The NC Dinos defeated the KT Wiz by banking on their batters with 19 hits and 15 runs, including home runs by Matt Davidson and Kwon Hee-dong. Mok Ji-hoon, a rookie in his second year as a pro, allowed four runs in three ⅔ innings in his debut game in the KBO League.스포츠토토
NC defeated KT 15-5 on the last day of three consecutive weekend series at the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at NC Park in Changwon on Sunday. The team escaped its second consecutive win. The season record is 49 wins, two draws and 51 losses.
On the other hand, KT ended its away game in Changwon with one win and one loss while one game in the series was canceled due to rain. The season record is 50 wins, two draws and 52 losses.
NC recently missed the game that it had won for two consecutive years, so the atmosphere has subsided. At the Gocheok Kiwoom Heroes match on the 1st, it fell to its knees 9-14 after failing to keep the 9-3 lead. At the match against Changwon KT on the 2nd, it was leading 6-1 and lost the tie and lead in the middle and late part of the game, so it bowed to 7-9.
On this day, NC was equipped with Park Min-woo (2nd baseman), Seo Ho-cheol (3rd baseman), Davison (1st baseman), Kwon Hee-dong (left fielder), Kim Sung-wook (center fielder), Kim Hwi-jip (designated hitter), Chun Jae-hwan (right fielder), Kim Hyung-joon (possessor), Kim Joo-won (eligible pitcher), and starting pitcher Mok Ji-hoon (first appearance).
In response, KT lost double-digit points twice this week, shaking its mound. It allowed 18 runs (7-18 losses) against the Suwon Hanwha Eagles on April 31, and 14 runs (8-14 losses) against the Suwon Hanwha Eagles on April 1. It won the game 9-7 on April 2, but allowed seven runs, continuing its shaky mound management.
The away team KT consisted of Mel Rojas Jr. (left-handed hitter), Kang Baek-ho (designated hitter), Jang Seong-woo (catcher), Oh Jae-il (first baseman), Kim Sang-soo (second baseman), Hwang Jae-gyun (third baseman), Bae Jung-dae (center fielder), Cho Yong-ho (right fielder), Shim Woo-jun (striker), and starting pitcher William Cuevas (with a 4.16 ERA in 21 ⅓ this year).
NC pitcher Mok Ji-hoon started the game on the last day of three consecutive weekend games against KT in the “2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League” held at NC Park in Changwon on Sunday. This game was his first appearance in the Korean pro league. His performance showed hope by allowing four runs in three ⅔ innings. NC Dinos
“Meet Boy” Mok Ji-hoon has taken the mound in the first KBO League team for the first time in his career. Mok caught the baseball in elementary school because he filmed a hot chocolate commercial with “Yasin” coach Kim Sung-keun. After going through Hyoje Elementary School, Cheongnyang Middle School, and Shinil High School, Mok took his first step as a professional baseball player by joining the NC Dinosaurs as the 34th-ranked player in the fourth round of the 2023 KBO League Rookie Draft. He then got his first chance to play in the first team.
He got off to a shaky start. He gave up Kang a pitch at the top of the first inning with one out, and was hit to the left by Jang Sung-woo, which put him at the first and third bases with one out. He then allowed an RBI double to Oh Jae-il to give up the first run 0-2.
Mok soon regained stability after losing his first run. He allowed a walk to Cho Yong-ho after one out in the top of the second inning, but handled Shim with a double play to second base, shortstop, and first base to end the inning.
In the top of the third inning, he continued his pitches. After receiving a hit to the right from the leadoff hitter Rojas, he grounded out to the second base to catch an out count. With one out and runners on the second base, he gave up a walk to Jang Sung-woo and treated Oh Jae-il to a fly ball to the left field. With runners on the first and second bases with two outs, he induced Kim Sang-soo to ground out to the second base, but Park Min-woo made a mistake in throwing, leading the team to load the bases with two outs. Fortunately, he got out of the crisis by groundering the follow-up hitter Hwang Jae-gyun to the second base.
NC pitcher Mok Ji-hoon started the game on the last day of three consecutive weekend games against KT in the “2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League” held at NC Park in Changwon on Sunday. This game was his first appearance in the Korean pro league. His performance showed hope by allowing four runs in three ⅔ innings. NC Dinos
In the top of the fourth inning, when NC`s batters exploded and gave him scoring support, Mok took the mound with a 10-2 lead, but failed to finish the inning. After allowing Bae Jung-dae to walk, he caught Cho Yong-ho (striker straight hit) and Shim Woo-joon (left fielder fly ball), but Rojas was chased 10-4 by Rojas with a two-run homer with a flying distance of 130 meters over the central fence. Afterwards, he gave up a walk after a full count match to Kang to end the day.
Lee Joon-ho, who took the mound after Mok Ji-hoon, handled Jang Sung-woo, the follow-up batter, with a fly ball to left field, and erased Mok Ji-hoon’s responsible runner. Mok Ji-hoon finished his KBO league debut with four hits (one homer) and one strikeout, five walks, and four runs in three ⅔ innings.
It was his first appearance since his debut, which was highly anticipated. Mok posted a maximum speed of 149 kilometers per hour with his four-seam fastball (27 pitches) on the day, and threw two-seam fastballs (30 pitches), sliders (23 pitches), change-up (5 pitches), and curves (2 pitches). He pitches 87 pitches.
NC infielder Davidson started as third hitter and first baseman on the last day of three consecutive weekend series against KT in the “2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League” held at NC Park in Changwon on Wednesday. He hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the third inning to energize his team’s offense. NC Dinos
NC turned the game upside down with its batters exploding from the beginning of the game. Kwon Hee-dong hit an RBI double at the bottom of the first inning with one out and runners on the first and second bases when his team was dragged 0-2. With runners on the second and third bases with one out, Kim Sung-wook hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game 2-2. Later, with two outs and runners on the third base, Kim Hwi-jip hit an RBI timely hit and Chun Jae-hwan hit an RBI double to earn a total of four runs. NC took a 4-2 lead by scoring four runs from the first offense in the bottom of the first inning to complete the big inning. KT starter Cuevas went down the mound after allowing four runs in one inning. He didn’t have any physical problems. Cuevas, who made his KBO league debut in the 2019 season, was disgraced as a substitute for the first time in 122 games.
After a short break, NC`s batters scored once again in the bottom of the third inning. Kim Hyung-joon hit a sacrifice fly with runners on the first and third bases with no outs and Park Min-woo hit a sacrifice fly to add two more runs to the score of 6-2. Afterwards, he showed a home run show.