Although the number of runs was minimized, the management of the number of pitches was disappointing. Left-handed pitcher Eui-ri Lee (21, KIA Tigers) was replaced after 4 innings.
Lee Eui-ri started the home game against the NC Dinos at the Gwangju Kia Champions Field on the 25th, recording 4 innings, 5 hits, 4 walks, 6 strikeouts and 1 run. Requirement for a pitcher who loses due to being demolished in a 0-1 situation. The number of pitches was 87 (50 strikes), an average of over 20 per inning.
Prior to the match, Eui-ri Lee’s season record was 2 wins, 1 loss, and an average ERA of 1.93. He maintained a high-level earned run average, but there was one problem if you looked into it. Allowed 19 walks, more than one per inning. Due to ineffective pitching, he failed to fill 6 innings even once in the season.
NC battles were not significantly different. At the beginning of the second inning, he allowed Do Tae-hoon a ball that hit the body to push away from the bases loaded with one out with one hit and two walks. He caught the follow-up Park Se-hyuk with a shortstop double hit, but the number of pitches increased rapidly to 3 walks by the 2nd inning.스포츠토토
In the beginning of the 3rd inning, Eui-ri Lee was driven to the crisis of 1st and 2nd base safely due to consecutive hits by Park Min-woo and Cheon Jae-hwan. This time, Park Gun-woo, Son Ah-seop, and Kim Seong-wook were hit by three consecutive batters. In the beginning of the 4th inning, Park Min-woo was allowed a walk from 2nd and 1st and 2nd bases, and was driven to the second full base in the game. This time, he led Cheon Jae-hwan to a third baseman ground ball to put out the fire.
Runner on base in every inning except one. Based on his crisis management ability, he prevented the conceding to 1 point, but left a regret in the content. KIA coach Kim Jong-guk put Kim Ki-hoon on the mound at the beginning of the 5th inning.