Pedi Returns with a 12K 1 Run, Powerful Pitch… NC, PO Won 1st Game 9-5
KT Cuevas KO due to heavy hitting in the early stages of Dinosaur Army… NC fall baseball 5 consecutive wins
NC Dinos defeated KT Wiz with a bat in the first game of the professional baseball playoffs (PO, 3 wins out of 5 games) and won their 5th straight baseball game this fall. 카지노사이트
In the first game of the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO Postseason PO, which started at KT Wiz Park in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do on the 30th, NC battered opposing starter William Cuevas and led the game with 13 hits, defeating KT 9-5.
NC has an advantage of 78% chance of advancing to the Korean Series and will play the second PO game at the same venue on the 31st.
Until last year, the team that won the first game in the past PO, which was played with a 3-win system out of 5, advanced to the Korean Series in 25 out of 32 cases.
NC, which entered the postseason ranked 4th in the regular league, continued its sensational run with 5 consecutive wins through the wild card game (1 win), the semi-playoffs (all 3 wins), and the first game of the playoffs.
The starting match between Eric Peddie (NC), who won the triple crown for most wins (20 wins), ERA (2.00), and strikeouts (209) this season, and Cuevas, the winning percentage leader (100% winning rate), ended with Peddie's complete victory.
On the 16th, in a game against the KIA Tigers in the regular season, NC pitcher Peddie, who was diagnosed with a bruise after being hit on the right forearm by a straight ball from Ko Jong-wook and underwent rehabilitation for two weeks, made his first appearance on the mound in 14 days and the most PO games in history in his first fall baseball sortie.
He set a new record for strikeouts (12, previously 11) and earned the victory with a comeback pitch that allowed 3 hits and 1 run in 6 innings.
NC dominated KT, who had played in practice for the first time in 20 days, in offense and defense with a high level of concentration and improved game sense.
KT Wiz, which confirmed second place early on, began preparations for the postseason after finishing the last game of the regular league on the 10th, but lost the victory on this day with two decisive errors and poor defense.
NC led off the first inning with Son Ah-seop's single to right-center and Park Min-woo's double to left-center to tie the 2nd and 3rd bases and take the lead with Jason Martin's sacrifice fly to left field.
In the second inning, leading 1-0, lead hitter Oh Young-soo hit a fastball driven into Cuevas' 149 km/h center plate and drew a solo arch that fell into the stands in left center.
NC, which took the lead, took advantage of KT's mistakes in the 3rd and 4th innings to accumulate points, leaving deep and clear dinosaur footprints on its way to victory.
When KT third baseman Hwang Jae-gyun missed the high ball from leader Park Min-woo at the last moment, Park Geon-woo hit a one-run double that pierced Hwang Jae-gyun like a bullet and rolled to the left line at first base with no outs.
Following Martin's ground ball, with one out and runners on third base, Kwon Hee-dong hit a timely hit to make it 4-0, as if mocking the KT infield's forward defense.
As KT chased after 7th batter Moon Sang-cheol's superior solo home run, NC pulled Cuevas off the mound with a ‘big inning' (more than 4 runs in one inning) in the 4th inning, effectively splitting the game.
Leader Kim Hyeong-jun chose to walk, and Cuevas, who caught Kim Joo-won's batted ball, made a bad apology to the shortstop who entered second base, giving NC a free chance to get to first and second base without an out.
When Son Ah-seop was at bat, Cuevas threw a one-bound wild pitch, putting himself on second and third base with no outs.
Son Ah-seop knocked down William Cuevas with a timely 1-run hit in front of right field.
With the bases loaded and no outs due to Park Min-woo's walk, Park Geon-woo stole a sacrifice fly from KT's second pitcher Eom Sang-baek to make it 6-1, and with 2 outs and 1st and 2nd bases, Kwon Hee-dong hit a triple to right-center.
KT Bae Jeong-dae chased hard and seemed to clear it, but was unable to capture it with his gloves.
The official record office recorded it as Kwon Hee-dong's triple, not Bae Jeong-dae's error.
Cuevas, who was presented as a sure-win card by KT, was the winner of the winning percentage with 12 wins and no losses in the regular league, but on this day, he gave up 6 hits, including 1 home run, and 2 walks in 3 innings, and gave up 7 runs (4 earned runs), resulting in his first loss of the season in a critical situation.
I was bullied and lost face.
NC scored its 9th point in the top of the 9th inning with a win or loss on the line thanks to Oh Young-soo's heavy, timely hit.
Kwon Hee-dong led the way to victory with 3 RBIs, and Park Geon-woo and Oh Young-soo had 2 RBIs each.
KT took solace in escaping a complete defeat with Bae Jeong-dae's grand slam home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning.
At Suwon KT Wiz Park, 16,241 spectators entered, less than 10,000 won (17,600).
