Peddie, Tanner’s ‘one-two punch’ and was caught for two days in a row… ‘3rd place Mercury crisis’ NC loses 0-10 to Hanwha… Jeong Woo-ram’s first 1000G business trip
NC Dino lost for the third time in a row. In this Daejeon expedition, foreigners attempted a ‘one-two punch’, but all failed.
NC suffered a complete 0-10 defeat in the 14th game of the season against the Hanwha Eagles of the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League held at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon on the 2nd.
Foreign pitcher Tanner Turley, who took the mound as a starter, gave up 7 hits (2 home runs), 3 strikeouts, 1 walk, and 7 runs in 5 innings. Tanner was fine with 3 wins, 1 loss, and an ERA of 2.05 in the previous 8 games.
He suffered his first loss in his previous appearance, against KIA on the 27th of last month, but it wasn’t bad, allowing 4 runs (1 earned run) in 6 innings. Expectations were high that he would take center stage with ‘extremely strong’ Eric Peddie and the NC starting staff.
In particular, with Korean ace Koo Chang-mo leaving due to injury, there was no choice but to place high hopes on the two foreign pitchers. However, NC lost both games against Hanwha, which was far from fall baseball.
They lost 3-4 in the game the day before (the 1st). Peddie, who started the pitch, pitched a quality start, allowing 6 hits, 9 strikeouts, 1 walk, and 3 runs (2 earned runs) over 6 innings, but luck did not follow. The challenge for 20 wins is also promised next time. Rather, NC needed to break the losing streak. This is because they must resist the pursuit of the 4th place Doosan Bears.
But Tanner suffered. After two outs in the bottom of the first inning, Chae Eun-seong gave up a single to left and Williams lost a timely double to left-center, making it 0-1. In the third inning, he gave up a walk to the first batter, Lee Jin-young, and lost a heavy hit to Choi In-ho, putting him on the verge of reaching first and third base with no outs.
Tanner gave Moon Hyun-bin a timely hit to right field, and Chae Eun-seong caught a fly ball to right field and then hit Williams with a three-run home run that went over the right field fence.
NC left more to Tanner, but conceded additional goals. Tanner caught the first batter, Choi In-ho, with a fly ball to center field in the bottom of the fifth inning, then gave up a hit to left field to Moon Hyun-bin. An error by the center fielder left the team with one out and two on base, and allowed Chae Eun-seong to hit a two-run home run over the left field fence.
The bullpen moved from the 6th inning, and 3 more runs were lost in the bottom of the 7th. Moreover, the batting line was silent without scoring a single point. Hanwha foreign starter Felix Peña earned his 11th win (10th loss) of the season with a pitching pitch that allowed 3 hits and no runs in 6 innings. Tanner has 2 losses (3 wins).스포츠토토
Before today’s game, 3rd place NC was being chased by 4th place Doosan Bears by 1.5 games, but was also chasing 2nd place KT by 2.5 games. However, as they faced Hanwha and continued their losing streak, instead of overtaking KT’s spot in second place, Mercury in third place also became uneasy.
Meanwhile, Hanwha veteran pitcher Jeong Woo-ram took the mound as the second pitcher after Pena on this day and became the first KBO player to appear in 1,000 games. Additionally, rookie infielder Moon Hyun-bin surpassed 100 hits (101) with 3 hits on this day.
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