KT lost → 5th place again! Tuta Overwhelmed SSG Secures Winning Series by Holding NC

Jul 05, 2025

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Overwhelming pitching. SSG Landers beat the NC Dinos to take at least the winning series.

SSG won 6-1 against NC in Game 8 of the season at Changwon NC Park on the 5th. SSG, which has recently won two consecutive games with this victory, is overwhelming with 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss against NC as it is chasing the top five.

On the other hand, No. 8 NC recently lost its second consecutive game and missed the chance to chase the mid-range.

▶SSG starting lineup =Jihoon Choi (center fielder)-Eredia (designated hitter)-Choi Jung (third baseman) - Han Yu-sum (right wing) - Ko Myung-jun (first baseman) - Park Sung-han (striker)- Oh Tae-gon (left wing) - Jung Joon-jae (second baseman)-Cho Hyung-woo (catcher) starting pitcher White

▶NC starting lineup = Kim Joo-won (striker)-Choi Jung-won (center fielder)-Park Min-woo (second baseman)-Davidson (first baseman)-Park Gun-woo (right fielder)- Son A-seop (left fielder)-Oh Young-soo (designated hitter)-Kim Hui-jip (third baseman)-Ahn Jung-yeol (catcher) starting pitcher Cho Min-seok

NC faced SSG Mitch White with rookie Cho Min-seok making his first professional debut. Early in the game, the trend was unexpectedly tight.

Choi Jeong's solo home run hit after two outs in the top of the first inning. Choi Jeong hit Cho Min-seok's change-up and connected it with a home run over the left fence. SSG took a 1-0 lead.

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In the second inning, SSG faced a chance to score by stealing second base after Oh Tae-gon's walk after two outs, but no follow-up hit occurred.

NC had difficulty attacking White as not a single batter could step on the first base until the third inning.

Then, in the top of the fourth inning, SSG began to rush. After leadoff hitter Choi Jung got on base with a hit ball, Han Yu-sum also walked. Go Myung-jun's double play at first and second bases with no outs, and two outs and a runner on first base. However, Park Sung-han got on base with a walk, and runners piled up again.

Second baseman Ko Myung-joon entered the third base with a mistake to check the opposing pitcher in the chance of runners at first and second base, and Oh Tae-gon's walk led to the bases loaded with two outs.

In the end, Cho Min-seok went down the mound, and Jung Joon-jae, the eighth batter, hit a two-run timely hit that fell into the right field against pitcher Choi Sung-young. SSG's 3-0 run continued. With Cho Hyung-woo's walk, two outs and runners on first and second bases. This time, No. 1 hitter Jihoon Choi succeeded in a 5-0 run by adding a two-run timely hit against Choi Sung-young.

NC also had its first on-base opportunity in the bottom of the fourth inning with Kim Joo-won's pitch and Choi Jung-won's hit. But Park Minwoo~ Matt Davidson~Park Gun-woo failed to shake it as he ended up hitting a mistake.

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NC, which had been quiet, scored its first goal in the bottom of the fifth inning. Son Ah-seop, the leadoff hitter in the inning, got on base due to SSG shortstop Park Sung-han's throwing error. With Kim Hwi-jip's walk after one out, runners on first and second bases. pinch hitter Kim Hyung-joon struck out, but Kim Joo-won brought second baseman Son Ah-seop home with a timely hit to get between 1-2 bases. It was NC's first score in the game.

However, the NC mound collapsed in the top of the sixth inning. It was the cause of fire that gave up a walk to Jung Joon-jae, the first batter. He then allowed him to steal second base. After striking out Cho Hyung-woo, Kim Nok-won's control was shaken. A walk to Jihoon Choi, a walk to Herredia again. He loaded the bases with only a walk.

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He then struck out Choi Jung with difficulty while striking out, but in the process of checking the second base, a bad pitch throwing the ball in a completely different direction came out and failed to stop third baseman Jung Joon-jae's score in vain. He then walked again to Han Yu-sum. Fortunately, he struck out Ko Myung-joon to prevent the crisis with one point, but he had no choice but to lower his head by allowing four walks.

With a 6-1 lead, SSG went down the mound after White pitched six innings of two hits, seven strikeouts, three walks and one run (non-earned).

In the second half, he started to keep it. After White went down, Choi Min-joon blocked the seventh inning and Park Si-hoo blocked the eighth inning without losing a point.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.