I destroyed Cho Sang-woo, but Pil Seung-jo lost 8 points in 1 inning? Shocking defeat. It's the start of my worries
Mar 23, 2025
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The NC Dinos suffered a crushing defeat in the opening game of the regular season. NC lost the regular season opener against the KIA Tigers 2-9 at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 22nd.
It was a difficult game, but NC saw hope until the middle of the game. Logan Allen, the unstable first starter, blocked KIA's batting line with one run in six innings, and the blocked batting line woke up in the top of the sixth inning.
NC created a bases-loaded chance with Kim Joo-won's hit, Son Ah-seop's walk, and Matt Davidson's walk after one out in the top of the sixth inning when it was losing 0-1. And No. 5 hitter Park Gun-woo smashed Cho Sang-woo by hitting a two-run timely double that hit the top of the fence and fell almost to a home run. NC came from behind to win 2-1. It was a shot that heated up the NC team's atmosphere.
After Logan stepped down, NC put up Kim Tae-kyung in the seventh inning to prevent the first inning well. And in the bottom of the eighth inning, a full-fledged must-win group was activated. Jeon Sa-min came up first to protect the lead of one point. Manager Lee Ho-joon is a highly anticipated pitcher this season. He is also the player who needs to grow the most on the pitching side this season, and his status was upgraded from last year's losing group to this year's must-win group. It was that important opening game.
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Pinch hitter Hong Jong-pyo caught it with an outfield fly, but allowed Na Sung-bum to hit a timely RBI. And the ongoing crisis. Coach Lee Ho-joon even gave Patrick Wisdom a game, but allowed another walk.
He thought he couldn't control it and eventually replaced the pitcher with Kim Jae-yeol. However, Kim Jae-yeol allowed Choi Hyung-woo to make a decisive two-run turnaround timely hit, and Kim Sun-bin also received an additional timely hit, which collapsed. an already irreversible situation. We've seen more, but this time, Han Jun-su even hit a three-run home run.
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This year, coach Lee Ho-joon's debut season, NC is a team with many question marks and variables. The batting lineup, which is well harmonized, is solid, but the key is the mound. Both the starter and the bullpen are full of question marks. Pitchers who were in good condition during the first camp failed to continue their pace until the second camp and exhibition games, and Jeon Sa-min and Kim Jae-yeol, who were okay until the exhibition game, lost the lead at one point from the opening game. Even the closing Ryu Jin-wook's role as the finishing pitcher is still a question mark, so his head is bound to be more complicated.
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As for the troubled mound "Last year, Samsung's young batters made question marks an exclamation mark. I think it would be good for us to have as many as three or as many as one or two such players from the pitching side this year. Our ranking is likely to fluctuate depending on the results." Coach Lee Ho-joon checked his homework again from the first game.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
