It's not finished yet. Changwon Returns After Six Years, 31-Year-Old Pinch-Hit Veteran Roars...There's a lucky trade ball here, too

Sep 10, 2025

photo courtesy of NC Dinos

"It's not over yet. It's not over till it's over."

The NC Dinos have raised the spark of hope for the last train of autumn baseball.

NC blocked SSG's bid to win six consecutive games by winning 5-4 with Lee Woo-sung's come-from-behind final hit in the bottom of the eighth inning in the 14th game of the season against SSG Landers at Changwon NC Park on the 10th.

Due to repeated mistakes, SSG has lost its momentum of five consecutive wins. Despite the flurry of errors on the day, starter Anderson's victory, who pitched hard with 11 strikeouts in his 15th quality start of the season (more than 6 innings and less than 3 earned runs), also flew away.

Above all, it was a rewarding day when the main players of the trade turned the game around one after another during the season, which NC boldly decided.

On this day, SSG recorded 225 strikeouts in total, surpassing Fernando Hernandez's 215 strikeouts in 2001 and setting a record for the most strikeouts in a single season franchise history. In addition, 225 exceeded 223 of Choi Dong-won (then Lotte Giants) in 1984 and matched Miranda (then Doosan Bears) in 2021. Anderson is certain to beat Miranda through the rest of the game unless he is injured in the future.

photo courtesy of SSG Landers

If so, only Cody Ponce (Hanwha Eagles) is in the way of Anderson. Ponce is leading Anderson in both ERA and strikeouts with 16 consecutive wins and no losses in the opening of this season.

But this could change enough for the rest of the year. In particular, there are only three differences in strikeouts between the two players.

On top of that, SSG added Kim Min-yi hold, who took the mound in the bottom of the seventh inning, and achieved the team's third hold after Noh Kyung-eun (29) and Lee Eui-woon (27). This is the second time in professional baseball history that the Samsung Lions (Im Chang-min, Kim Jae-yoon, and Kim Tae-hoon) recorded for the first time last year

However, on this day, NC did not allow only another milestone for SSG. Noh Kyung-eun challenged the milestone of 30 holds for three consecutive years, but she recorded a blon in the bottom of the eighth inning and pushed it back to the next opportunity.

The reversal was a collaboration created by coach Lee Ho-joon's sharp pinch hitter and NC's trade fortune.

A match between NC and Hanwha at Changwon NC Park on the 15th. NC Park Min-woo, who is hitting. Changwon = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2025.08.15/

In the bottom of the eighth inning, veteran Park Min-woo appeared as a pinch hitter, creating an atmosphere with a double that hit the right fence. Choi Won-joon, who was acquired in a trade with one out and runners on the first and third bases made of a sacrifice bunt and a walk, hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly. The second pinch hitter Lee Woo-sung then turned the game around by hitting a come-from-behind final hit during an RBI.

After the game, Lee Woo-sung said, `I'm glad the team won today. I haven't had a good hitting feeling recently, but I feel especially good to have an important hit. "

Then "The opposing pitchers came to me a lot of breaking ball games. Today, the fact that he went in aiming for a breaking ball from the beginning led to good results."

Lee Woo-sung said, "As the fight for the semifinals is fierce, everyone is focusing on the game every moment. I don't think it's over until it's over"Thank you to the fans for your support, and I will do my best to help the team advance into autumn baseball."," he stressed.