KT promotes Moon Sang-cheol, who hit a home run on the pedigree, to №6
NC Dinos brought out the same starting lineup as the previous day. KT Wiz also did not see any major changes, but Moon Sang-cheol, who hit a home run, was promoted to number 6.
NC and KT will play the second game of the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO postseason playoffs at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 31st. The previous day, NC won 9–5 thanks to starter Eric Peddie’s excellent pitching with 12 strikeouts and 1 run in 6 innings and the concentration of the batting line that produced 13 hits.
Ahead of this day’s game, the starting lineups of both teams were revealed.
NC will go in that order: designated hitter Son Ah-seop, second baseman Park Min-woo, right fielder Park Geon-woo, center fielder Jason Martin, left fielder Kwon Hee-dong, third baseman Seo Ho-cheol, first baseman Oh Young-soo, catcher Kim Hyeong-jun, and shortstop Kim Joo-won.
Same starting lineup as the day before. NC batters this season were strong with Wes Benjamin as KT’s starter. Martin recorded 0.429 (3 hits in 7 at-bats), Park Geon-woo 0.375 (3 hits in 8 at-bats), Son A-seop 0.333 (3 hits in 9 at-bats), and Park Min-woo 0.333 (3 hits in 9 at-bats).
The day before, Son Ah-seop had 3 hits, 1 RBI, and 2 runs, Park Min-woo had 2 hits, 2 runs, Park Geon-woo had 1 hit, 2 RBIs, and 1 run, Oh Young-soo had 3 hits, 2 RBIs, and Kwon Hee-dong had 3 hits, 3 RBIs, and 1 run, showing off his hot batting skills.
Against this, KT is Sang-soo Kim (shortstop) — Jae-gyun Hwang (third baseman) — Anthony Alford (left fielder) — Byeong-ho Park (first baseman) — Seong-woo Jang (catcher) — Sang-cheol Moon (designated hitter) — Yong-ho Cho (right fielder) — Jeong-dae Bae (center fielder) — Park Kyung-soo (second baseman) takes the lead.
Compared to the previous day, the only change was that Moon Sang-cheol moved up to number 6 and Cho Yong-ho moved down to number 7. The day before, Moon Sang-cheol boasted a solo home run in the third inning against NC’s super ace Peddy.
On this day, NC’s Shin Min-hyuk and KT’s Benjamin will appear.
