He pitched 13 pitches, and he pitched four fastballs, seven cutters, and two curves, respectively. Four-seam's fastballs were as fast as 93.2 miles (150 kilometers) and 92.3 miles (148.5 kilometers) on average.
Taking the mound as the second pitcher after starting pitcher Ket Emanuel in the bottom of the sixth inning with his team leading 4-2, Ko finished the inning by catching Logan Porter with a fly to center field. He threw the 88.7-mile cutter into the strike zone at the first pitch to induce a fly ball to the flying distance of 328 feet.
In the seventh inning, he struck out leading Devin Man by throwing a fastball 92.4 miles high on his body in the fifth pitch with a ball count of 2B2S, inducing him to swing and miss.
Nate Eaton hit a grounder to the third base with the 88.2-mile cutter on the second pitch, and Tyler Gentry hit a fly ball to the right field with the 88.7-mile cutter on the body at the 3B1S on the fifth pitch, finishing the inning lightly. Three of the four critical pitches were cutters. He displayed stable control and calm performance on the mound.
Ko, who maintained his two-point lead, was given a hold, and his team won the game 6-5. The top speed of his three poor hits was 92.2 miles, which was not a hard hit.
Ko was traded from the San Diego Padres to the Miami Marlins on Tuesday. He must have been shocked and despondent as it was his first trade since joining the LG Twins in 2017.
At the time, San Diego made a one-on-four trade by giving up Go and three minor leaguers and acquiring Luis Arraez. Arraez is the best contact heater in the past two years. He thus sent Go and three promising minor league fielders to strengthen his offense capability.
After struggling in the early days of this season in the minor league Double-A under San Diego, Ko recently showed good pitching and was waiting for his promotion to the big league. However, after excluding Ko from the opening entry, San Diego left the minor league almost "neglected" to use her as a trade card.
In 10 games with Double A, Ko made one save, one hold, two losses, and a 4.38 ERA. He pitched 12 ⅓, giving up 14 hits, four walks, and striking out 15 and allowing seven runs (six earned runs). However, he stabilized at a home game against the Wichita Windsurge (under the Minnesota Twins) on April 24 by allowing no hit, one strikeout and no run in one inning, and continued pitching in four consecutive games until the home game against the Arkansas Travelers (under the Seattle Mariners) on April 2. During this period, he gave up two hits, three walks, and struck out five during four ⅓ innings.
Therefore, as Ko took the mound on the fifth day after the trade was decided, and one week after taking the mound, the Miami Marlins are expected to be considering promotion as he continued his five-game scoreless streak until the match against Omaha on the day. His performance improved from 11 ⅔ to two holds, one save, two losses and a 3.95 ERA.
BY: 토토사이트 순위
