Pedi Returns, Making 12K Power Throws, The Most in a PO Game… Game 1 Daily MVP
Winning pitcher allowing 3 hits and 1 run in 6 innings… NC batting line, 13 hits and 9 runs supported
Eric Peddy (30, NC Dinos), a three-time pitcher in the 2023 season, announced his health in his return after two weeks.
Peddy started the first game of the playoffs (PO, 3 wins out of 5) against KT Wiz at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 30th and pitched a fight with 3 hits (1 home run), 1 walk, 12 strikeouts, and 1 run (1 earned) in 6 innings. unfolded. 온라인카지노
The 12 strikeouts are the most in one game in playoff history.
The previous record was 11 strikeouts by Sun Dong-yeol (Haitai Tigers) in 1989 and Chris Flexen (Doosan Bears) in 2020.
Thanks to the firepower of NC's batting lineup, Peddie came off the mound in the top of the 7th inning with an 8-1 lead, meeting the requirements for a winning pitcher.
As the game ended 9-5, Peddie was not only the winning pitcher but also the Daily Most Valuable Player (MVP) and took home a prize of 1 million won.
Peddie was hit on the forearm by a batted ball on the 16th of this month, his last appearance in the regular season, and skipped the first wild card game and all three semi-playoff games.
As if to repay his teammates who went through the postseason without an ace, Eric Peddie tied up the KT batting lineup with his unfailingly powerful pitching that day.
Of the 98 pitches thrown, 49 curves, 37 two-seam fastballs, 7 change-ups, and 5 cut fastballs were thrown.
In terms of velocity, the fastball ranged from 150 to 155 km/h and the curve ranged from 131 to 139 km/h.
His control was also excellent with 62 strikes and 36 balls.
Peddie picked up the pace from the beginning, stopping with three-way strikes in the first and second innings.
Leadoff hitters Kim Sang-soo and Hwang Jae-gyun were both grounded out to shortstop, and Anthony Alford, who hit 5 hits (2 home runs) in 8 at-bats in regular season matches, also struck out with a missed swing.
There was a brief crisis in the bottom of the third inning.
He threw a two-seam fastball to lead hitter Moon Sang-cheol with a ball count of 3 balls and 1 strike, and was hit by a superior solo shot.
KT chased 1-4 with this home run.
The follow-up hitter's ground ball hit the second base and bounced, resulting in an infield hit.
However, Peddie, who had made up his mind, quickly ended the inning without allowing a follow-up hit.
The NC batting line also produced a ‘big inning' with 4 runs in the top of the 4th inning, defeating KT starter William Cuevas in 3 innings and lightening Peddie's shoulders.
Peddie, who was well rested during the extended 4th inning attack, struck out 3 consecutive strikeouts against KT's main lineup of Alford, Park Byeong-ho, and Jang Seong-woo in the bottom of the 4th inning.
On the mound in the bottom of the 5th inning, he showed both hot passion and cool coolness.
After one out and a full count, when the ball at the top outside of the strike zone was ruled a ball, Peddie left the mound and made a strong appeal.
NC coach Kang In-kwon immediately jumped out of the dugout and started to extinguish the fire, and the NC coaching staff also visited the mound separately to sink Pedi.
Then, KT coach Lee Kang-cheol protested, asking, ‘Is it possible to visit the mound twice in a row?', but the umpires judged that coach Kang had no intention of visiting the mound.
Peddy, who caught Bae Jeong-dae with a fly ball in a chaotic atmosphere, gave up a left-field hit to the follow-up pinch hitter Lee Ho-yeon, but struck out Kim Sang-soo with a missed swing.
Afterwards, in the 6th inning, he struck out Hwang Jae-gyun, Alford, and Park Byeong-ho with fly balls and strikeouts, setting the record for the most strikeouts in a PO game.
NC used sure-winners Kim Young-gyu and Ryu Jin-wook in the 7th and 8th innings to keep the team scoreless, but in the 9th, Kim Si-hoon and Lee Yong-chan faltered and gave up 4 runs, which was disappointing.
