Shocking 10 consecutive losses. Now it is not a matter of performance. Even though the team is showing weak performance amid overall turbulence, the team has yet to win.
The NC Dinos are on the verge of falling to the bottom. The NC Dinos recently lost to the Samsung Lions at home Changwon NC Park over the weekend, falling to a 10-game losing streak.
It is the first time that NC has lost 10 consecutive games since it first joined the first team in 2013. There have been signs of abnormality. Since the end of July, the winning streak has disappeared, and the losing streak has continued, and on August 4th, after 15-5 victory over the KT Wiz in Changwon, it lost 10 games in a row, including two consecutive losses against the Lotte Giants, three consecutive losses against the LG Twins, two consecutive losses against SSG Landers and three consecutive losses against Samsung. There have been two rain cancellations in the meantime, but they have failed to change the atmosphere.
NC has many injured players. It is true that the team is far away from full capacity. For now, Son Ah-seop and Park Kun-woo, who were the core of the attack and the center of the lineup and spearheaded the mood of the team, are out of full capacity due to serious injuries. Son, who suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury to his knee, is still recovering from the injury, and Park, who suffered a fracture in his right ulna, is taking rest and cannot exercise until his area heals.
On top of that, foreign players are also showing lack of support. Kyle Hart, who served as the “absolute ace” as the league’s best pitcher until last month, has not fully recovered from a severe cold. Hart said he would be able to return to the team over the weekend. He even participated in live pitching with his teammates at NC Park. However, he is frustrated because he has hesitated to return to the team, saying, “I am not in a good physical condition yet.”
Even Matt Davidson, the No. 1 home run hitter in the league, is unable to play normally for the time being due to his adductor injury. Even Shin Min-hyuk, who was in a hurry to fill the hole in the starting rotation, said he felt uncomfortable with his elbow injury, indicating that key hitters are groaning at the same time due to tightrope injuries. There is no momentum to make a breakthrough. 안전놀이터
To make matters worse, Lee Yong-chan, the oldest pitcher who has served as the closing pitcher, was also removed from the first team roster after repeated poor performances. Lee expressed regret to his teammates and juniors, pledged to recover his condition and had time to reorganize.
In this situation, NC has to fight with incomplete power every day. In the meantime, even the chance to break the losing streak has been missed. If the starter throws well, the bullpen loses the victory, and if the bullpen throws well, the batters miss the chance to turn around and cannot turn it over. This pattern has been repeated during the 10-game losing streak. In particular, the internal injury deepened as he suffered a finishing loss at the bottom of the ninth inning after turning the tables in the top of the ninth inning against LG in Jamsil on the 11th.
In the match against Changwon SSG on August 13, Lee Jae-hak showed his best pitching this season, but he lost 0-2 because hitters failed to score only two points, and since then, he has been losing helplessly.
His performance is not a matter of his ability. Currently, NC`s entire team is shrinking. At times like this, key players who change the mood are important, and since most of the starting lineup and bullpen are young players, it is not easy to instantly relieve the rigid atmosphere.
NC, which instantly fell to ninth place after competing for the mid-range ranking, is now only one game away from the last-place Kiwoom Heroes. It has lost too much during its 10th consecutive loss. NC will meet Hanwha in Cheongju and KIA in Changwon this week. It is difficult to meet anyone now, but it has to play second ball against tricky teams.
Still, Hearts’ exact return date has not been set. We have to break the losing streak first somehow.
