Ko Woo-seok of the San Diego Padres collapsed after giving up a large number of runs in a major league exhibition game.토토사이트웹

Ko Woo-suk took the mound in the bottom of the sixth inning with his team leading 4-0 in the 2024 Major League exhibition game against the Los Angeles Angels at Tempe Diablo Stadium in Arizona on the 11th (Korea time) and threw 22 pitches during ⅓ innings, showing sluggish performance with four hits (one homer).

Ko, who had one scoreless inning in his first appearance, one scoreless inning in his second appearance, and one scoreless inning in his third appearance, lost a large number of points in his fourth appearance. His ERA in exhibition games soared to 16.20 (six runs in three innings in ⅓).

The start was lame. Ko met Major League superstar Mike Trout as his first batter. Trout produced a hit that missed Ko’s fastball, which hit the inside of the foul line in the right field. San Diego right fielder Tim Locastro tried to slide, but failed to catch it, resulting in a triple.

Ko was rocked. He allowed a walk to Reban Soto after a full count, and Aaron Hicks threw a missed throw into the middle for a two-run double.

Ko has hardly been able to regain stability. After getting an extra timely hit by Taylor Ward, he made a comeback by giving up five runs in an instant by hitting a two-run homer over the right-center fence by Brandon Drury.

In the ensuing situation, Ko Woo-suk struck out Logan Ooff.

In the next at-bat, Jack Neto hit a normal fly ball to right field, but Locastro couldn’t catch it and went all the way to second base.

The San Diego bench decided to replace the pitcher, and Ko Woo-suk retired after being replaced by Sean Reynolds without completing the inning. Ko Woo-suk’s run ended with a “5” as Reynolds failed to hit a follow-up and finished the inning.

San Diego leads 4-5 with the 8th inning currently underway. If the game ends like this, Ko Woo-seok will become a losing pitcher.