LG achieved the winning series against NC after a long extended game.
LG won 8-7 against NC at Jamsil Stadium on the 4th after a close game in the 11th inning of overtime.
From the beginning of the game, there was a slugfest. Both teams’ starters were withdrawn early.
LG starter Detrick Nence had nine hits, two walks, two strikeouts and seven runs in four innings. Kim Si-hoon bowed his head by allowing six hits, four walks, one strikeout and five runs in 2.1 innings.
The first run was up to NC. After one out in the first inning, Kwon Hee-dong and Son Ah-seop had consecutive hits, and Kwon Hee-dong, who was at the third base, homered when Matt Davidson grounded out with one out and runners on the second and third bases.
Then, LG immediately hit back. Leadoff hitter Park Hae-min walked out, and Hong Chang-ki had a hit in the middle, taking the chance to hit first and third bases with no outs. Kim Hyun-soo also walked out to fill the gap. Then, Austin Dean didn’t miss the opportunity and hit a hit to the right-center field to call two runners. Moon Bo-kyung’s sacrifice fly scored one more point, and LG turned the score around 3-1.
However, in the second inning, Ryu was shaken up. After allowing leadoff hitter Seo Ho-cheol to hit a double that fell to the left side of the left field, Ryu gave a walk to Kim Hyung-joon and Kim Joo-won hit a timely hit to the left field. Ens, who made a wild pitch when Choi Jeong-won was at bat, allowed third baseman Kim Seong-wook to hit the home-in. He also gave up one more point in the process of catching Choi Jeong-won with a grounder to the second base. With the third base with one out, Kwon Hee-dong hit an RBI double that cut the left-center gap. He managed to ground out Son A-seop, but he got a timely hit to the left field by Davidson. The score I gave him in the second inning was five points.
In the inning, he also gave up one more point by dealing with Kim Joo-won with a ground ball to third base with one out.
In the bottom of the third inning, LG followed two runs with consecutive timely hits by Park Dong-won and Moon Sung-joo.
Early on, both teams released the bullpen, and NC was leading until the fifth inning.
However, Austin’s homer in the sixth inning brought the game to square one. Taking the batter’s box with two outs and a runner on the first base, Austin swung NC’s third pitcher Kim Jae-yeol’s slider on the seventh pitch to hit the pole to the left. The score was tied 7-7.
NC took the opportunity in the top of the ninth inning when leadoff hitter Park Min-woo hit a hit to the right. Park Kun-woo then reached 먹튀검증 base due to an error by opposing shortstop Oh Ji-hwan, filling both the first and second bases.
However, the opportunity was canceled when LG catcher Park Dong-won blew up Seo Ho-chul’s high-floating bunt ball.
Kim Sung-wook then got on base with another hit ball following the previous at-bat, filling the pile of injuries. However, Kim Hyung-joon struck out swinging after a close game in the sixth pitch, and Kim Joo-won also stepped down as the bat went wrong, and the inning ended without additional score.
LG had another chance. In the bottom of the ninth inning, leadoff hitter Moon Bo-kyung got a walk and got on base. When Oh Ji-hwan hit a sacrifice bunt, he sent a runner to second base.
NC’s pitcher was replaced by Lee Yong-chan. However, the inning ended when Park Dong-won grounded out to the third base and Choi Seung-min, who was at the second base, was tagged out while advancing to the third base.
In the end, the game was extended to extra time. LG had a chance in the bottom of the 11th inning. Hong Chang-ki and Kim Hyun-soo drew consecutive walks and walked away. And Austin stood at the plate. Austin was caught with a fly ball to center field, but all the runners advanced, giving him a chance to hit the second and third bases with one out. And the game ended when Koo Bon-hyuk’s hit fell in front of right field. All the players expressed joy as they poured out of the dugout.