President Kim Seung-Yeon is there, but it’s first loss since Kim’s return
NC snaps losing streak, picks up valuable win NC manager Kang Myung-hwa got the win in front of reunited Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon.
The NC won 6-2 on Sunday at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea, behind two home runs from No. 4 hitter Davidson.
Davidson led off the top of the fifth inning with a solo home run to left off Hanwha’s Jang Min-jae with the score 3-2, and then hit a two-run homer to left-center off Hanwha’s Kim Ki-jung with the bases loaded in the seventh inning. Davidson capped his 16th and 17th home runs with back-to-back at-bats to move into a tie for second place in the league home run lead with KT Kang Baek-ho.
After losing four straight games to drop to sixth place in the standings and within half a game of seventh-place Hanwha, NC was in urgent need of a way out of the losing streak. Their opponent happened to be Hanwha head coach Kim Kyung-moon, who was the founding head coach of NC and laid the foundation for the team.
Hanwha had the stronger momentum early on. In the bottom of the second inning, Choi In-ho led off with a triple to right-center field, and Jang Jin-hyeok followed with a single to score two runs.
NC, which had been feeling rushed in the back-to-back losses, responded with aggressive baserunning. In the top of the third inning, with runners on first and second, second baseman 토토사이트 Park Min-woo and first baseman Kwon Hee-dong attempted a daring double steal. While attempting to steal second, Park’s ball was hit by Gun-woo Park, who was able to score the go-ahead run. Park’s throw was aimed at where third baseman Noh Si-hwan was standing, but the double steal forced Noh to move toward the third base bag, and the throw was hit into an empty space. Noh was caught in the motion and did not return.
The aggressive double steal sparked the NC offense.
With runners on first and second in the top of the fourth inning, NC tied the game at 2-2 on a sacrifice bunt by Kim Hyung-joon and a grounder to shortstop by Kim Joo-won, and scored on an RBI single by Kwon Hee-dong. Davidson’s back-to-back home runs in the fifth and seventh innings helped the team snap the losing streak.
NC starter Castano was in trouble in every inning as he faced seven hits in six innings, but minimized the damage 카지노사이트 and held on for two runs.
Sanchez, who was returning from injury, took the loss after allowing three runs on five hits in 3.2 innings. Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon brought in Jang Min-jae in the fourth inning to tie the game, but he was unable to keep Davidson off the board, and the Hanwha bats failed to capitalize on late-inning scoring chances in the home loss. Kim Kyung-moon’s team has won three straight games since his return, but lost their first game back home.
Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-yeon visited the Daejeon stadium but was unable to turn the game around.