Did he get competitive because he won first place. He took the mound in the 5th inning → He threw a limited number of pitches and left the middle plate. Glass-body ace who allowed four runs in 4.1 innings. Filling in the fifth inning in the final appearance

Sep 25, 2025

Did he get competitive because he won first place. He took the mound in the 5th inning → He threw a limited number of pitches and left the middle plate. Glass-body ace who allowed four runs in 4.1 innings. Filling in the fifth inning in the final appearance
The KBO League match between NC and LG held at Changwon NC Park on the 24th. Koo Chang-mo of NC, who is pitching as a starter. Changwon=Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.09.24/



Did he get competitive because he won first place. He took the mound in the 5th inning → He threw a limited number of pitches and left the middle plate. Glass-body ace who allowed four runs in 4.1 innings. Filling in the fifth inning in the final appearance
The KBO League match between NC and LG held at Changwon NC Park on the 24th. Koo Chang-mo of NC, who is pitching as a starter. Changwon=Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.09.24/
Did he get competitive because he won first place. He took the mound in the 5th inning → He threw a limited number of pitches and left the middle plate. Glass-body ace who allowed four runs in 4.1 innings. Filling in the fifth inning in the final appearance
The KBO League match between NC and LG held at Changwon NC Park on the 24th. Koo Chang-mo of NC, who is pitching as a starter. Changwon=Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.09.24/
We only have five innings and 85 pitches left.

Koo Chang-mo, the left-handed ace of the NC Dinos, ran well to 75 pitches in four innings of his third appearance. He aims for a healthy full-time next season by finishing up to five innings and finishing healthy in his last appearance.

Koo Chang-mo started the home game against the LG Twins at Changwon NC Park on the 24th and threw 75 pitches in four ⅓ innings, allowing eight hits (one home run), one walk, three strikeouts, and four runs. The performance was disappointing because it was a first-team game and NC had not given up hope for the fifth round yet, but it is positive that it filled the scheduled number of pitches without any problems and exceeded four innings.




Koo Chang-mo, who had three scoreless innings against KIA on the 7th and three scoreless innings against Samsung on the 18th, planned four innings on the day. It was not easy because the opponent was LG, the No. 1 player.

Koo Chang-mo, who blocked one hit and no run until the second inning, lost his first run of the season after being hit by a solo shot by Park Dong-won in the bottom of the third inning with a 1-0 lead. And he gave up another run after getting a double from Park Hae-min and a hit from Shin Min-jae. Shin Min-jae stole second base, but also allowed Austin to walk for the first time of the season. In the bottom of the fourth inning, he was hit after one hit in a row and was on the verge of the first and second bases, but he stopped Park Dong-won with a double play in front of the third baseman and finished scoreless.

In this way, the four innings given to Koo Chang-mo ended. The team is trailing by 58 pitches. Unfortunately, the team is on the verge of losing the game. Shin Young-woo was planned for the next pitcher.




However, in the bottom of the fourth inning, NC's batters succeeded in turning the tables 3-2, and Koo Chang-mo came up in the top of the fifth inning. NC explained, `Koo Chang-mo asked me to throw the limit number of pitches, so I threw it in the fifth inning as well.' He had to finish the fifth inning with the remaining 17 balls, but unfortunately Koo Chang-mo couldn't. He had a heavy hit by the leader Park Hae-min and caught Hong Chang-ki with a fly to left field, but allowed Shin Min-jae to double to the right-center, putting him on the verge of a crisis with one out and runners on the second and third bases. Spraying 73 balls so far, eventually replacing them.

Did he get competitive because he won first place. He took the mound in the 5th inning → He threw a limited number of pitches and left the middle plate. Glass-body ace who allowed four runs in 4.1 innings. Filling in the fifth inning in the final appearance
The KBO League match between NC and LG held at Changwon NC Park on the 24th. Koo Chang-mo of NC, who is pitching as a starter. Changwon=Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.09.24/
Did he get competitive because he won first place. He took the mound in the 5th inning → He threw a limited number of pitches and left the middle plate. Glass-body ace who allowed four runs in 4.1 innings. Filling in the fifth inning in the final appearance
The KBO League match between NC and LG held at Changwon NC Park on the 24th. Koo Chang-mo of NC, who is pitching as a starter. Changwon=Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.09.24/
Did he get competitive because he won first place. He took the mound in the 5th inning → He threw a limited number of pitches and left the middle plate. Glass-body ace who allowed four runs in 4.1 innings. Filling in the fifth inning in the final appearance
The KBO League match between NC and LG held at Changwon NC Park on the 24th. Koo Chang-mo of NC, who is pitching as a starter. Changwon=Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.09.24/
Shin Young-woo came up, and both runners sent by Koo Chang-mo with wild pitches and sacrifice flies homered, increasing Koo's run to four points. In the end, the fifth inning ended with a 3-4 upset.

On this day, Koo Chang-mo threw 29 fastballs and 29 sliders of up to 145km, adding 12 fork balls and 3 curves. He pitched a total of 10 ⅓ innings in three games and allowed four runs on 13 hits, bringing his ERA from 0.00 to 3.48. Fortunately, in the bottom of the sixth inning, NC, which scored six consecutive pushbacks with seven consecutive four pitches, came from behind to win 10-5, disappearing Koo Chang-mo's loss.




Koo Chang-mo said after the game, `I think my overall condition is going well. As I faced the No. 1 team, I felt the structure of the lineup, so I prepared to play a little more delicately from the analysis of my power. "I told the pitching coach that I would throw a little more because I didn't have a lot of pitches in the fourth inning." "I didn't feel like I was weak, but I got close to the number of pitches I set today, and it was a shame that I had to go down without finishing the inning."

"I always imagined the moments when fans cheered me on the mound until I returned, and I was able to overcome it well with a lot of help from people around me."Koo Chang-mo said, "I'll try to repay those who cheer me on with a little better performance in the rest of the game."is determined.

Koo Chang-mo is expected to play his last game against KT Wiz on the 30th after a five-day break. NC manager Lee Ho-joon said, `Chang-mo will throw 85 pitches in five innings in his last appearance.'





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.