Ko Woo-suk, who "took off the shock of losing 1 inning and 5 runs two days ago against AZ
San Diego Padres Go Woo-seok threw a good pitch and threw away a shocking five-run slump.
Ko Woo-seok took the mound in the top of the seventh inning when the Arizona Diamondbacks were tied at 2-2 at Peoria Stadium in Arizona on the 13th and played his part by lightly handling three batters.
Taking the mound in the seventh inning as his team's fourth pitcher, Ko caught the leadoff right-handed batter Kyle Garlick with a straight out to the shortstop. Having secured the ball count in favor of 1B2S with a first pitch, a strike from a fastball, and a foul, Ko lured him to the fourth pitch, and induced him to hit a straight short-handed shortstop with a curveball on the fifth pitch.
Then, right-handed batter Albert Alomar Jr. grounded out normally. Alomar Jr., who swung and missed on a slider outside the first pitch, pulled his fastball to the second pitch with all his strength, but was out due to a grounder running in front of the third baseman.
The next batter was Tucker Barnhart, a left-handed batter. He finished with two balls. After throwing a fastball at the first pitch, he garnered a ground ball to the third base with a curveball on the second pitch. He overwhelmed the third batter with nine balls.
The pitch that took away the timing with corner walks, fastballs, and curve-oriented ball combinations stood out.
Ko Woo-seok took the mound in the sixth inning with a 4-1 lead against the Los Angeles Angels on the 11th, showing a sluggish performance of five runs while holding one out count and receiving four hits and one walk, including a two-run shot.
He collapsed after hitting a triple off the right line by Mike Trout, the biggest catcher in the leading Major League. Then, Ko walked Livan Soto as his fastball on the seventh pitch fell out from the full count. Crisis of no outs and runners on the first and third bases.
Ko Woo-seok used a fastball to Aaron Hicks in the middle, but the hit that hit the bat exactly fell to the right side of the right field and became a double that hit the fence. At this time, the third baseman homered, followed by a crisis of second and third bases with no outs.
As the fastball in the middle of the first pitch led to a timely hit to Taylor Ward, the next batter, both runners came in, narrowing the score to 4-3 and 1 point difference.
Ko then allowed right-handed batter Brandon Drury to come from behind after hitting a two-run homer to the right-center field. As his third pitch at the ball count of 2S turned into a fumble that went to a higher court outside, he hit Drury's bat center and flew well over the fence in right-center. It was his first homer in the Major League.
Ko Woo-seok then seemed to find stability by striking out Logan Ohafi with a fastball outside the sixth ball on the full count, but he survived to second base when right fielder Locast caught and missed the next batter Jack Neto's fly.
Ko Woo-suk, who threw 22 pitches, was eventually replaced by Shane Reynolds.
San Diego Padres Go Woo-suk and Yuki Matsui. AP Yonhap News
As expected, his ball control was pointed out as a problem. In the case of fastballs, which are his main weapons, he made a lot of mistakes either by going wide out of the strike zone or by going to the middle or high courses.
However, in the game against Arizona on the day, he displayed his control and timing to garner the ball count. It was a game that showed how Ko Woo-suk should throw to survive in the Major League.
Ko lowered his ERA from 16.20 to 12.46. Having pitched four ⅓ innings in five games, giving up eight hits and two walks, and allowing six runs, Ko will fly to Korea with his teammates to participate in the Seoul Series, the opening event against the Los Angeles Dodgers, after the game against the Oakland Athletics on Saturday.
Ko is unlikely to take the mound in the game against Oakland. He is expected to move to Korea and enhance his sense of play in the warm-up matches against the LG Twins and Team Korea. 릴게임
Meanwhile, San Diego's Kim Ha-sung played as a fifth shortstop and went 0-for-3 with his batting average falling to 0.304, and the two teams were 2-2 in the game.