Davison 2G consecutive home runs → Shin Min-hyuk wins a great game, and NC's 5th place chase is not over yet

Sep 17, 2025

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The NC Dinos avenged their defeat the previous day with Davison's winning shot and Shin Min-hyuk's good pitching.

NC won 4-0 in the 15th game of the season against SSG Landers at Changwon NC Park on the 17th. Originally, the game was scheduled to be played in a doubleheader, but only the second game started normally as the first game, which was preparing to start at 3 p.m., was postponed due to rain. Cancelled matches will be reorganized later.

With the victory, seventh-ranked NC prevented consecutive losses and narrowed the gap with fifth-ranked Samsung to two games. On the other hand, SSG, ranked third, failed to continue its winning streak.

▶SSG starting lineup = Park Sung-han (striker)-Eredia (left wing) - Choi Jung (third baseman) - Han Yu-sum (right wing) - Ryu Hyo-seung (designated hitter) - Jihoon Choi (center fielder) - Ko Myung-joon (first baseman) - Cho Hyung-woo (capture) - Ahn Sang-hyun (second baseman) starting pitcher Moon Seung-won

▶NC starting lineup = Kim Joo-won (striker)-Choi Won-jun (middle fielder)-Park Gun-woo (right fielder)-Davidson (first baseman)-Lee Woo-sung (left fielder)-Oh Young-soo (designated hitter)-Kim Hwi-jip (third baseman)-Kim Hyung-joon (capture)-Seo Ho-cheol (second baseman) starting pitcher Shin Min-hyuk

With NC Shin Min-hyuk and SSG Moon Seung-won facing off as starters, the initial trend was a tight pitching match.

In the top of the first inning, SSG succeeded in getting on base as the leadoff hitter with a hit by Park Sung-han, the first batter, but Herredia's double play broke, and NC also failed to steal second base after leadoff hitter Kim Joo-won's hit on base in the bottom of the first inning. At the bottom of the third inning, leadoff hitter Kim Hui-jip hit a double and got on base, but was checked out at second base.

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The 0-0 balance was broken by NC. Matt Davidson's home run hit in the bottom of the fourth inning. Davison faced Moon Seung-won with a two-out runner on first base. In 2B2S, he hit a 139-km cutter on the fifth pitch and connected it with a two-run home run over the right fence to take a 2-0 lead. After Davison's home run, Lee Woo-sung also had a double, but Oh Young-soo struck out and failed to score an additional point.

SSG has repeatedly missed chances to chase. In the top of the fifth inning, Lee Jihoon Choi and Ko Myung-joon had consecutive hits after two outs, but Cho Hyung-woo struck out, and in the sixth inning, Park Sung-han and Herredia's consecutive hits after one out failed to make a follow-up hit.

NC's two-point lead continued. After starting pitcher Shin Min-hyuk pitched five scoreless innings and stepped down, the second pitcher Jeon Sa-min continued his scoreless pitching in one ⅔.

SSG had a chance in the top of the eighth inning. Two outs later, Herredia's walk and Choi Jeong's four-pitch on-base hit accumulated runners again. NC lowered Lim Ji-min and put Kim Jin-ho on the mound. However, Kim Jin-ho did not lose a point as he caught Han Yu-sum with a ground ball to first base.

NC finally scored a wedge in the bottom of the eighth inning. He succeeded in attacking Choi Min-joon of the SSG bullpen. Leading hitter Kim Hyung-joon walked out, and Seo Ho-chul's sacrifice bunt success led to one out and second base. Kim Joo-won brought Kim Hyung-joon home with an RBI double. Choi Won-joon then scored one more point as he recorded a timely hit that flowed in front of the center fielder.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.