"'It deserves 10.7 billion won' Go Young-pyo, who took a day off, lost one run in four innings...QS class gold and gold pitching
Oct 05, 2024
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KT Wiz 'Go Quals' Ko Young-pyo pitched the best in an important game, a difficult situation.
Ko Young-pyo took the mound as a starter in Game 1 of the semi-playoff against the LG Twins at Jamsil Stadium on the 5th. It was a long and narrow game.
KT actually started the fall baseball from the final two consecutive games of the season against the Kiwoom Heroes. Until the Doosan Bears wild card game against SSG Landers on the tiebreaker. I played games without tomorrow.
Since he had to win, Ko Young-pyo was put in the middle. Ko Young-pyo threw 48 pitches in five innings in Kiwoom's final match on the 28th of last month. And he threw 18 pitches in the first ⅔ inning against SSG on the 1st and 14 pitches in the first inning of the second wild-card game against Doosan on the 3rd.
But he took a day off and started. Um Sang-baek also took only three days off, and considering the importance of the game, he didn't even make a fifth-term issuance Joey-hyun. Meanwhile, Ko Young-pyo came forward to make a sacrifice. Coach Lee also said he would not overdo it for the future of the player. He said he only had to keep two or three innings well.
It was more than I expected. Three out until the third inning. He drastically reduced the number of pitches. There were no more than 30 pitches. Of course, he also took the mound in the fourth inning.
However, the fourth inning was a crisis as if he lost a little of his strength. After one out, he got a hit by Shin Min-jae and even allowed a steal. Then Austin hit the left field. One run. He caught Moon Bok-kyung on a fly to the shortstop to take a breather, but he gave up another hit to Oh Ji-hwan. The crisis continued with two outs and runners on the second and third bases. However, Ko completed his mission by treating Kim Hyun-soo as a ground ball. While Ko Young-pyo was holding out, KT came down from the mound with Moon Sang-chul hitting the first two-run shot to lead. It was not a winning requirement, and it was not a quality start like eating, but it was Ko Young-pyo's pitch that was more valuable than ever.
Ko Young-pyo threw 56 pitches in four innings, allowing three hits, no four outs, and two strikeouts and one run. Ko Young-pyo is now in preparation for Game 5.
Ko Young-pyo signed a five-year non-FA multi-year contract worth a total of 10.7 billion won ahead of this season. He entered the season with high expectations, but he couldn't perform all his skills due to injuries. However, he seems to be able to resolve that regret this fall.
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