NC, in sole 3rd place, appears to be heading straight to Jun-PO... Doosan, defeated by LG, falls to 5th place
Hanwha beats Lotte for 2 consecutive wins... 8th place if you win the final match on the 16th
The NC Dinos are in a much better position to advance directly to the semi-playoffs (semi-PO).
NC won 5-3 after an all-out effort using six pitchers in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League home game against the Samsung Lions held at Changwon NC Park on the 15th.
With the win on this day, NC, which recorded 75 wins, 65 losses, 2 draws, and a winning percentage of 0.536, took sole third place 카지노사이트, beating SSG Landers (74 wins, 65 losses, 3 draws, a winning percentage of 0.532) and Doosan Bears (74 wins, 66 losses, 2 draws, a winning percentage of 0.529).
If NC wins both remaining games, it will rise to third place and advance directly to the semi-playoffs, regardless of the results of other teams.
NC will play the final two consecutive games against the 6th place KIA Tigers in Gwangju on the 16th and 17th.
SSG and Doosan, the third-place competing teams, will finish their last two games against each other in Jamsil.
In the Changwon game where Song Myeong-ki and Won Tae-in competed for the starting spot, Samsung took the lead.
Samsung took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning when Jose Pirella, the leadoff hitter, hit a solo home run that went over the left fence.
However, NC's Hangzhou Asian Games members turned the tide in the bottom of the second inning.
After Kim Joo-won walked with two outs, Kim Hyeong-jun hit a two-run home run to the left to make it 2-1.
Samsung tied the score at 2-2 when Kim Jae-seong, who walked in the top of the third inning, hit home with a sacrifice bunt and a wild pitch.
However, in the bottom of the third inning, NC brought in Park Geon-woo, who hit a double to right-center, and Kwon Hee-dong called in a double to right-center, leading NC again to 3-2.
In the 6th inning, NC added 1 point with Park Min-woo's timely hit, and in the bottom of the 8th, Park Se-hyuk added 1 point with a walk and ran away with a 5-2 score.
Samsung was only able to score one point with Pirella's double in the top of the 9th inning.
NC blocked Samsung's pursuit with starter Song Myeong-ki (2⅔ innings) followed by Lee Jae-hak (2 innings), Kim Young-gyu (1⅓ innings), Ryu Jin-wook (1⅔ innings), Lim Jeong-ho (⅓ innings), and Lee Yong-chan (1 inning).
In Jamsil, the LG Twins, who confirmed first place, defeated the Doosan Bears 5-2 and won the last game of the regular season.
Doosan took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning when Yang Seok-hwan hit a double, followed by a sacrifice bunt and a walk with one out and Park Jun-young on first and third bases.
However, LG turned the tide with a big inning in the bottom of the 4th inning.
Moon Seong-joo, who stepped in as a pinch hitter with bases loaded and 2 outs, hit a sweeping triple that went beyond the center fielder's height to make it 3-1.
Doosan center fielder Jeong Soo-bin chased close to the fence, but the ball hit his glove and fell.
LG took another opportunity to load the bases and then Park Hae-min hit a timely hit with 2 RBIs to go up 5-1.
Doosan's Jose Rojas hit a solo home run in the top of the 8th inning, but could not make up the score difference.
Doosan, whose three-game winning streak was halted, fell to fifth place with two games remaining.
In Daejeon, the Hanwha Eagles defeated the Lotte Giants 7-4.
Lotte took a 2-0 lead in the top of the second inning when Lee Hak-joo hit a two-run home run.
Hanwha launched a counterattack, and after changing offense and defense, Hyunbin Moon responded with a two-run home run to tie the game.
In the 6th inning, with the bases loaded and no outs, Jin-young Lee's infield ground ball, Hyun-bin Moon's timely hit, and Sang-eon Park hit a 2-RBI double, scoring 4 runs and turning the score around to 6-2.
After two outs, Choi In-ho hit a right-handed hit and added one point.
Lotte made up 2 points in the final attack of the 9th inning with doubles by Jeon Jun-woo and Lee Jeong-hoon, but was unable to turn it over.
Hanwha, which has been in last place for the past three years in a row, will surpass Samsung and rise to 8th place if it wins the final game of the season against Lotte on the 16th.