He finally opened his eyes to the first nomination in 22 years. He added 142 kilometers of changeup to the 159 kilometers of a fastball of 152 kilometers, and pitched 6.2 innings of his life without allowing a single goal. My own know-how
Jul 03, 2025
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Lee Min-seok started in the home game against the LG Twins at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 3rd and recorded his most scoreless innings with four hits, two walks and four strikeouts in six ⅔ innings.
Lee Min-seok started eight games this season, recording 2 wins, 2 losses and a 4.89 ERA. In the previous game against KT on June 27, he had eight hits, two walks, three strikeouts and five runs (one earned) in three innings.
I took the mound once against LG, which is a good memory. He started against Lotte in Busan on May 22 and allowed six hits (two home runs), two walks, one strikeout and four runs in five innings, and became a winning pitcher with an 11-4 victory at the time.
If he won, he could have taken the mound in an important game that could have tied for second place, but he pitched the best.
Lee Min-seok, who distributed 47 fastballs of up to 152km, added 20 changeups of up to 142km, 27 sliders of up to 139km, and two curves to completely silence LG's batters.
Lee Min-seok, who took the first and second innings lightly, blocked the crisis in the top of the third inning, leading to good pitching. Lee Min-seok, who gave up a walk to No. 7 Chun Sung-ho, and allowed a left-handed hit to Park Hae-min after one out, caught No. 1 Shin Min-jae with a ground ball in front of the first base, and allowed Kim Hyun-soo to load the bases with two outs and runners on the second and third bases, but struck out Moon Sung-joo with a changeup going outside.
In the top of the fourth inning, he also got a heavy hit by Park Dong-won after one out, but he caught Oh Ji-hwan with a ground ball in front of the first baseman, followed by a strong hit to the right by Chun Sung-ho, and first baseman Jung Hoon flew and caught the ball to overcome the crisis of losing points.
Lee Min-seok, who finished with a complete withdrawal at the top of the fifth inning, also came up in the top of the sixth inning and allowed an infield hit to No. 4 Moon Bo-kyung, but he caught Park Dong-won with a ground ball in front of the third baseman and ended up with no runs, marking the first time in his baseball career that he had not allowed six innings.
He pitched 84 times through the sixth inning. I was wondering if he would pitch in the top of the seventh inning, but Lee Min-seok stood on the mound in the top of the seventh inning as well.
Oh Ji-hwan was treated as a shortstop fly and Chun Sung-ho as a ground ball in front of second base, giving him a chance to score seven scoreless innings with his first quality start plus, but he was hit to the right by pinch hitter Ham Chang-gun and the number of pitches reached 94, eventually being replaced by Choi Jun-yong at Park Hae-min's at-bat.
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Lee Min-seok went down the mound at 0-0 and did not become a winning pitcher, but he showed a step up by keeping the longest innings since his debut without allowing a run.
Thanks to Lee Min-seok's good pitching, Lotte had a chance to load the bases with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning and Jeon Jun-woo's two-run double won 2-0, tying for second place with LG to challenge for first place.
Lee Min-seok had an interview with a bright face throughout, even though he did not become a winning pitcher. Lee Min-seok said he threw the seventh inning for the first time in his life, not his professional debut. "I probably didn't throw a lot, either."Lee Min-seok threw six innings for the first time in the second division this year. And this time, he also took the mound in the first seven innings. But I don't think I felt like I was having a hard time. I think it went as well as I prepared it." he smiled brightly.
I wanted to finish the seventh episode. Lee Min-seok said "I got greedy to catch the first batter" and "It seemed that it would change as he got a hit after two outs. I saw the dugout, but I thought it was going as it was because it didn't come out, but it came out a little late. Unfortunately, I didn't think today was the end."
Jeon Joon-woo, who hit the final hit on the day, said he was sorry for not providing scoring support to Lee Min-seok, who threw well. In response, Lee Min-seok smiled brighter and "It doesn't matter. He didn't dwell on his victory, saying, "I just want the team to win."
The cause of the good pitching on this day is change-up. He threw a lot of changeups to compete with left-handed batters. Lee Min-seok "Today is the day when I threw the most changeups. The opposing batters would not have expected a changeup because they usually throw fastballs and sliders"I didn't throw any changeups in the last KT match, but the slider was caught by a left-handed batter. So I regretted not throwing a changeup, and I thought I would throw a changeup next time"
No matter how much I set my mind to, it wouldn't have been easy to throw if the changeup didn't go in well. Lee Min-seok "Gangnam also gave a lot of autographs as the change-up thrown in the beginning went in well." I shook my head and threw a change-up, and Kangnam said he thought I had confidence and signed an autograph. In the future, the team that meets Lee Min-seok has no choice but to think about changeups on fastballs and sliders.
This pitching also helped boost confidence. Lee Min-seok said, `Now little by little, how to play against hitters and how to solve the game, I still can't do well, but I feel like I have my own know-how.'
Kang Sok-gu's prospect, who was selected as the first nominee in 2022, will finally open his eyes in his fourth year. This is why Lotte is more happy than tying for second place.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
