His fastball is 150km, but Lee Eui-ri, who returned, made 77 pitches in 3 innings → 6 hits and 5 runs...The frustration of losing back-to-back games has increased.

Jul 26, 2025

His fastball is 150km, but Lee Eui-ri, who returned, made 77 pitches in 3 innings → 6 hits and 5 runs...The frustration of losing back-to-back games has increased.
The match between KIA and Lotte at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 26th. Lee Eui-ri, who gave up a walk to Yoon Dong-hee with two outs and a third base in the top of the first inning, is disappointed. Busan = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.26/



His fastball is 150km, but Lee Eui-ri, who returned, made 77 pitches in 3 innings → 6 hits and 5 runs...The frustration of losing back-to-back games has increased.
The match between KIA and Lotte at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 26th. Lee Eui-ri, who allowed a triple to Yoon Dong-hee at third base with no outs in the bottom of the third inning, is regretting. Busan = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.26/
His fastball is 150km, but Lee Eui-ri, who returned, made 77 pitches in 3 innings → 6 hits and 5 runs...The frustration of losing back-to-back games has increased.
The match between KIA and Lotte at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 26th. Lee Eui-ri, who gave up a walk to Yoon Dong-hee with two outs and a third base in the top of the first inning, is disappointed. Busan = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.26/
Second game after coming back from elbow surgery. Lee Eui-ri's pitching has suffered repeatedly.

Lee Eui-ri was replaced in three innings against the Lotte Giants at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 26th. He was sluggish with five runs, six hits and four outs. Four strikeouts were not enough to give a good evaluation.

Lee Eui-ri has undergone rehabilitation for about a year since she underwent Tommy John surgery (exchange reconstruction surgery of the inner ligament of the elbow) in June last year.




The match against Lotte is the second appearance since his return to the mound against the NC Dinos on the 20th. At the time of the NC match, Lee Eui-ri started despite the rain cancellation of three of the opening four consecutive games in the second half. He allowed one home run in each of the first and second innings, and although his fastball control was somewhat shaken, he added up to 151km of speed and curveball and change-up. He pitched hard with two hits and two runs in four innings without hitting other than a home run.

KIA manager Lee Bum-ho, who met before the game, presented Lee Eui-ri's number of pitches '80 pitches'. He hopes to throw it up to the fifth inning. If it doesn't go as planned, I'll put in the bullpen", he explained.

Lee Eui-ri's pitch was rough from the bottom of the first inning. Leading hitter Hwang Sung-bin walked to get on base, and after one out, Hwang Sung-bin homered and gave up the first run when Son Ho-young doubled to the right-center. Jeon Joon-woo hit a timely hit and trailed 0-2 with two outs and runners on the first and third bases.




His fastball is 150km, but Lee Eui-ri, who returned, made 77 pitches in 3 innings → 6 hits and 5 runs...The frustration of losing back-to-back games has increased.
The match between KIA and Lotte at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 26th. KIA starter Lee Eui-ri is exchanging autographs with the catcher. Busan = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.26/
KIA immediately recovered two runs in the top of the second inning, but Lee Eui-ri faced a crisis again in the third inning.

Again, he started with a walk. He gave up a walk to leadoff hitter Son Ho-young, and gave up a series of RBI triples to Reyes and Yoon Dong-hee.

Jeon Jun-woo also allowed a double to left-center, making it 2-5 in an instant.




Here, he struck out Han Tae-yang and Yoo Kang-nam in a row and dealt with Park Seung-wook with a ground ball to the second base, making his pitch as objectionable as he did in the third inning. However, the number of pitches was already 77, and the KIA bench chose to replace it.

Lee Eui-ri's maximum fastball speed on the day was 150km, and he mixed sliders (15), changeups (14), and curves (11) in addition to fastballs (37). The ball and speed were impressive, but the result was disappointing.

KIA was completely defeated by Lotte 4-9 on the day and fell into a quagmire for five consecutive losses. He tied for fifth with the Samsung Lions, who beat KT Wiz on the day.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.