This year, NC’s game was particularly upset whenever it faced Lotte. They lost all three games of the season’s first ‘Nakdong River Series’ held at home in Changwon from April 21st to 23rd. In the first game, they allowed runs to be tied in the 8th and 9th innings, and lost after giving up the winning run in the 10th overtime. The next day, he committed 5 errors and destroyed himself, and in the final game 3, he led 3-0 until the bottom of the 8th inning, but collapsed by giving up 5 runs in the top of the 9th inning.
NC could hardly find its way. In the second three-game series held in Busan in May, they again recorded a losing series with 1 win and 2 losses. In the 5th match against Lotte of the season held on the 24th, they barely achieved their first win against their opponent. After the game that day, NC captain Son Ah-seop said, “My pride was hurt because we lost four times in a row to one team. “I will prepare well to win tomorrow,” he said, but the very next day, he suffered a crushing defeat of 1-11.
The Nakdong River derby started with a record of 1 win and 5 losses, and NC turned the balance like a lie. They began a counterattack by winning two consecutive games in the last two games of the first half of the year held in July, and won 3 wins and 1 loss in 4 games in a row, including a double header on the 8th to 10th, overturning their opponent’s record in over 5 months since the start of the season. With only one game left on the 12th, NC is recording 8 wins and 7 losses against Lotte this season. This means that they have secured a season record of at least a tie.
During the four-game series, NC overwhelmed Lotte in terms of offense and defense concentration, proving its recent upward trend. They were evaluated as being behind Lotte in the starting pitcher matchup on the 10th, except for Eric Peddy, but they won after a close game. In the first game on the 8th, he achieved a come-from-behind victory with two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, defeating opposing ace Charlie Barnes. They lost the first game of the doubleheader on the 9th, but came back in the second game with 3 runs in the bottom of the 6th inning, winning by 6-5. In the game on the 10th, Peddie stood out as he dominated the game with 1 run allowed in 8.1 innings, but the concentration of other fielders, including shortstop Kim Joo-won, who caught the last out count with a diving catch, also shined.
Lee Yong-chan, the top member of the pitching team, pitched for three days in a row and earned saves in all three games that NC won. In the second game of the doubleheader on the 9th, he also set a record of 150 saves for the 10th time in KBO history.바카라사이트
Lotte was a nightmare opponent for Lee Yong-chan this season. It was also against Lotte that Lee Yong-chan, who seemed impregnable with an ERA of ‘0’ at the beginning of the season, recorded his first run and first blow. Before this four-game series, Lee Yong-chan had allowed 7 runs in 5 innings in 5 games against Lotte, recording an ERA of 12.60.
If NC achieves a draw or better in the match against Lotte on the 12th, it will again record an advantage over its opponent for the first time in three years. In the past two seasons, they were unable to determine superiority or inferiority with 7 wins, 2 draws, and 7 losses (2021) and 8 wins and 8 losses (2022), respectively. Depending on the results of KT’s game against SSG in Incheon on this day, they could aim for second place by half a game.