LG Twins finisher Ko Woo-seok literally showed a perfect pitch in his first appearance in the 2023 regular season. He threw a powerful fastball to his heart’s content and put the dinosaur line to rest.
Ko Woo-seok recorded 1 inning, 3 strikeouts and no runs in the first game of the season against NC Dinos in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 18th.
Ko Woo-seok climbed the mound with the start of the defense in the top of the 9th inning, when LG faced off 4-4. LG coach Yeom Gyeong-yeop announced before the game that “Ko Woo-seok will make an unconditional appearance regardless of the score”, and he made his first appearance this season in the match.
Ko Woo-seok showed off his good condition. Leading hitter Park Min-woo struck out with a 154km fastball and showed off his unique fastball without regret. Then, he caught Seok-hyun Han with a strikeout on a swing and continued the good trend.
Ko Woo-seok, who gained momentum, sent even Park Kun-woo, who was wielding a heavy hit with a multi-hit, back to the dugout. Even Park Kun-woo ended the top of the 9th inning with KKK, striking out on a swing.
Go Woo-seok was named to the final entry for the 2023 World Baseball Classic (WBC) national team, but he returned home before the opening of the tournament last month without being able to throw a single game due to symptoms. 먹튀검증
After returning to his team LG, he was diagnosed with inflammation of the right shoulder rotator cuff muscle supraspinatus muscle, which hindered preparations for the opening of the regular season. After nearly a month of rehabilitation and recovery, he was put into the Futures League game from last week and raised his sense of practice. On the 15th, the final rehearsal was successfully completed with 1 inning, 1 strikeout and no run against the KIA Tigers 2nd team, and was registered for the 1st team entry that day.
Although his departure was later than his colleagues, Ko Woo-seok was a ‘nameless battle’. In his first appearance in the 2023 season, he showed the dignity of last year’s save king without regret, and started a strong start toward the save king for the second consecutive year.