The professional baseball NC Dinos extended their winning streak to four games. This is the highest winning streak for the new manager Lee Ho-joon. They have been traveling away from home for 33 days, making this an invaluable winning streak.

NC won against the KT Wiz with a score of 6-3 in a game held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 6th. Starting pitcher Riley excelled with 6 innings, allowing 7 hits, striking out 9, and giving up 1 run, recording his 5th win of the season.

Recently, the powerful slugger Kim Hyung-jun scored the first point with a timely hit in the 1st inning with 2 outs and runners on 1st and 3rd, and in the 3rd inning he hit a two-run home run against Heysus. He had 2 hits in 3 at-bats, 1 home run, and 3 RBIs. He has hit 5 home runs and driven in 14 runs over the last 7 games.

Davidson recorded 3 hits in 5 at-bats, including a solo home run, 1 RBI, and 2 runs scored, while Park Min-woo made a critical 1 RBI triple in the 9th inning with 2 hits in 5 at-bats, 1 RBI, and 1 run scored.

They chased the KT starter Heysus, who boasts an ERA in the 1s, from the game after 4⅓ innings, allowing 7 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks, 3 strikeouts, and 3 runs.

The four-game winning streak is the longest of the season for NC. NC secured consecutive winning series against KT after Lotte. During the 9-game span, they achieved a solid record of 5 wins and 2 losses.

Manager Lee Ho-joon expressed gratitude to the players and fans during a broadcast interview after the game, saying, "In a difficult situation, the players really worked hard without losing their spirit, and I am really thankful. The strong support from the fans who traveled this far has been a great strength for the players and me. It seems to motivate the players, allowing us to play a good game."

The safety inspection of Changwon NC Park has been ongoing for over a month. NC has not been able to play home games for more than a month. They have been on the road for 33 days and have played 25 games.

Manager Lee Ho-joon remarked, "I am just paying the rent and water bill at home in Changwon without being able to go there..." and humorously added, "For players who have families, they cannot see their children, which makes the mental aspect quite tough. As a manager, the hardest part is that the players need to train according to their routine in their home stadium; those who need extra practice need time, which they cannot afford, and that's unfortunate."

Continuing to travel means we cannot conduct special training. In the hotel room, we can only briefly work on our swings while talking with the hitting coach. The manager said, "It's not a situation we can control, but since we still need to play baseball and the games need to go on, we tell each other to just do what we can and overcome it."

As a rookie manager, experiencing trial and error is inevitable, and with external variables arising beyond baseball, I am going through a tough time. The manager noted, "During media day, manager Yeom Kyung-yup said, 'It won't be easy. It won't go as planned,' and he was right. It has been challenging as expected. Manager Kim Kyung-moon also said, 'Do well with conviction,' and these two pieces of advice keep coming back to me during the games. It seems each game is a mix of things not going as planned, yet I still aim to do what I wanted to accomplish."

The manager explained, "Initially, I thought the setup pitchers would definitely hold the line, but they allowed runs, and I had thought that if veteran players or the core batting order were in scoring position, they would definitely give up at least one run, but it was not as I expected. Nevertheless, depending on the batting order or situation, if I have to bring in that pitcher again, I am approaching it with the mindset of pushing all the way to the end."

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