The NC Dinos of the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) have completed a sweep of the KT Wiz.
NC won the home game of the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League 5-3 against KT on Wednesday at NC Park in Changwon, South Korea.
With the 2-1 win-series victory, NC remains in sixth place with 32 wins, 33 losses and two draws (.492 winning percentage) and is close to a 5 percent winning percentage. KT is ninth with 28 wins, 38 losses and one tie (.424 winning percentage).
NC starter Daniel Castano pitched a strong game. He improved to 5-3 on the season with a quality start, allowing two runs on four hits (one home run) in seven innings with one walk and four strikeouts.
He gave up a leadoff single to KT’s Mel Rojas Jr. in the top of the first, but retired 13 consecutive batters until the top of the fifth to complete the no-hitter. A single to left by Bae Jae-dae broke the no-hitter, but he induced the next batter, Oh Yoon-seok, to ground out to third base to end the inning.
After giving up back-to-back doubles to Kim Sang-soo and Rojas with one out in the top of the sixth, he gave up a solo home run to Bae Joo-dae in the top of the seventh, 안전놀이터 추천 but was efficient with 94 pitches and two runs in seven innings.
The NC bats also helped Castano.
In the bottom of the first inning against KT starter Yook Cheong-myeong, Son As-seob singled to center and Park Gun-woo followed with a single to right before Kwon Hee-dong led off with a double to left-center. Kim Hui-jip followed with a sacrifice fly to center field to give NC a 2-0 lead.
In the bottom of the third inning, Park Min-woo led off with a double to the right side of the infield, followed by a walk, a wild pitch, 실시간 바카라사이트 and an automatic walk to Kwon Hee-dong to load the bases.
Kim Hwijip once again drove in another run with a sacrifice fly to center field, and NC extended the lead to 4-0 when Seo Ho-cheol singled to center field. Kim Hwijip followed with a sacrifice fly to center field, giving her two RBIs without a hit.
Trailing 4-2 in the bottom of the eighth, NC scored a valuable run. Kwon Hee-dong singled to right-center off KT reliever Son Dong-hyun, and after pinch-runner Choi Jung-won stole second, Seo Ho-cheol singled up the middle to drive in the tying run. Seo finished 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.
After Castano went down,
NC relieved Kim Young-gyu in the eighth and Lee Yong-chan in the ninth to protect the lead. Kim struck out two and walked none to pick up his eighth save of the season, while Lee Yong-chan gave up a solo home run to Jang Sung-woo to earn his 12th save with one inning of one-run ball.
KT starter Yook Cheong-myung suffered his fourth loss of the season, 토토사이트 추천 allowing four runs on five hits and three walks with one strikeout in 3 1/3 innings. Choi Jae-dae went 1-for-2 with a home run, his second of the season, but it was not enough to prevent the loss.