol hit a left-handed solo shot, and in the 4th inning, Martin hit a superior solo shot to balance the score 3-3.
On the second home run, Kwak Bin collapsed. At the beginning of the 4th inning, in a situation where there was no runner safe, Kwon Hee-dong lost a hit in the middle left, and the crisis continued. Kwak Bin treated Seo Ho-cheol and Yoon Hyeong-joon as behemoths and passed the ball to Lee Young-ha in a second out second base situation.
Lee Yeong-ha showed a great effort. Kwon Hee-dong was sent to third base with a wild throw, and Kim Joo-won opened the distance to 4-3 with a right-handed hit at the right time.
NC solidified its winning streak by scoring 3 points in the beginning of the 7th inning. It was a big deal to destroy Doosan Pil Seung-jo Kim Myung-shin. Leading batsman Son A-seop went to base with a left-handed hit, while Park Min-woo hit a double at the right time that completely cut through the middle left, making the score 5-3. From second base out of the box, Park Gun-woo’s sacrifice bunt made it 1 out and 3 base, and Martin got a walk and connected it with a chance to 1 out, 1st and 3rd base. Kwon Hee-dong then hit a timely double with two RBIs in the middle right to widen the score to 7-3.
The bullpen shook after Tanner went down. At the end of the 7th inning, Kim Si-hoon, who started as the second pitcher, let lead batter Jo Su-haeng walk, and Kim Jae-ho allowed a left-handed hit at first base. The changed pitcher, Kim Yeong-gyu, struck out Rojas on a swing and held on well until the 2nd, 1st and 2nd bases. However, Yang Seok-hwan hit a left-handed hit and the bases were loaded with two outs, and Kim Jae-hwan hit the right fielder with two RBIs and timely hits, and was chased by 7-5.
The NC lineup scored an additional point straight away at the beginning of the 8th inning and prevented the flow from going over to Doosan. Leading batsman Ahn Joong-yeol went on base with a hit and was replaced by pitcher Park Young-bin. When Son A-seop hit a double at the right time in the middle left, Park Young-bin quickly stormed home and ran away 8-5. Then, Park Min-woo hit a timely triple in the right middle, widening the score to 9-5, bringing down Doosan pitcher Park Chi-guk.
With the Doosan mound changed to Choi Won-jun, NC continued to attack. Park Kun-woo withdrew from third base safely with a shortstop grounder, but hit a double at the right time in the middle of the marathon to make it 10-5.
In the top of the ninth, Kim Joo-won’s left-footed home run and Park Dae-on’s sacrifice fly to left field put a wedge in a 12-5 victory. Park Young-bin reported his first hit in his debut with a double in the 9th inning, and scored the team’s 12th run on the day.
Meanwhile, Doosan starting pitcher Kwak Bin took his 6th loss (9 wins) of the season with 7 hits (2 homers), 1 strikeout and 4 runs in 3⅔ innings. The bad trend continues with 1 win and 4 losses in 5 games in the second half.