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| NC Dinos third baseman Kim Joo-won is safe by attempting a home steal when Lotte starter Gamboa throws a check ball to first base. SBS Sports Broadcast Screen Capture |
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| NC Dinos Choi Won-joon is hitting against the Lotte Giants on the 29th. Photo courtesy =NC Dinos |
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| NC Dinos Lee Woo-sung hits against the Lotte Giants on the 29th. Photo courtesy =NC Dinos |
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NC Dinos beat Lotte Giants with 18 hits, ending their six-game winning streak and fighting for fifth place with only one win left in the 50% win rate.
NC beat the Lotte Giants with 15 hits in an away game against the Lotte Giants at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 30th, winning the game 9-4. NC, which had 44 wins, 5 draws and 45 losses, narrowed the gap to half a game against the Samsung Lions (48 wins, 1 draw and 48 losses) who lost to Hanwha on the same day.
Lotte's six-game winning streak is over. It had 54 wins, three draws and 43 losses. The first-place Hanwha and the second-place LG both won, five games apart from Hanwha and three games apart from LG.
On this day, Lotte had a starting lineup of Ko Seung-min (right wing), Son Ho-young (third baseman), Reyes (left wing), Jeon Joon-woo (designated hitter), Yoon Dong-hee (middle fielder), Yoo Kang-nam (catcher), Han Tae-yang (second baseman), Na Seung-yeop (first baseman), and Park Seung-wook (striker). After returning from injury, Ko Seung-min and Son Ho-young, who are leading the team's six consecutive wins with a batting average of .40 (10 hits in 25 at-bats) and a batting average of .529 (9 hits in 22 at-bats), took over the table setter side by side.
NC made significant changes to face Lotte left-handed ace Alec Gamboa. The starting lineup was composed of Kim Joo-won (striker), Kwon Hee-dong (designated hitter), Park Gun-woo (right fielder), Lee Woo-sung (first baseman), Kim Hui-jip (third baseman), Seo Ho-cheol (second baseman), Chun Ji-hwan (left fielder), Kim Hyung-joon (possession), and Choi Won-jun (middle fielder). Lee Woo-sung came out as the fourth batter, and Choi Won-joon was the only left-handed batter in the team and placed in the ninth.
On this day, NC placed Hong Jong-pyo, its third player in the trade, in the first division. Coach Lee Ho-joon said, `Originally, I was going to evaluate my physical condition, hitting, and defense in the second division and look at the call-up period, but when I looked at the report, it came up well in every way, so I thought there was no need to look at it longer.' Hong Jong-pyo had two hits in five at-bats against Lotte in the Futures League on the 29th. The defense played second base and shortstop.
Lotte Gamboa and NC Mok Ji-hoon. Gamboa is the ace leading Lotte's rise with 7 wins, 2 losses and a 1.94 ERA in 9 games, while Mok Ji-hoon is a promising player with 3 wins, 5 losses and a 6.29 ERA in 13 games.
Lotte was ahead of Lotte in the weight of the starter, but the initial pace was NC.
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| Lotte-SSG match held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 14th. Lotte starter Gamboa is pitching. Incheon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.6.14/ |
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| NC-Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 2nd. NC starter Mok Ji-hoon is pitching. Daejeon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.2/ |
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| NC Dinos third baseman Kim Joo-won is safe by attempting a home steal when Lotte starter Gamboa throws a check ball to first base. SBS Sports Broadcast Screen Capture |
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NC made consecutive hits by Kim Joo-won and Kwon Hee-dong in the top of the first inning to create a chance for first and third bases with no outs. And when Gamboa threw a check ball to the first base during Park Kun-woo's at-bat, third baseman Kim Joo-won tried a home steal to secure the first run.
In the top of the second inning, Choi Won-joon scored one run with a right-handed hit to make it 2-0 with two outs and runners on the first and second bases. Choi Won-joon scored his first RBI with his first hit in NC.
Lotte created a chance to load the bases with one out in the bottom of the second inning with Yoon Dong-hee's walk, Yoo Kang-nam's heavy hit, and Han Tae-yang's left-handed hit, but Na Seung-yeop struck out and Park Seung-wook grounded out in front of the shortstop, failing to score.
NC also got an additional scoring opportunity with two outs and a full base with two draft hits and two walks in the third inning, but Seo Ho-cheol grounded out in front of the shortstop.
