KT WIZ head coach Lee Kang-cheol encouraged starter Ko Young-pyo, who struggled in his return from injury.
Ahead of their baseball game against the Lotte Giants at Katie Wiz Park in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do on the 20th, Lee said, “It’s hard to judge from one game yesterday. The ball wasn’t that bad,” Lee said.
The day before, Ko Young-pyo, who made his first appearance on the mound for the first team in 78 days after completing an injury rehabilitation, suffered a loss against Lotte, allowing six runs on nine hits with four walks and six strikeouts in five innings.
Prior to this game, Ko was a “giant hunter” with a career record of 8-4 with a 2.47 ERA against Lotte and a 5-2 record with a 0.98 ERA since 2021.
“It was the first game, so I didn’t expect much,” Lee said, adding, “I just hope he can adapt quickly and show good form in the next game.”
He also believes that Ko Young-pyo was targeted by Lotte because of the team’s generation change and power analysis.
“When you start to struggle against teams that you’ve been pitching well against, you know that your player base is changing,” Lee said, adding, “You’ve seen Reyes, Yoon Dong-hee, Na Seung-yup, Ko Seung-min, Son Ho-young, and other players that you haven’t seen before.”
“(The changeup) was dropped in front of home plate, and they all hit it, and (the hitters) got in front of the plate, and the ball got caught in front of them, and they got out at first or second base,” he recalled. 안전 토토사이트