It is hard to find a breakthrough. The NC Dinos have already been disgraced as tying the record for the most consecutive losses among their teams.
NC suffered a 4-5 upset loss in the home game of the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League regular season against the Samsung Lions at Changwon NC Park on the 17th.메이저사이트
NC, which had been mired in consecutive losses, took the lead early on the day and showed hope for a rebound. In the bottom of the first inning, Kwon Hee-dong scored the first run with a sacrifice fly with one out and runners on the first and third bases with Choi Jung-won’s walk and Seo Ho-cheol’s hit. Kwon hit a solo shot in the bottom of the third inning when the score was tying 1-1, giving the team another lead. Choi Jeong-won’s sacrifice fly gave NC a 3-1 lead.
On the mound, starter Shin Min-hyuk allowed four hits, one out and three strikeouts, and one run in five innings. He had difficulty managing the number of pitches by throwing 104 pitches until the fifth inning, but he played a role as a starting pitcher after overcoming several crises. With the bases loaded with two outs in the first inning, Kim Young-woong was struck out with a change-up, and in the fifth inning, Lee Jae-hyun was caught with a fly to the left field with two outs and a runner on the second base.
However, after Shin Min-hyuk went down, NC had a difficult game as the bullpen collapsed. When second pitcher Lee Joon-ho, who came up with the start of the sixth inning, hit back-to-back home runs by No. 3 Koo Ja-wook and No. 4 Lewin Diaz, they lost two runs in an instant. Still, Song Myung-ki and Ryu Jin-wook, who took the mound afterwards, blocked two scoreless innings, avoiding the spread of fire.
In the meantime, NC took a 4-3 lead when Kwon Hee-dong hit a timely hit once again in the bottom of the sixth inning. NC could finally get out of losing consecutive games if it saved well in the eighth and ninth innings.
However, the goddess of victory did not support NC. Lim Jeong-ho, a left-hander who took the mound in the top of the eighth inning, secured both of the first hitters, but allowed Kang Min-ho and Kim Young-woong to tie the game after hitting back-to-back doubles. Then even the changed pitcher Kim Jae-yeol was hit by Park Byung-ho to the right, and the game changed to Samsung’s 5-4 lead. NC lost the game by failing to make use of its last attack in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Losing the game on this day, NC fell to nine consecutive losses since the Sajik Lotte match on the 6th. NC, which had 49 wins, 60 losses and two draws in the season, could not escape the ninth place. On this day, NC sold out 17,891 seats at Changwon NC Park, the first double-digit sales in a season, but it bowed again despite the enthusiastic support from fans.
Having already lost eight consecutive games (against Kiwoom in Gocheok on May 23 and Sajik Lotte on May 31), NC will set the record of the most consecutive losses among its teams. It had recorded two consecutive losses in the 2013 season (including one draw) and the 2018 season. If the team loses the match on May 18, it will be the first 10 consecutive losses since its foundation.
During the losing streak, NC`s pitching and hitting balance is not balanced. It allowed more than 10 runs in three of the four games in which it gave more than five runs. On the contrary, in the match against Changwon SSG on the 13th, starter Lee Jae-hak pitched well with one run in six ⅓ innings, but became a losing pitcher, and in the match against Changwon Samsung on the 16th, Mok Ji-hoon and Lim Sang-hyun, who are in their first two years, blocked three runs in a combined six innings, but Lee Yong-chan collapsed with three runs in ⅔ innings in the ninth inning, wiping out the momentum of their pursuit.
Lee Yong-chan of the NC Dinos.
As a result, Lee Yong-chan, who had been unstable with 24.55 ERA in the last six games, was removed from the first team ahead of Sunday’s game. However, bullpen pitchers who replaced him also failed to keep the lead.
To make matters worse, ace pitchers Kyle Hart and Matt Davidson, who were the pillars of pitching and hitting home runs, are also in poor physical condition. Hart, who had been suffering from a cold, recently held live pitching, but his scheduled start on Wednesday was canceled. On top of that, Davidson, who was absent from the game on Wednesday, was diagnosed with left adductor muscle injury, making it difficult for him to play in the weekend series.
The NC Dinosaurs are already suffering from central hitters such as Son Ah-seop and Park Kun-woo leaving the team for a long time in the second half due to injuries. On top of that, two foreign players have physical problems, and Eric Jokishi, a newly recruited player, has not been able to display satisfactory pitching in two games. In a difficult situation where they cannot find a way out, NC aims to prevent its 10th consecutive loss by starting Lee Jae-hak in the game on the 18th.