NC starter Mok Ji-hoon handled the bottom of the third inning well with three outs, showing good pitching without losing a point until the third inning, and seemed to cruise by throwing out Jeon Joon-woo and Yoon Dong-hee in succession at the bottom of the fourth inning, but Lotte's batters gained strength after two outs. Yoo Kang-nam's right-handed hit and Ahn Tae-yang's walk created chances for first and second bases, and Na Seung-yeop's hit to left-center scored one run. With two outs and runners on the first and third bases, Park Seung-wook's right-handed hit scored one more point, tying the game 2-2. In the end, NC replaced Mok Ji-hoon and raised Kim Young-gyu. Kim Young-kyu escaped the crisis by catching Ko Seung-min with a second baseman line drive.
Mok Ji-hoon threw 78 pitches in three ⅔ innings and allowed only five hits, two walks, and two strikeouts.
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| A game between LG and NC at Jamsil Stadium on the 17th. Hitting NC Kim Hyung-joon. Jamsil = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.06.17/ |
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| In the first game of a doubleheader between NC and Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 11th, NC Chun Jae-hwan hits in the top of the second inning. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.05.11/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 18th. In the top of the fourth inning, NC Kwon Hee-dong is cheering after hitting a timely hit with two outs and a runner on second base. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.18/ |
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NC continued to target Gamboa in the top of the fourth and fifth innings, but failed to score additional points. Gamboa, who showed a different condition than before, allowed eight hits and three walks by throwing 103 pitches in five innings, but held out well by allowing only two runs with six strikeouts.
Lotte's batters responded to Gamboa's enduring. After two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning, Jeon Joon-woo's walk and Yoon Dong-hee's double to right-center created chances for second and third bases, and Yoo Kang-nam's double to right-center scored two runs to make a 4-2 turnaround. Gamboa has a winning requirement.
However, NC's offense was also unusual. He turned the tables again against Hong Min-ki, a changed pitcher in the top of the sixth inning.
First baseman Na Seung-yup was safe to throw home when Choi Won-joon grounded out in front of the first base with no outs and consecutive hits by Chun Jae-hwan and Kim Hyung-joon, and it was tied 4-4 due to Kim Joo-won's left-handed hit at the first and second bases with no outs. Choi Won-joon and Kim Joo-won made double steals to make the second and third bases with no outs, Kwon Hee-dong's sacrifice fly to center field made a 5-4 turnaround, and the shortstop's throw home when Park Gun-woo grounded out in front of the shortstop with one out and third base became safe again, making it 6-4.
In the top of the seventh inning, NC added one more run with Choi Won-joon's sacrifice fly to left field on the first and third bases with no outs made by Chun Jae-hwan's double and Kim Hyung-joon's hit.
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| A game between Samsung and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 22nd, and Lotte Yoo Kang-nam, with two outs and third base, hits an RBI double and cheers in the bottom of the seventh inning. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.06.22/ |
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| Han Tae-yang hits a game between Samsung and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 22nd. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.06.22/ |
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| Lotte Yoon Sung-bin is pitching hard in the top of the seventh inning against Samsung and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 22nd. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.06.22/ |
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Lotte got a chance to get first and second bases with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning, but Park Seung-wook stepped down with a fly to left field and Ko Seung-min grounded out in front of the first base, and even in the bottom of the ninth inning, which was 4-9, it got the last chance to load the bases with one out, but failed to score a point in the end.
NC's Kim Joo-won went 3 for 6 with an RBI, two runs scored, and four steals. After Kim Il-kwon (1985), Lee Jong-doo (1990), Kim Jae-bak (1991), Shin Dong-ju (1999), and Lee Taek-geun (2011), he became the sixth great 盜 to steal all bases.
Both transfer players, who had no hits the previous day, recorded their first hits. Lee Woo-sung recorded two hits in four at-bats, and Choi Won-joon also recorded two hits in four at-bats, three RBIs and two runs. Hong Jong-pyo entered the batter's box for the first time in the seventh inning, but struck out.
NC especially showed good performance by the lower lineup on the day. No. 7 Chun Jae-hwan scored 2 hits and 2 points in 4 at-bats, and No. 8 Kim Hyung-joon scored 4 hits and 2 points in 5 at-bats.
Lotte's Yoo Kang-nam performed very well with four hits, two RBIs and one run in four at-bats. Since he had nine team hits, Yoo Kang-nam hit nearly half alone.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
