The Lotte Giants pounded the NC Dinos on the mound to extend their winning streak to four games.
Lotte won 14-7 at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on Sunday in a home game against NC in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League.
The win, Lotte’s fourth in a row, improves their record to 45 wins, three ties and 54 losses, putting them in ninth place with the eighth-place Hanwha Eagles. NC, which suffered its second straight loss, remained in seventh place with 49 points, two draws and 53 losses.
Lotte starter Kim Jin-wook allowed four runs on four hits (one home run) in 2.1 innings with three walks and three strikeouts. The second pitcher, Park Jin-jin, earned the win with one inning of two-hit ball, one strikeout and one run.
At the plate, Go Seung-min was the standout. He went 5-for-5 with a double, home run, one run scored, and four RBIs. Yoon Dong-hee also chipped in, going 3-for-4 with two doubles, one home run, one walk, three runs scored and three RBIs.
NC starter Lee Jae-hak suffered his sixth loss of the season (5-5) after allowing nine runs on eight hits (two homers) with two walks and two strikeouts in two innings.
NC opened the scoring with a home run. In the top of the first, leadoff hitter Park Min-woo singled to right. Seo Ho-cheol grounded out to first base, but Matt Davidson followed with a two-run home run to center field to give the team its first run. It was Davidson’s 34th home run of the season.
Lotte answered back with a cannon. In the bottom of the first inning, leadoff hitter Hwang Sung-bin doubled to lead off the inning and was promptly followed by a two-run home run by Go Seung-min. It was Go’s ninth home run of the season. Jeon Jun-woo and Victor Reyes struck out in succession, but Son Ho-young singled and Na Seung-yup drew a walk to load the bases again. Yoon Dong-hee then blasted a three-run home run to left field to make it a 5-2 game. Yoon’s eighth home run of the season.
In the second inning, the game was suspended due to a sudden rain delay. Heavy rain poured down on Son Sung-bin at the plate and the game was suspended. The 파워볼사이트 추천 game was suspended at 7:09 p.m. and resumed at 8:05 p.m. after a 56-minute wait. Son grounded out to second base, but Lotte put runners on first and third with back-to-back singles by Hwang Sung-bin and Ko Seung-min. Jeon Jun-woo hit a sacrifice fly to center field to extend the lead.
NC got back on track. In the top of the third, Park Min-woo drew a walk. Seo Ho-cheol struck out swinging, but Davidson followed with a single to right. Kwon Hee-dong followed with a walk to load the bases. Kim Hui-jip followed with an RBI single, and Kim Sung-wook added a run with a sacrifice fly to bring NC within 6-4.
Lotte’s bats came alive again. In the top of the third, leadoff hitter Son Ho-young singled to left, and Na Seung-yeop immediately followed with an RBI double down the middle. Yoon Dong-hee followed with a walk to put runners on first and second with no outs, and Park Seung-wook walked to advance all runners by one base. Son Sung-bin singled to right field, scoring Na Seung-yup from third.
That’s where Seo’s fatal error came in. Hwang Sung-bin walked to put runners on first and third, and Koh Seung-min hit a grounder to second base. The ball bounced out of bounds, and Seo Ho-cheol struggled to catch it. With Go Seung-min already on first base, Seo threw to third to try to stop the runner from advancing to second, but the ball went behind him, allowing Hwang Sung-bin to score. The official score was Koh Seung-min’s double to the left side of the infield and Seo Ho-chul’s throwing error. With this score, Lotte reached double digits in the third inning, 10-4.
In the fourth inning, NC tried to close the gap with an RBI double by Park Min-woo, but Lotte scored four runs again in the fifth inning on a triple by Son Sung-bin and an RBI groundout by Jeon Jun-woo to put the game out of reach.
From there, Lotte took control of the game and closed out the game with a 14-7 victory.