Baseball’s NC Dinos’ top foreign pitcher, Eric Pedi (30), failed to reach 20 wins despite pitching well. Pedi started the game against the KIA Tigers of the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League at NC Park in Changwon on June 26, allowing three hits and one run while striking out eight in six innings. However, after the sixth inning with the score tied 1-1, Pedi was relieved of the mound by Ryu Jin-wook and was unable to record the win. Pedi, who remained at 19-6, lowered his ERA from 2.13 to 2.10 and struck out 189 batters on the season .Pedi leads the league in wins, ERA, and strikeouts. On this day, Pedi was perfect through three innings with a fastball that topped 150km/h and a new changeup, a sharp sweeper. However, KIA got on the board in the top of the fourth inning when Ko Jong-wook led off with a double to left-center and Kim Do-young followed with a single to left to put runners on second and third. Socrates Brito’s infield grounder was turned into a fielder’s choice, giving KIA a 1-0 lead. Pedi continued to put runners on first and third, but induced Kim Sun-bin to fly out to end the inning. The NC bats, which had been struggling against KIA starter Kim Gun-guk, who hasn’t won a game this season, fought back after the offensive shift. In the bottom of the fourth inning, leadoff hitter Park Min-woo singled up the middle, and Park Geon-woo followed with a double to left-center to tie the game at 1-1.However, NC was unable to capitalize on the bases loaded. Eventually, Peddie left the mound after reaching 94 pitches in the sixth inning. With three or four more starts to go, Peddy is still within striking distance of reaching 20 wins. If he does, he will be the first pitcher to reach 20 wins in a season since 스포츠토토 the NC organization was founded in 2013