Ko Woo-suk, a member of the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, a triple-A club under the Miami Marlins in the U.S. professional baseball, took the mound in the fifth inning with a 1-0 lead over the Memphis Redbirds (under the St. Louis Cardinals) in Memphis, Tennessee, USA on the 23rd (Korea time), giving up three hits and allowing one run in two innings.
Ko Woo-seok was attacked with a 142km/h cut fastball on the second pitch to Nick Dunn, the first batter in the fifth inning, allowing a superior tying solo shot. It is the first time Ko Woo-seok has hit a home run since entering the U.S. 메이저사이트
Ko Woo-seok, who received a right-handed hit from the next batter, Victor Scott II, and allowed him to steal second base, handled Jordan Walker, Wilson Contreras and Matt Kopaniak to prevent additional runs. In the sixth inning, Ko Woo-seok caught the first batter, Luken Baker, with a fly ball to left field, and Jared Young hit to the right.
After that, Alfonso Rivas was grounded out in front of the first baseman and Archimedes Gamboa was grounded out to center field, ending the inning without a run. As the Jacksonville batters scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning to win 3-1, Ko Woo-seok took the relief victory.
Ko Woo-seok won his second win (2 losses, 1 save, 2 holds) on the U.S. stage, but he couldn’t smile broadly because it was a victory with the help of the batters after allowing an equalizer. Ko Woo-seok’s minor league ERA is 3.90 and Triple-A’s ERA is 3.52.
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