The NC Dinos, who risked life and death in the quarterfinals, struggled to share one win each in the double header against the KIA Tigers.
NC defeated KIA 5-2 with the concentration of hitting in the 8th inning in the second round of the double header of the 2021 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League home match held at NC Park in Changwon on the 23rd.
NC, who was dragged 0-2 by the silence of batting line despite ace Luchinsky’s strong fight, who struck out 11 and blocked 7 innings with 1 point, scored 5 points in just one chance at the end of the 8th and overturned the game.
KIA 3rd baseman Choi Jeong-yong scored the first goal as KIA third baseman Choi Jeong-yong missed Na Seong-beom’s ordinary ground ball in a one-hit first and second base opportunity made with a hit by lead hitter Jin-Sung Kang and a ball that fit Aaron Altair’s body.
Min-su Jeon, a pinch hitter at first and second base, hit the right time to turn the game back to the starting point.
NC’s offensive was not easily stopped.
KIA’s 5th pitcher Seo Duk-won caught Kim Joo-won with a fly shortstop, but NC turned 3-2 with Kim Tae-gun’s push-out walk from two bases.
In the continuous two-game full base, Hyun Jung hit a double for two runs and a left, and NC escaped 5-2.
Jung-hyeon, who hit two chances in the 5th and 7th innings, showed concentration not to miss the opportunity that came for the third time.
NC finishing pitcher Lee Yong-chan appeared in the ninth inning and blocked the KIA strikeout with three strikeouts, so NC escaped from a two-game losing streak.
Previously, in the first game of the double header, KIA won 7-4, with the next-generation giant Dae-in Hwang’s three-run home run.
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