Dinos finally snap 8-game losing streak to KIA, win 7-4 with big 1st inning
The NC Dinos snapped an eight-game losing streak against the KIA Tigers. A big first inning and strong pitching from starter Kyle Hart proved decisive.
NC won 7-4 in the final game of a three-game midweek series against KIA in the 2024 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League at KIA Champions Field in Gwangju on Friday. The win snapped an eight-game losing streak against KIA and their two-game losing streak in recent memory. Their record is now 46 wins, 46 losses and two ties. Leader KIA ended its eight-game winning streak in the NC and its eight-game winning streak in the season. They remain in first place with 59 points, 36 wins and 2 draws.
NC starter Hart improved to 9-2 on the season with six innings, four hits (one homer), six strikeouts, four walks and two runs. He used a four-seam, two-seam, two-seam (33 pitches), four-seam (23 pitches), sweeper (17 pitches), changeup (16 pitches), cutter (10 pitches), and curveball that reached 152 mph.
Kia starter Kim Do-hyun suffered his fourth loss of the season (2-4) after allowing six runs (four earned) on six hits and six walks with three strikeouts in 1 1/3 innings. His fastball reached up to 152 mph. He used a four-seam, slider, two-seam, curveball, and changeup. A wild pitch in the first inning was the difference.
NC broke the game open in the top of the first inning. A leadoff walk by Park Si-won, a single to right by Do Tae-hoon, and a walk to Park Gun-woo loaded the bases. Matt Davidson scored the first run of the inning on a passed ball. Kwon Hee-dong followed with a two-run double down the left field line.
Kim Hwi-jip followed with an RBI single to left-center. On Seo Ho-chul’s grounder to third, Kwon Hee-dong was caught in a rundown between third and home, but Kim Do-young, who received the ball from catcher Kim Tae-gun, dropped the ball as he ran to tag Kwon Hee-dong. He picked up the ball again, but Kwon Hee-dong was able to dig home. Kim Hyung-joon’s grounder to shortstop brought home Kim.
Kia missed a two-out, three-run opportunity in the bottom of the first. NC also had runners on first and second in the top of the second inning and sent Kim Do-hyun to the mound, but could not capitalize. Then, KIA had runners on first and second with no outs 토토사이트 순위 in the bottom of the second inning, and NC had runners on first and second with no outs in the top of the third inning. In the fourth inning, Kia had two runners on base before the game was suspended due to rain. However, it resumed after 13 minutes.
Kia began its rally in the bottom of the fifth inning. After a leadoff single by Park Chan-ho, Kim Do-young pulled a 131-kilometer sweeper from Hart for a two-run shot to left field. Her 26th of the season. NC answered in the top of the sixth with a leadoff single by Do, walks to Park and Davidson, and a sacrifice fly to center field by Kwon Hee-dong.
Kia was unable to capitalize on two runners on second and third in the bottom of the sixth inning. In the bottom of the seventh inning, Kim Do-young singled with the bases loaded. In the bottom of the eighth, Choi Won-jun extended his hitting streak to 18 games with a double over the right-field fence. Byun Woo-hyuk followed with an RBI single to left. Kim Tae-gun and Park Chan-ho followed with back-to-back singles to left to load the bases, and then Socrates’ sacrifice fly to right plated another run.
KIA pressured NC until the end of the ninth inning with Kim Do-young’s single to left and Na Sung-beom’s walk, but NC closer Lee Yong-chan closed the game. Kia brought in Choi Hyung-woo to pinch-hit two batters later, but was unable to tie the game. NC closed the game with Kim Jae-yeol, Kim Young-gyu, and Lee Yong-chan after Hart went down. Kwon Hee-dong was the highlight of the batting lineup with three hits. After Kim Do-hyun was sent down, Kim Seung-hyun, Lim Ki-young, Lee Jun-young, Jang Hyun-sik, Lee Hyung-beom, and Kwak Do-gyu pitched for KIA.
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