Shocked by two home runs and four runs in one inning. Double A to ERA 15.75...
Aug 14, 2024
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Ko Woo-seok, who plays for the Panther Cola Blue Wahoos, a double-A team under the Miami Marlins, pitched in a home game against the Montgomery Biscuits under the Tampa Bay Rays on the 14th (Korea time), showing sluggish performance with three hits, three walks, one strikeout, and four runs in one ⅓ inning.
The game was postponed from the beginning. He gave six points in the top of the first inning and four points in the top of the second inning to lead 0-10.
Ko Woo-suk went up in the top of the eighth inning, trailing 3-14. Ko Woo-seok, who handled the leadoff fifth Dominic Kigan with a ground ball in front of third base, walked Brayden Taylor, but held Tanner Murray with a double play in front of shortstop and finished the eighth inning neatly.
Unfortunately, it collapsed in the top of the ninth inning.
Ko Woo-seok, who took the mound in the top of the ninth inning with two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to make it 5-14, was hit by a right-center solo shot by the leader Matthew Ethel. He allowed a walk to Mason Auer and struck out Chandler Simpson with a swing and miss, but gave up a heavy hit to Carson Williamson, driving him to first and third bases with one out. Javier Isaac hit a three-run shot over the left-center fence.
It happened 5-18 in a heartbeat. When Heiberto Hernandez walked, the pitcher was eventually replaced by Chandler Jozwiak.
Ko Woo-seok, who was traded to Miami and pitched not too bad in Triple-A to see the possibility of a major league, has been completely collapsed since coming down to Double-A.
In Triple-A, he had a 4.29 ERA with two wins, no losses and one hold in 16 games. However, with one win, one save and one hold in nine games at Double-A Panther Cola, his ERA is as bad as 15.75. In just eight innings, he pitched 17 hits, 3 home runs, 8 walks and 17 runs (14 earned runs).
Allowing two home runs in one inning is something Ko Woo-seok has experienced only once in the KBO League. On July 22, 2018, he allowed a solo shot to Oh Jae-won at the top of the ninth inning against the Doosan Bears in Jamsil and was hit by Heo Kyung-min with a two-run shot.
Recently, Miami-based media outlet Miami Harold wrote, `Miami has recruited Korean pitcher Ko Woo-suk, but I don't expect him to be a major leaguer" posted an article to coolly evaluate the reality faced by Ko Woo-seok.
indyk@sportschosun.com
