"WBC ERA 0.00 → Triple A 20.25" Go Woo-seok pitched 2 scoreless innings against Double A

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He opened the season vigorously toward the goal of MLB call-up, but the result was painful. In the end, Ko Woo-seok (28), who went down to Double A, finished his first appearance in a good mood.

Ko Woo-seok, a member of the Detroit Tigers' Double-A team, pitched two scoreless innings in the bottom of the seventh inning in the 2026 Minor League (MiLB) Double-A game against the Chesapeake Bay Sox (under the Baltimore Orioles) at Prince George Stadium near Bowie, Maryland on the 10th (Korea time).

Ko Woo-suk, who started the season in Triple-A, allowed three runs on five walks and one ⅔ in two games, recorded an ERA of 20.25 and then dropped to Double-A, but made an impressive pitch in the first game.

Ko Woo-seok, who played in the KBO League for seven seasons and garnered 139 saves to establish himself as the best closure in Korea, signed a two-year, $4.5 million contract with the San Diego Padres ahead of the 2024 season to develop his big league dream.

Since then, however, he has struggled without receiving a call-up. This is my third double A trip. Ko Woo-suk, who played for the San Antonio Missions under the San Diego Padres in his first season, later played for the Pensacola Blue Wahoos after being traded to the Miami Marlins.

However, if the previous two trips to Double A were intended to help Ko Woo-suk adapt, this time he headed to Double A without any special injuries. Although only two games have been played, it was not a good feeling in that it went down to Double A immediately.

Ko Woo-suk, who played in the 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC) ahead of this season, played three ⅔ innings in three games, striking out one and allowing one run (non-earned) without a single hit. He also found confidence by blocking the inning with three outs against the Dominican Republic, which suffered a 0-10 cold game loss.

Therefore, it is even more regrettable because there were high expectations that his team would be able to play an active role in the big league.

Ko Woo-seok, who took the mound in the bottom of the seventh inning when the two teams were 1-1 on the day, turned the first batter to a fly ball to the second base and the next batter to a ground ball to the second base.

However, he later doubled to Thomas Sosa and threw a wild pitch at Ethan Anderson's at-bat, facing a crisis with two outs and third base, but he overcame the crisis by taking out a strikeout to Anderson.

Ko Woo-seok, who also took the mound in the eighth inning, hit the first batter with a ground ball, and then hit a straight hit to center field and a ground ball to first base. He finished his first appearance in Double A in a good mood by deleting one inning in just seven pitches.

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