Former first-round draft pick Seung-hyun Lee, one of the Samsung Lions’ five top picks in the Korean Baseball Organization, showed promise in his first Futures League start.
The 2021 first-round pick of the Samsung Lions made his professional debut last year, going 4-13 with six saves and 28 strikeouts in 147 appearances for the first team. His ERA was 4.90. After a stint as a reliever, Lee received his starting lessons in the Australian Baseball League. In six appearances for the Adelaide Giants, he is winless with a 4.32 ERA.
With four starters – Connor Seabold, Danny Reyes, Tae-in Won, and Jung-hyun Paik – Samsung had planned to use either Lee Seung-hyun or Lee Ho-sung as the fifth starter, but the left-hander earned the final spot in the lineup after going 6 1/3 innings with five hits, two walks, and two strikeouts in two exhibition games. Lee will work his way through the starting rotation at the Futures level while waiting for a call-up to the first team.
Lee started the Futures League opener against the KIA Tigers on April 26 at Hampyeong-KIA Challengers Field. 토토사이트 He took the loss after allowing two runs in four innings, but it was impressive that he didn’t give up a single hit and struck out six.
After striking out Park Jung-woo on a wild pitch in the first inning
Lee gave up a single to left-center to Kim Min-soo, and Byun Woo-hyuk reached on a fielding error. With runners on first and second, he struck out Kim Seok-hwan on a wild pitch and induced Lee Sung-joo to ground out to third to end the inning.
After giving up a leadoff single to Choi Jung-yong in the second inning, Lee retired Kwon Hyuk-kyung (strikeout), Kim Kyu-sung (foul fly), and Ko Myung-sung (strikeout) to end the inning.
After striking out leadoff hitter Park Jung-woo in the third, Lee gave up an infield single to Kim Min-soo, but induced Byun Woo-hyuk to fly out to third base for the third out. Two batters later in the fourth, Choi Jung-yong and Kwon Hyuk-kyung gave up back-to-back singles, but Lee induced Kim Kyu-sung to fly out to right field to keep the scoreless streak alive.
Lee gave up two runs in the fifth inning on back-to-back singles by leadoff hitters Go Myung-sung and Park Jung-woo and back-to-back fielding errors. With the bases loaded, Lee handed the mound over to Hong Won-pyo to end the game.
Samsung dropped to 0-7 against KIA.
Lee was the losing pitcher. He gave up two runs on two hits (one home run) and two walks in two innings, while the third pitcher, Yang Hyun, gave up three runs on five hits and two walks in two innings.
Designated hitter Kim Dong-yeop was the standout among the team’s hitters, going 2-for-2 with a double, two walks and a 100 percent on-base percentage, while Kim Do-hwan, who wore the starting mask, went 2-for-3 with a multi-hit game.
Kia starter Kim Gun-guk pitched four innings of four-hit ball with one walk and three strikeouts. The second pitcher, Lee Hyung-beom, 파워볼실시간 earned the win with two scoreless innings (two hits and one walk). Kim Min-ju, Lee Joon-young, and Park Jun-pyo then combined for three scoreless innings. Kim Min-soo and Choi Jung-yong completed a three-hit game, while Joo Hyo-sang hit a two-run homer off Woo Jung-wol.