NC Dinos right-hander Song Myeong-ki failed to laugh in his 6th start of the season.
Song Myeong-ki started in the home game against LG Twins in the 2023 Professional Baseball KBO League held at Changwon NC Park on the 2nd, pitching 86 balls in 4 innings, giving up 3 hits, 5 walks, 2 strikeouts and 2 runs.
On this day, Song Myeong-ki suffered from the difficulty of throwing 5 balls. In addition, in the beginning of the 3rd inning, the bad luck that hit the ball overlapped, and it was not possible to digest the long innings. However, it has nothing to do with defeat as the two teams come down the mound in a tight 2-2 situation.
The start was good. In the top of the first inning, lead batter Hong Chang-ki was treated as a fly by center fielder. He then walked Moon Sung-joo, but led Kim Hyun-soo and Austin Dean to the left field fly and shortstop ground ball, respectively.
The first run came in the top of the second inning. Oh Ji-hwan was induced to ground first baseman, but Moon Bo-kyung, the follow-up hitter,스포츠토토 hit a triple that cut through the middle left, and Kim Min-seong was allowed a 1 RBI timely hit to the left. Fortunately, Park Dong-won was struck out, and with the help of catcher Park Se-hyuk, Kim Min-seong, who was attempting to steal second base, was caught and no more atmosphere was given.
In the beginning of the third inning, bad luck also plagued Song Myeong-ki. After cooking Park Hae-min with a strikeout, he committed a sand dune and a wild fight to Hong Chang-ki, and allowed a walk to Moon Seong-ju, and was driven to 1st, 1st and 2nd base. Afterwards, he led a pitcher’s strike against Kim Hyun-soo, but the ball was too fast to catch and hit Song Myung-ki’s left calf muscle. The official record is a hit in the infield.
However, after complaining of pain for a while, he got back on the mound and handled Austin as a shortstop grounder. In the meantime, third base runner Hong Chang-ki stepped on the home run, giving up two runs. He blocked Oh Ji-hwan with a ground ball to second baseman and did not allow any additional runs.
In the beginning of the 4th inning, Song Myeong-ki found stability. He walked the lead batter, Bokyung Moon, but put Kim Minseong (center fielder fly), Park Dongwon (shortstop grounder), and Park Haemin (right fielder fly) to sleep.
In the top of the 5th inning, Song Myeong-gi, who was on the mound, allowed Hong Chang-ki, the first batter, to walk again. Then, the number of pitches reached 86, and eventually the NC bench replaced the pitcher with right-handed pitcher Lee Jun-ho. Lee Jun-ho did not allow Song Myung-ki’s successor to home, and Song’s earned run did not increase.