The 10.7 billion won Lotte Giants killer is down again.
KBO’s KT Wiz homegrown ace Ko Young-pyo started the 13th game of the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League against the Lotte Giants at KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea, on Nov. 11, giving up eight runs (seven earned) on 12 hits (two home runs) with one walk, two strikeouts and 92 pitches in four innings.
He got into trouble in the first inning. After Hwang Sung-bin led off with a triple to the top of the left-field fence, Son Ho-young followed with a single to left field. Victor Reyes followed with a double to center field, putting runners on second and third before Jeon Jun-woo hit a two-run double to right-center.
In the top of the second, he got Son Sung-bin to walk and Hwang Sung-bin to double, but got Ko Seung-min to ground out to first base and Son Ho-young to fly out to left field to end the threat.
Ko Young-pyo led off the top of the third with a solo home run off Reyes. After a first-pitch strike, he hit a two-seam slider (122 kilometers) for a three-run home run to center field. Jun-woo Jeon followed with a single up the middle, and Yoon Dong-hee followed with a two-run homer. This time, a four-pitch outside slider (118km) was the prey in the 2B-1S. It was a 120-meter home run to left field.
The top of the fourth inning also didn’t look like the Ko Young-pyo we know.
After leading off with a single to center and Reyes doubling, 카지노사이트 he gave up back-to-back sacrifice flies to Na Seung-yup and Jeon Jun-woo. Jun-woo Jeon was initially called out at first base, but the call was overturned on video review as a save due to the home plate collision prevention law.
Ko Young-pyo was replaced by Sung Jae-heon in the top of the fifth inning after falling behind 2-8.
Until last year, Ko was 8-4 with a 2.47 ERA (29 runs in 105⅔ innings) in 25 career games (14 starts) against Lotte, earning him the nickname Giant Killer. Last year, he was dominant, going 3-0 with a 0.93 ERA in four games.
This year, however, he’s not hunting Lotte, but rather Lotte is hunting him. Prior to this day, Ko was winless in two games against Lotte with one loss and an 8.44 ERA. On June 19 in Suwon, he gave up six runs in five innings, and on July 12 in Sasik, he gave up four runs in 5⅔ innings in a no-decision. His ERA against Lotte soared to 10.43 for the season.
It wasn’t just against Lotte. Ko Young-pyo, in the first year of his five-year, 10.7 billion won non-free agent contract, was struggling with a 3-4 record and a 4.71 ERA in 10 games. His season ERA rose to 5.58 with the loss.