Failed to renew contract even with 13 wins → First ML start win → Added save the day after the hold. Will he succeed as a pitcher for the N.S. bullpen?
Aug 15, 2025
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Detrick Enns, a foreign pitcher of the former LG Twins who failed to renew his contract even after winning 13 games in the KBO League, recorded a start win and a save on a hold in the Major League.
He settled as a Major League bullpen pitcher with the Baltimore Orioles.
In the home game against the Seattle Mariners at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, the U.S. on the 15th (Korea time), Ence pitched as the last pitcher in the top of the ninth inning and allowed one run in one inning, but kept the win and recorded a save. It was his first major league save this season and his third career save.
Leading 5-2 in the top of the ninth. Starter Sugano stopped five ⅓ innings with one run, followed by Garcia (one run in ⅔ innings), Akin (one scoreless inning), and Strode (one scoreless inning) until the eighth inning.
Ence took the mound as the last pitcher. He was the starting pitcher for LG last year, but he was the finishing pitcher for Baltimore.
Ence, who came out in the top of the eighth inning the previous day and contributed to the victory by winning a hold with one hit, two strikeouts and no runs in one inning, was a little uneasy with the finish. With a right-handed hit to the front-runner Dominic Canzone, followed by a heavy hit to Mitch Graver, he started with a crisis of 1st and 2nd bases with no outs.
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With two outs and runners on the first and third bases, Josh Naylor hit a ground ball in front of the second base at the first pitch and the game ended.
Ence, who returned to the U.S. after last season, settled in Detroit, moved to Baltimore at the trade deadline (August 1), and has been playing well as a bullpen pitcher.
Detroit had a 1-1 record with a 5.60 ERA in seven games, including its first start win since its debut. Baltimore has a 2.84 ERA with one save and two holds in five games. He has pitched six ⅓ innings, allowing nine hits, one walk, 12 strikeouts, and two runs.
Ence was recruited as the first starter from LG last year and pitched in 30 games with 13 wins, 6 losses and a 4.19 ERA. The fast fastball and powerful cutter were impressive, but there was a limit to preventing KBO League hitters as they played the season due to the lack of clear ball. LG, which won 13 games with the help of hitters, wanted a stronger pitcher, and eventually recruited Yoni Chirinos instead of renewing the contract.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
