NC Dinos left-handed ace Koo Chang-mo (26) threw two games in a row.
Chang-mo Koo started the home game against the Lotte Giants held at NC Park in Changwon on the 21st and recorded 4 hits, 1 walk, 7 strikeouts and no runs in 6 innings. Required for the first win of the season after being replaced at the beginning of the 7th inning with a 2-0 lead. Chang-mo Koo pitched in three games of the season before the game that day and recorded an average ERA of 4.08 without a win or loss. Although he failed to complete 5 innings in his first 2 games, he recovered his power with flawless pitching against Lotte following the match against SSG Landers on the 15th (no run in 8 and 2/3 innings). Scoreless in 14⅔innings in the last 2 games. He lowered his season ERA to 3.04.메이저놀이터
The first crisis was at the beginning of the 3rd inning with a 1-0 lead. After one out, Kang-Nam Yoo allowed a double to left field. However, after catching the follow-up Kim Min-seok with a pitcher’s straight stroke, he put out second base runner Yoo Kang-nam, who had a long lead. In the beginning of the 4th inning with a 2-0 lead, the lead batter Ahn Kwon-soo made an error at shortstop. It was an ordinary infield grounder, but shortstop Kim Joo-won’s throw to first base was uneasy. Taking advantage of the gap in which the ball fell back, Ahn Kwon-soo advanced to second base and made second base unscathed.
Gu Chang-mo did not waver. He struck out Seung-min Ko with a swing and caught Jun-woo Jeon with a third baseman fly. Then, even the foreign hitter, Rex, struck out on a swing. In the beginning of the 5th inning, after two deaths, Han Dong-hee and Yoo Kang-nam were hit consecutively, but Kim Min-seok was hit. Gu Chang-mo, who blocked the top of the 6th inning with two strikeouts and no runs, passed the baton to Kim Jin-ho from the 7th. The number of pitches was 99 (63 strikes).
