The professional baseball team NC Dinos redeemed themselves from the previous day's loss and balanced the series at 1 win and 1 loss.

On the 21st, NC achieved a 5-2 victory over the Hanwha Eagles in the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League regular season match held at Ulsan Munsoo Stadium. With this win, NC redeemed themselves from the previous day's defeat, marking a record of 21 wins, 22 losses, and 1 draw. Hanwha remained at 29 wins and 19 losses.

Hanwha assembled a starting lineup consisting of Florial (center fielder), Hah Ju-seok (shortstop), Moon Hyun-bin (left fielder), Noh Si-hwan (designated hitter), Chae Eun-sung (first baseman), Lee Jin-young (right fielder), Lee Do-yoon (third baseman), Choi Jae-hoon (catcher), and Hwang Young-mook (second baseman). The starting pitcher was Hwang Jun-seo.

NC assembled a starting lineup consisting of Cheon Jae-hwan (center fielder), Kim Joo-won (shortstop), Park Min-woo (second baseman), Park Gun-woo (right fielder), Son Ah-seop (designated hitter), Kwon Hee-dong (left fielder), Kim Hyung-jun (catcher), Seo Ho-cheol (third baseman), and Kim Hwi-jip (first baseman). Shin Min-hyuk took the mound as the starting pitcher.

In the bottom of the first inning, NC shook the Hanwha battery. After one out, Kim Joo-won and Park Min-woo reached base with consecutive walks. Later, during Park Gun-woo's at-bat, they attempted a double steal, and Hanwha catcher Choi Jae-hoon's throw to second base went astray toward center field, allowing Kim Joo-won, who had stolen third, to touch home plate.

However, Hanwha turned the game around in the top of the third inning. After one out in the top of the third, Choi Jae-hoon reached base on a walk. Hwang Young-mook struck out, but Florial's single to right field set up a 2-out, 1st-and-3rd opportunity. Then Hah Ju-seok hit a 2-RBI double to right field, turning the score to 2-1 in favor of Hanwha. There was a questionable video review during this sequence. With a 1-ball, 2-strike count, Hah Ju-seok swung and missed at Shin Min-hyuk's 128 km/h changeup on the fourth pitch.

The key was whether it was a foul tip strikeout. The umpire called it a foul tip strikeout, but then checked the ball and declared it a foul. NC immediately requested a video review, but the call was not overturned. The review center determined that catcher Kim Hyung-jun's catch was not perfect. It was confirmed that dirt was on the ball, so NC had to dwell on their disappointment.

Hanwha did not score any additional runs. NC quickly evened the score. In the bottom of the fourth, Park Min-woo and Park Gun-woo hit consecutive doubles to tie the game at 2-2. Afterward, a groundout by Son Ah-seop and a walk by Kwon Hee-dong created a 2-out, 1st-and-3rd opportunity, but they missed the chance for additional runs when they were out at home plate while attempting a double steal. Hanwha starter Hwang Jun-seo pitched 3⅓ innings, allowing 2 hits, issuing 2 walks, striking out 4, and giving up 2 earned runs before leaving the mound.

However, in the bottom of the fifth, NC reversed the game again. With one out in the bottom of the fifth, Kim Hwi-jip reached base with a single to center field. It was his first hit in 10 games since the May 10 match against Doosan at Jamsil. Following that, Cheon Jae-hwan was hit by a pitch, creating a 1-out, 1st-and-2nd opportunity; Kim Joo-won's deflected single to left field turned the score to 3-2 in favor of NC. In the subsequent 1-out, 1st-and-2nd situation, Park Min-woo flew out to center field, but the 2-out, 1st-and-3rd opportunity continued, and Park Gun-woo delivered a timely single to center, putting NC ahead 4-2.

NC's starting pitcher Shin Min-hyuk overcame a scoring crisis in the fourth after allowing runs in the third inning and faced a similar challenge in the sixth, where he allowed a hit to lead-off batter Moon Hyun-bin but got Noh Si-hwan to hit into a groundout to third base to escape the threat. Shin Min-hyuk pitched 6 innings, throwing 101 pitches, allowing 4 hits, 1 walk, striking out 4, and giving up 2 earned runs, qualifying as a winning pitcher with a quality start.

In the top of the eighth, Hanwha, with one out, seized a 1-out, 1st-and-2nd opportunity with Florial's single to center field, a stolen base, and Hah Ju-seok's walk. However, Moon Hyun-bin's well-hit ball went straight to the right fielder, and in the 2-out, 1st-and-2nd situation, Noh Si-hwan was retired on a pop-up to the second baseman, missing the chance to rally.

After NC came out of the eighth inning without allowing any runs, they added to their lead in the bottom of the eighth. With two outs, a walk by Kim Hyung-jun and a single by Seo Ho-cheol created a 2-out, 1st-and-2nd opportunity, and Kim Hwi-jip's timely single to center field sealed the game. This marked Kim Hwi-jip's multi-hit game after 18 days since his last on May 3 against Lotte.

However, Hanwha did not give up until the end. In the top of the ninth, with one out, Lee Jin-young's single to center field and a pinch-hit double by Choi In-ho to right field set up a 1-out, 2nd-and-3rd opportunity. However, pinch hitter Kim Tae-yeon struck out, and Hwang Young-mook grounded out to shortstop, failing to score. Ryu Jin-wook achieved his first 10-save season in his debut.

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