It's hard to win one game. Defeat → 8th place, sigh, can we look forward to joining Cheongunmanma
Sep 07, 2025
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NC Dinos coach Lee Ho-joon sighed and smiled bitterly.
NC lost 4-8 against the Changwon KIA Tigers on the 6th and lost for the fourth consecutive time. Deadly losing streak amid fierce last-minute five-way battle. NC dropped one spot to eighth place with 57 wins, six draws and 62 losses in the season. It is three games behind KT Wiz, who is ranked fifth. It is not an easy situation to make up for.
The loss on the 6th was more painful because ace Riley Thompson was at the forefront. Riley only allowed seven hits (one homer) with three walks, six strikeouts and four runs in four innings.
Director Lee said, `Riley was not arrested yesterday (6th), so he kept relying on breaking balls. He's a pitcher who has to throw a fastball. In the past, I was supposed to get a fastball in two balls and get a foul, but I kept seeing him struggling on the mound. I got hit with a breaking ball and I couldn't control it. The number of pitches went up a lot, but I changed it because all the middle pitchers were left."
The error that led to a large number of runs after the good defense was painful. In the top of the sixth inning, trailing 3-4, Chun Jae-hwan showed a super catch that caught Kim Tae-gun's long ball toward left field, and he made a throwing error to first base while third baseman Kim Hwi-jip handled the next batter, Kim Ho-ryeong's ground ball. I was able to go to a situation where there was no runner with two outs, but it started to get twisted as I got to second base with one out. NC eventually lost its victory to KIA by allowing three runs, but was humiliated in many ways, including allowing Park Chan-ho to play his own home still.
Director Lee said, `In the current situation, such a mistake should not be made, but it was hard again to give 3 points in large quantities. "I wish I had gone like that after two outs, but I was on second base with one out," he said. "I'm trying to win the game every day, but I'll try to break the losing streak again today (7th)."
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Koo Chang-mo and Kim Hyung-joon's return is notable.
Koo Chang-mo joined the team shortly after he was discharged from Sangmu in June and thought it would be a great help, but it took time because he asked for more build-up processes. The return has been delayed so far due to symptoms of left elbow muscle clumping during the build-up process. Koo Chang-mo will take the mound on the same day with 50 pitches set as the limit.
Kim Hyung-joon was unable to play in the match against Suwon KT on the 2nd due to the bad condition of the right wrist, but returned to the starting lineup on the same day.
Director Lee said "(Kim) Hyung-jun is not perfect, but he said it was about 80%. 80 percent is the same as 100 percent. He said he'd go out, too. (Park) Gun-woo was worried because his side was not good, he swung and missed, and he was bad, but he said it was okay. Park Min-woo (back pain) needs to wait and see.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
