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| A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 1st. Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop is in thought. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.01/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 1st. Kim Joo-won, who scored during a timely hit by NC Choi Won-joon with one out and third base in the top of the third inning, is sharing a high five with manager Lee Ho-joon. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.01/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 1st. Kim Joo-won penetrates home after tag-up during the first inning of the eighth inning with one out and a full base NC Davison sacrifice hit. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.01/ |
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The NC Dinos won eight consecutive games, stopping the LG Twins from winning the championship on their own and moving one step closer to fifth place.
In an away game against the LG Twins at Jamsil Stadium on the 1st, NC blocked LG's batters with bullpen pitchers and won a 7-3 come-from-behind victory due to the explosion of the batters.
NC, which has won eight consecutive games, will have 70 wins, six draws and 67 losses, and if it wins the SSG match in Changwon on the 3rd, it will beat KT to secure fifth place and enter the wild card game. NC also finished with an 8-8 tie against LG. Among the nine teams, LG became the only team to score .500.
LG won against Hanwha on the 27th and reduced the magic number to 1, but lost the last game, NC, following the match against Hanwha (3-7 loss) on the 29th and Doosan (0-6 loss) on the 30th, ending the season without getting rid of the magic number.
Now, we have to wait and see the results of the second-place Hanwha match.
We have to see the results of Hanwha's SSG match in Incheon on the day, and if Hanwha wins, we have to watch the Hanwha-KT match in Suwon on the 3rd. Even if Hanwha loses to SSG on the day or wins to SSG, if it loses to KT on the 3rd, LG will win the regular league, but if Hanwha wins both SSG and KT on the 3rd, LG and Hanwha will have the same winning rate and play the first-place match in Jamsil on the 4th.
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| A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 1st. Yang Woo-jin in the first round of the 2026 rookie is throwing the first pitch, and Yang Junsung Park in the second round is throwing the first pitch. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.01/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 1st. LG Chirinos is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.01/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 1st. NC Kim Tae-kyung is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.01/ |
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LG is aiming to win the championship on its own in the last game, and NC, if it wins LG and SSG on the 3rd, beat KT to secure fifth place and advance to the wild card game, so both of them can never be missed.
LG's starting lineup was composed of Hong Chang-ki (right wing), Shin Min-jae (second baseman), Austin (first baseman), Kim Hyun-soo (designated hitter), Moon Sung-joo (left wing), Oh Ji-hwan (striker), Moon Bo-kyung (third baseman), Park Dong-won (capture), Park Hae-min (middle fielder), NC's Kim Joo-won (striker), Choi Won-jun (middle fielder), Park Gun-woo (designated hitter) - Davison (first baseman) - Kwon Hee-dong (left wing) - Seo Ho-cheol (second baseman) - Kim Hui-jip (third baseman) - Kim.
LG's first starter Chirinos came forward, and Son Joo-young supported him and a must-win team came out. After Kim Tae-kyung started, NC immediately prepared for the bullpen pitchers with 'bulpen day' depending on the situation. Koo Chang-mo, who was initially prepared to start on the day, was put as an intermediate pitcher for the showdown against KT on the previous day, which was an important game, and Riley was tried to start on the day, but he chose to break through to bullpen day because he did not recover much after his previous start.
LG scored the first point. After two outs in the bottom of the first inning, Austin walked and got on base, went to second base with Kim Tae-kyung's check ball falling back, and made it 1-0 when Kim Hyun-soo hit the right fence.
NC tied the game with their feet. After Kim Joo-won got on base with a heavy hit in the top of the third inning, he managed to steal second base at the first pitch when Choi Won-joon was at bat, and even stole third base in the fourth pitch in 1B2S. Choi Won-joon then hit a right-handed hit to tie the score 1-1.
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| A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 1st. LG Kim Hyun-soo is cheering after hitting a timely hit with two outs and runners on second base in the bottom of the first inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.01/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 1st. NC Kim Joo-won is cheering after hitting a hit with one out in the top of the third inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.01/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 1st. Kim Joo-won, who scored during a timely hit by NC Choi Won-joon with one out and third base in the top of the third inning, is sharing a high five with Park Gun-woo. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.01/ |
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However, NC was caught by Chirinos' check ball while Choi Won-joon was looking for a chance to steal second base, and Park Gun-woo struck out and failed to score additional points.
NC had a chance to turn the tables in the top of the fourth inning as second pitcher Kim Young-kyu passed the second and third innings without allowing a run. After one out, Kwon Hee-dong's left-handed hit, Seo Ho-chul's body hit, and Kim Hui-jip's left-handed hit made the bases loaded. And Kim Hyung-joon's first pitch exactly split the center and became a two-run hit rolling in front of center field, succeeding in a 3-1 come-from-behind victory. With one out and runners on the first and second bases, Chun Jae-hwan stepped down with a right field fly, and Kim Joo-won hit a big ball to the center, but Park Hae-min ran to the front of the fence and managed to catch it, ending the inning.
NC scored an additional point against the changed pitcher Son Joo-young in the top of the fifth inning. Choi Won-joon and Davison's hits and Kwon Hee-dong's walk made the bases loaded with one out, and third baseman Choi Won-joon homered and made it 4-1 when Seo Ho-chul grounded out in front of the shortstop. Shortstop Oh Ji-hwan quickly sprayed a slow grounder to second base to make it a double play, and Shin Min-jae also threw hard to first base, but Seo Ho-chul's foot arrived at first base first and was safe.
Kim Hwi-jip walked and led to an additional scoring opportunity with two outs and a full base, but Kim Hyung-joon struck out swinging.
In the top of the sixth inning, NC, which created a chance to load the bases with Choi Won-joon's hit and Park Gun-woo and Davison's walk after two outs, hit a big ball to left-center from Kim Young-woo, whose Kwon Hee-dong changed, but Park Hae-min followed him to the end and caught him and failed to score again.
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| A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 1st. NC Kim Young-kyu is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.01/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 1st. NC Jeon Sa-min is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.01/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 1st. LG Jang Hyun-sik is turning over the mound with one out in the top of the eighth inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.01/ |
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The baseball adage of `chance after crisis' did not work for LG on the day. The LG bat has cooled down.
LG, which had only three hits against Doosan the previous day, failed to make a hit after Kim Hyun-soo's direct hit to the fence and Shin Min-jae's infield hit to the second base in the bottom of the third inning, and was helpless with 14 consecutive hitters until the seventh inning.
In the end, NC beat LG perfectly. He added three points against Jang Hyun-sik and Ham Deok-ju in the top of the eighth inning to lead 7-1.
LG got on base in the 16th inning when Park Hae-min got a walk from Bae Jae-hwan after one out in the bottom of the eighth inning. Then when Hong Chang-ki hit a right-handed hit to make the first and second bases, head coach Lee Ho-joon put up left-handed Ha Joon-young. However, Shin Min-jae hit a double that escaped the side of the first base, breaking a long silence and LG also scored one point to chase 2-7. NC replaced the pitcher with Lim Ji-min again. Austin's sacrifice fly to left field earned one more point, but the chase stops here.
NC's Kim Jin-ho, who came out after two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning, blocked it until the ninth inning and kept the victory.
NC destroyed the LG mound with 12 hits again on the day. Choi Won-jun hit three hits, and Kwon Hee-dong and Kim Hwi-jip hit two hits each.
LG had only five hits. Shin Min-jae hit two hits, and Hong Chang-ki and Kim Hyun-soo and Oh Ji-hwan hit one each. In the end, he finished the season with three consecutive losses with Magic Number 1 left.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
