The Kiwoom Heroes defeated the NC Dinos 8-4 at Changwon NC Park on September 27.
Asia News Agency featured Lim Byung-wook’s two-run home run as the key moment of the game in its headline.
Although NC had the better record before the game, the Changwon matchup ended with a Kiwoom victory.
3-Line Summary
1. Kiwoom defeated NC 8-4
2. Lim Byung-wook hit a two-run home run
3. The pregame standings do not determine the outcome
Kiwoom’s 8-4 Victory Featuring Lim Byung-wook’s Two-Run Home Run
Kiwoom won 8-4 against NC at Changwon NC Park on the 27th. Yonhap News’ Changwon game result and Asia News Agency’s game article headline both reported Kiwoom’s 8-4 victory. Asia News Agency highlighted Lim Byung-wook’s two-run home run in its headline.
The confirmed results are Kiwoom’s victory, the 8-4 score, and Lim Byung-wook’s two-run home run. The provided game-result articles do not include inning-by-inning scoring, pitching changes, or the final statistics of the players who appeared. Beyond the two-run home run, it is not possible to establish from the headlines alone which other moments decided the game.
Even so, this game remains an example of how difficult it is to predetermine the outcome of a single game based solely on the difference in season records. NC had the better head-to-head record, and the home stadium was in Changwon, but the final score favored Kiwoom.
NC’s Superior Standings and Season Head-to-Head Record
In OSEN’s pregame report, NC was 62 wins, 2 draws, and 69 losses, ranking 6th in the league, while Kiwoom was 46 wins, 4 draws, and 86 losses, ranking 10th. NC also held a narrow 8-7 advantage over Kiwoom in the season head-to-head record.
Both teams had shown offensive strength in their immediately preceding games. Kiwoom escaped a 6-game losing streak by defeating KT 10-1, with Kim Woong-bin, Matt Davidson, and Keston Hiura recording home runs. Davidson had 4 hits in that game.
NC also defeated Hanwha 3-2, with Kim Hyung-joon recording his 15th home run of the season and a multi-hit game. Judging solely from the pregame momentum, the matchup involved NC’s standing and head-to-head record facing Kiwoom’s recent rebound at the plate. Kiwoom’s 8-4 victory shows that these pregame indicators do not always lead in the same direction as the game result.
Clevinger and Ha Young-min’s Pregame Records
Before the game, NC announced Mike Clevinger, a pitcher from Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States, as its starting pitcher. At the time, Clevinger had pitched 5⅓ innings over 2 games for NC and had an earned run average of 6.75; he was scheduled to make his first appearance of the season against Kiwoom.
Kiwoom announced Ha Young-min as its starting pitcher. At the time, Ha Young-min had recorded 6 wins and 9 losses with a 4.57 earned run average over 122 innings in 25 games. Against NC in particular, he had a 1.65 earned run average over 16⅓ innings in 3 games.
All of these records are as of before the game on the 27th. The announced starters and previous records were material for reading the matchup, but the conclusion confirmed by the game-result articles is Kiwoom’s 8-4 victory and Lim Byung-wook’s two-run home run. This game is notable in that the runs scored on the day produced a more direct result than the standings.
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