Still won't call him up? The remarkable Go Woo-seok delivers a perfect scoreless inning with 2 strikeouts! His first win comes in a tense tiebreaker, extending his streak of 4 consecutive scoreless innings.

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Go Woo-seok (28), who has been fighting hard with the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens, a minor league affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, has perfectly overcome a life-or-death tiebreaker situation to finally secure his first win of the season. His silent protest toward a Major League Baseball (MLB) call-up is heating up.

On the 21st (Korean time), Go Woo-seok took the mound in the bottom of the 8th inning of extra innings during the first game of a doubleheader against the Indianapolis Indians (a Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate) at Fifth Third Field in Toledo, Ohio, USA, with the score tied 2-2. Under the extra-inning tiebreaker rules, Go entered the game with no outs and runners on second base. He delivered a perfect scoreless inning with just 16 pitches, recording 2 strikeouts.

Go Woo-seok built momentum by striking out the first batter, Rony Simon, with a 93.5 mph (approx. 150 km/h) high fastball on the sixth pitch of a full-count at-bat, resulting in a swing-and-miss strikeout. He then held the runner from advancing by inducing a groundout to the shortstop from Esmerlin Valdes. With two outs and a runner on second, Go struck out Tyler Callihan with a sharp 79.1 mph (approx. 127 km/h) curveball to the body on the fifth pitch, ending the inning himself.

Go Woo-seok, who has continued his scoreless streak since being promoted from Double-A to Triple-A, has lowered his season ERA from 3.24 to 2.89, successfully entering the 2nd-point range.

As Go Woo-seok held off the crisis, the Toledo lineup responded immediately. In the bottom of the 8th with no outs and runners on second, Max Anderson hit a fly ball to right field, allowing the runner to advance to third base. After two outs, Tyler Gentry hit a dramatic walk-off hit to right field, securing a 3-2 victory. With this, Go Woo-seok recorded a valuable relief win for his first win (1 loss) just six games after his promotion to Triple-A.

In fact, Go Woo-seok's journey in the United States was far from smooth. After being released by the Miami Marlins last season, he signed a minor league contract with the Detroit Tigers and laid the groundwork for a comeback by pitching without an earned run (1 run allowed in 3 games) at the 2026 WBC in March. Among the national team pitchers, he had the best velocity and results.

However, immediately after returning to Triple-A, he suffered a severe slump with an ERA of 20.25 in two games, leading to a demotion to Double-A. But Go Woo-seok did not give up. He dominated the stage with an overwhelming ERA of 0.66 in 8 Double-A games, was promoted back to Triple-A at high speed, and has been pitching well day after day, staging a silent protest toward reaching the Big Leagues.

Recently, his former team, the LG Twins, offered Go Woo-seok a return due to an injury absence of closer Yoo Young-chan, but Go Woo-seok politely declined the offer to pursue a challenge in Major League Baseball.

Having chosen to stay in the United States with his back against the wall, Go Woo-seok proved the dignity of a pitcher with 139 saves in the KBO even in the most pressurized tiebreaker situation, making the prospect of an MLB call-up even brighter.

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