'WBC Duo Class' Cho Hyung-joon hit a batting average of 0.556 for 7K Soh Hyung-joon in 4 innings, and KT 8-2 to NC. [Suwon Field Review]

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KT Wiz won a pleasant victory with the performance of players participating in the 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC).

KT won an 8-2 victory in the NC Dinos 2026 KBO exhibition game held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 21st.

KT, which won two consecutive games along with the performances of players participating in the 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC), recorded three wins and four losses. NC had four wins, four losses and one draw.

KT's lineup was composed of Sam Hilliard (left fielder), Choi Won-joon (center fielder), Kim Hyun-soo (first baseman), Ahn Hyun-min (right fielder), Jang Sung-woo (designated hitter), Kim Sang-soo (second baseman), Heo Kyung-min (third baseman), Han Seung-taek (catcher), and Lee Kang-min (striker). Soh Hyung-joon came out as the starting pitcher.

NC faced off with Kim Joo-won (striker), Park Min-woo (second baseman), Park Gun-woo (designated hitter), Matt Davison (first baseman), Kim Hwi-jip (third baseman), Lee Woo-sung (right fielder), Kim Hyung-joon (catcher), Kwon Hee-dong (left fielder), and Choi Jung-won (center fielder). The starting pitcher is Riley Thompson.

The Soh Hyung-joon's pitch shone. He allowed 57 pitches, two hits, two walks, seven strikeouts and no runs in four innings. The maximum speed of the pitch was 150km/h, and the cutter (17 pitches), the changinger (8 pitches), and the curve (3 pitches) were mixed.

Park Gun-woo was walked in the top of the first inning, but Soh Hyung-joon, who finished without a crisis, finished neatly with three outs in the second inning. He finished neatly in the third inning, including two strikeouts.

The pitch in the fourth inning was the highlight. He started nervously after getting a double from the leadoff hitter Park Min-woo, but struck out Park Gun-woo with a 144km/h body grit, and also struck out Davison once again with a bold body grit. In the 2ㅏ 1st and 2nd bases, which allowed Kim Hui-jip to walk after a six-pitch game, he threw a pitch that bent deeply toward Lee Woo-sung and ended the inning with three strikeouts. The batters' bats were bound to be led by the wiggling movement of the fighting spirit, but they could hardly make contact.

Ahn Hyun-min stood out in the lineup. He hit a double to Riley Thompson as the leadoff hitter in the second inning and then Riley began to falter. Jang Sung-woo's hit, Kim Sang-soo's sacrifice fly, and Han Seung-taek's additional timely hit to score two runs. Han Seung-taek continued his RBI streak in six consecutive exhibition games.

Ahn Hyun-min, who also took the lead in the fourth inning, shook Riley with a left-handed hit, and later ran away two more runs with consecutive hits by Kim Sang-soo and Huh Kyung-min and additional sacrifice fly by Han Seung-taek. In the seventh inning, Huh Kyung-min got on base with an infield hit, and Kwon Dong-jin, a pinch runner, scored additional points when Lee Kang-min doubled.

On the mound, after Soh Hyung-joon stepped down, Ju-ju blocked two scoreless innings, but Jang Min-ho, who passed the seventh inning well, shook in the eighth inning and allowed two runs.

However, the batters gained more strength. In the bottom of the eighth inning, two runners dug home due to consecutive hits by Bae Jeong-dae and Jang Sung-woo, and a pitcher's check error with the bases loaded by Kwon Dong-jin's walk, and Ryu Hyun-in's timely hit widened the gap to 8-2.

Son Dong-hyun took the mound in the ninth inning. After turning Lee Woo-sung into a fly ball to left field, Ahn Jung-yeol was walked, but Park Si-won struck out and Choi Jung-won grounded out to shortstop to make the game look good.

NC starter Riley was replaced after throwing 73 pitches in three ⅔ innings, allowing six hits, one walk, four strikeouts, and four runs. After five runs in the first game, he was sluggish once again, and he suddenly felt pain during the pitching in the fourth inning and was pulled out early. An NC official said, "Lily was replaced in order to protect the player due to the inconvenience of his left oblique muscle after pitching with two outs in the bottom of the fourth inning. He said, "We are going to see a doctor."

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