4 strikeouts in 1 inning. Is this possible in baseball?
KT Wiz ace Emanuel De Jesus started the seventh match of the season against the KIA Tigers at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 30th, becoming the protagonist of a remarkable record in the top of the second inning.
De Jesus allowed the lead-off batter Lee Woo-sung to reach base with a strikeout-not-out foul at 0-0. On the 4th pitch of a favorable count of 1B-2S, he induced a swing-and-a-miss on a 137 km slider, but catcher Jo Dae-hyun let the foul ball get past him, allowing batter-runner Lee Woo-sung to reach first base. The record is Samjin.
De Jesus did not waver. After sending Jeong Hae-won and Park Min back with looking Samjin one after another with no outs and one runner on first base, he caught Kim Tae-gun with a swing-and-a-miss Samjin after a six-pitch battle, ending the inning. This was the moment he recorded 4 strikeouts in just the top of the second inning.
The record for the most strikeouts in one inning in KBO League history is 4. Since the 9th inning against the Lotte Giants on April 13, 1998, starting with Para (Samsung Lions), a total of 10 pitchers have experienced 4 strikeouts in one inning until Peña (Hanwha Eagles) on September 2, 2022, against the Kiwoom Heroes. The 11th remarkable record in history was born in Suwon after a staggering 1,001 days.
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