The NC Dinos in the professional baseball league escaped their longest losing streak of 11 games with the bat of their main catcher Kim Hyung-joon.
NC won 8-2 in an away game against the Hanwha Eagles in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League at Cheongju Stadium on the 21st. 스포츠토토
NC, which fell to the bottom due to the loss of the game the previous day, sent the Kiwoom Heroes to the bottom of the rankings in a day and ranked ninth.
The winner is Kim Hyung-joon.
Kim Hyung-joon hit his 14th one-run home run of the season in the fifth inning with a 2-0 lead, and in the sixth inning, when the game resumed after 43 minutes of rain, he widened the score to 7-0 with his 15th three-run arch of the season.
Without stopping here, he hit his 16th one-run home run of the season until the 8th inning to complete a three-game home run.
The three-in-a-row home run is the first KBO and 57th in total this season.
NC starter Lee Yong-joon, who came to the first team ahead of the game, won his first victory of the season by giving a surprise good pitching with two hits, one walk, and three strikeouts in five innings.
Hanwha gave up three walks, one hit, and allowed two runs while starter Kim Do-bin, who made his debut in the first division, caught one out count.
Hanwha ended its four-game winning streak with only two runs due to Jang Jin-hyuk’s infield grounder and pinch hitter Lee Won-seok’s timely hit in the eighth inning with one out and runners on the second and third bases.
