⅓Inning 4 runs 'collapse' → 'perfect innings' in one day... Ho-bu almost lost his first win and collapsed, but he avenged the victory against the winning team
⅓Inning 4 runs 'collapse' → 'perfect innings' in one day... Ho-bu almost lost his first win and collapsed, but he avenged the victory against the winning team
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The coach promised to trust him until the end, but his team collapsed from the first game of this season. Jeon Sa-min (26, NC Dinos) did not fail twice, however. He proved his capability by capturing the defending champion in just one day.토토사이트
Jeon Sa-min took the mound in the bottom of the eighth inning when his team was leading 2-1 in the opening game of the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League against the KIA Tigers at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field on the 22nd, but he was shaken by two hits, two walks and four runs in ⅓ innings.
NC, where starter Logan Allen pitched well with one run in six innings, succeeded in turning the game around 2-1 with Park Gun-woo's two-run timely hit in the top of the seventh inning. As Kim Tae-kyung, who came up in the bottom of the seventh inning, blocked it well, NC could give Lee Ho-joon (49) his first victory in his debut if he blocked it well in the eighth and ninth innings.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, NC put Jeon Sa-min on the mound. He had been selected as a must-winner by allowing no run in four exhibition games (four ⅓ innings). However, he threw a two-seam fastball to Choi Won-jun, the first batter, in the middle, and allowed a hit to the right. As his control was shaky, he also allowed a walk to Park Chan-ho. He handled pinch hitter Hong Jong-pyo with a fly to the left field, but gave up three balls to Na Sung-bum first, before being hit by a timely hit and tying the game 2-2.
Jeon Sa-min, who was shaken, failed to score zero, and gave up four pitches to Patrick Wisdom, putting him on the verge of loading the bases. In the end, NC put him off the mound and put Kim Jae-yeol in the mound. Later, Kim Jae-yeol allowed consecutive hits to Choi Hyung-woo and Kim Sun-bin, and all of Jeon Sa-min's frontrunners homered. With Han Jun-su's three-run homer, NC scored eight runs in the bottom of the eighth inning and suffered a come-from-behind loss of 2-9.
Coach Lee, who met with reporters the next day, said, "I have no regrets because 'No. 2 hitter' Kim Joo-won and 'Seungri group' Jeon Sa-min started with a determination to go until the end of this year. Still, if he blocked it well, it would have been smooth, but I think we will go down a rough road." "Sa-min seemed very nervous. The situation was one point apart, and the opponent was KIA," he said.
The team could have changed its plan as it was shaken significantly, but Lee took the lead. NC, which faced Kia again on Sunday, took the lead with a two-run triple by its captain Park Min-woo in the top of the fourth inning when the team was tying 2-2, and was leading 5-3 by exchanging runs in the sixth inning. In the bottom of the eighth inning, NC put Jeon Sa-min back on the mound as its fifth pitcher.
I still had nightmares of the previous day, and batting order started from the fourth batter. However, Jeon handled Wisdom, the first batter, with three strikeouts. Choi Hyung-woo also struck out swinging with a fork ball that fell after a full count match. Jeon also caught even Kim Sun-bin with a fly ball to the right field, resulting in three strikeouts. With this, Jeon garnered one perfect inning, and won his first hold since his debut. His team also won 5-4, avoiding consecutive losses.
Jeon Sa-min, a graduate of Daeshin Middle School and Busan Information Report, entered the professional league after being nominated by NC in the second round in the 2019 rookie draft. Despite his 194-centimeter-tall physical condition, he showed up for the first team in earnest starting in 2022 after being discharged from the military service at Sangmu Baseball Organization due to many areas to improve his physical condition. However, he did not stand out as he pitched in more than 10 games (17 games) last year.
Still, the completeness of the two-seam fastball, which was learned how to throw to Eric Peddy (currently St. Louis Cardinals), a former teammate of the 2023 season, has improved. As a result, the team also received positive reviews in this year's spring camp. Catcher Kim Hyung-joon said, "If the bat had gone out on this ball, it would probably have broken," and pitching coach Lee Yong-hoon also said, "I am very aware of my ball on the mound. He is a player who is ready to fight with his ball in the game," adding, "I have a lot of expectations this season."