SSG catches KIA, KIA catches NC, and NC catches SSG. "Crazy Food Chain."
SSG catches KIA, KIA catches NC, and NC catches SSG. "Crazy Food Chain."
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I don't know if I should say it's interesting or new. Will the crazy food chain change the game of the top five.
The NC Dinos defeated the SSG Landers again. The NC Dinos defeated the SSG four to one at a home game held at Changwon NC Park on Sunday. It was a neat game. NC immediately scored four runs against SSG starting pitcher Roenis Elias, who returned to the mound after injury in the bottom of the third inning, with two homeruns, Seo Ho-cheol's first two-run and Park Geon-woo's two-run.룸알바
The only score was these two home runs, but it didn't matter. This was because the pitching relay was held. After starter Daniel Castano pitched six innings of one run and retired with the winning requirement, Kim Young-kyu pitched one ⅔ and Kim Jae-yeol pitched a scoreless ⅓, recording a hold. Then in the top of the final ninth inning, when the score was three points apart, closer Lee Yong-chan came up and allowed one hit and finished the game without a run.
This season, NC is showing an extreme performance against SSG. It is leading the team by a large margin with eight wins and one loss. On the other hand, SSG weakens when it meets NC. Among the nine teams that faced each other, NC is the only team that has secured only one win. As such, they are weak both at home and away. SSG only won once this season against NC in Incheon on June 22. At that time, starting pitcher Kim Kwang-hyun recorded a quality start by allowing three runs in six innings, and hitters quickly scored points from the second and third innings, enabling them to win a 12-4 victory.
I expected to change the atmosphere by breaking the losing streak against NC, but it didn't go as I thought. SSG couldn't laugh in Elias' return match, which he chose after declaring the end of his contract with Keisho Shirakawa with the game canceled due to rain on the 2nd. Elias was responsible for six ⅔ innings (four runs), but he couldn't completely erase the question mark with two decisive homers from tight situations. He also had a lot of hits with eight. Even though SSG was losing by three points, it had a strong chance to put in a must-win group that led to Lee Woon and Cho Byung-hyun, but there was no hope of turning the tables.
On the other hand, NC`s SSG team gains strength whenever it encounters the SSG. Recently, the team was in a bad mood. It had only one win and four losses in its last five games, and failed to rebound after suffering a shocking walk-off loss to the Kiwoom Heroes at Gocheok Stadium last week. As it lost the opportunity to elevate its ranking, it remained in the sixth place. However, as it won the showdown with fifth-ranked SSG, it has a greater chance of reaching the top five.
The NC Dinosaurs were particularly weak against the Kia Tigers this year. The team moved up to the second place and slid to the sixth place due to the result of the match against the Kia Tigers. This year, KIA had eight wins and one loss against the NC Dinosaurs, while NC had only one win and eight losses against the Kia Tigers. It is the exact opposite of the opponent team's match against the SSG.
Surprisingly, SSG is unexpectedly strong against KIA. Even though it was not an overwhelming performance, it played nine games against KIA this year, and won the Winning Series every time, displaying robust performance by garnering six wins and three losses. SSG is completing a strange food chain, in which KIA will catch KIA, KIA will catch NC, and NC will catch SSG.
This strange food chain can be a game changer in fall baseball as well. The trend in the second half of the year is expected to be even more mixed, with no one guaranteeing the ranking yet. If NC and SSG face off in the postseason, we can't help but wonder what the regular season's confrontation will do, and the current opponent's record can be a very decisive factor in determining whether they will make it to the top five.