NC at Shinsegae
INCHEON (Interstat) — NC Dinos will visit Shinsegae Landers on Wednesday at Munhak Baseball Stadium in Incheon. The game-time weather forecast calls for 65 degrees. NC is the visiting team, and Shinsegae is the home team.
NC enters Wednesday with 59 wins, 74 losses and 2 ties. The Landers have 60 wins, 71 losses and 5 ties. The Dinos most recently lost 6-1 at LG, while the Landers lost 9-2 at Hanwha. NC has struggled to string together wins, and Shinsegae will look to use its home ballpark to regain momentum.
Choi Woo-seok is a player to watch for NC. The pitcher worked two scoreless innings in his most recent outing at LG, allowing one hit with one walk and three strikeouts. In two recent appearances against Shinsegae, he allowed no hits and no earned runs over 1 1/3 innings, with one-third of an inning in the first game and one inning in the second. He also has several short scoreless relief outings, including one inning each against Kiwoom, Kia and Lotte without an earned run. He has not allowed an earned run in his past several appearances. Choi has been a steady bullpen option for the Dinos.
Takeda Shota is a player to watch for Shinsegae. The pitcher allowed one earned run over 2 2/3 innings in his most recent appearance at Hanwha, yielding six hits with one walk and two strikeouts. He also allowed one earned run in an inning against LG and one earned run in one-third of an inning at NC, when he gave up two hits and one walk. Takeda has mixed scoreless relief work, including one inning each against Samsung, KT and Kiwoom without an earned run. He could be used out of the Landers bullpen.
The teams have met often this season. Shinsegae won the most recent meeting 9-0 and also took the previous game 6-2. NC responded with a 13-1 win in the game before that. Shinsegae also won 2-1 in September. Earlier in the season, the Landers won several high-scoring games, including 10-4 and 7-3 victories in July and 7-3 and 12-5 wins in June. NC earned a 9-3 win in June. A July game ended in a 5-5 tie. The Landers have won four of the past six meetings between the teams, with one tie.
NC’s next scheduled games are against Kia and at Hanwha. Shinsegae next faces Samsung and Kia. Both teams are scheduled to return to the field after Wednesday.
Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Shinsegae 6, NC 2. The ELO system gives Shinsegae a 53.2 percent probability to win.