Left-hander Lee Seung-hyun steps in for FedEx, who is out with a sore throat; he gets through the first inning but collapses after allowing three home runs… 4 innings, 5 runs allowed in rough outing

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He could not bear the weight of a sudden start. Samsung Lions left-handed pitcher Lee Seung-hyun (24), who took the mound in place of foreign pitcher Chris FedEx, who was sidelined with a sore throat, allowed three home runs and finished with 5 runs allowed over 4 innings, leaving a sense of regret.

Lee started the home game against the Doosan Bears at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on the 4th, throwing 68 pitches over 4 innings while allowing 5 runs. According to the pitching analysis sheet provided by the Samsung organization, he mixed in a two-seam fastball with a top speed of 144 km/h, along with curves and sliders, but failed to suppress the long balls from Doosan batters at every critical moment.

FedEx, who was originally scheduled to start on this day, complained of a sore throat before the game and was unable to take the field. As a result, left-hander Lee Seung-hyun was rushed in as the replacement starter.

Lee’s start on this day was relatively stable. In the top of the first inning, he gave up a left-field single to leadoff batter Park Chan-ho, but induced consecutive infield grounders from the following An Jae-seok and Park Jun-soon, retiring the runners in order. He then recorded a foul fly out to shortstop on the fourth pitch against No. 4 hitter Yang Eui-ji, completing a scoreless inning with just 9 pitches.

However, he began to waver under the firepower of the Doosan lineup from the top of the second inning. With a count of 2-2, he was hit hard on the fifth pitch by leadoff batter Severino, allowing a solo home run to left field that traveled 115 meters. He then fell into a bases-loaded situation with two outs and runners on first and second after Kim Min-seok’s left-field single and Jeong Soo-bin’s infield hit, but ended the inning without further runs allowed by striking out Kim Dae-han in three pitches and getting Park Chan-ho to ground out to shortstop. He threw 26 pitches in the second inning alone, causing his pitch count to surge.

He could not get through the critical moment in the top of the third inning. After giving up a two-base hit to center field to leadoff batter An Jae-seok, a wild pitch compounded the trouble, putting him in a bases-loaded situation with no outs. He then recorded his second run allowed on an infield hit to shortstop by Park Jun-soon. Next, he was hit for a two-run home run to left field (110 meters) on the second pitch against No. 4 hitter Yang Eui-ji, and the score instantly widened to 0-4. He struck out Severino and retired Kim Min-seok with an outfield fly ball after a seven-pitch at-bat, but then surrendered another solo home run (115 meters) to left field on the first pitch against No. 7 hitter Yang Seok-hwan, giving up 4 runs in the third inning alone.

In the top of the fourth inning, he gave up a left-field single to Park Chan-ho after one out but did not allow any runs. He was replaced by Im Ki-young at the start of the top of the fifth inning, ending his appearance, but he swallowed his regret as a replacement starter after collapsing under Doosan’s three home runs that came in succession in the second and third innings.

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