A Pitcher’s Duel Between Moon Seung-won and Im Gi-yeong

While negotiations between the MLB Player’s Union and the owners of the big-league clubs drag on, the Korean Baseball Organization has begun its season, with a game per day broadcasted on ESPN, helping to fill our need for baseball.

Last night, we were treated to pitcher’s duel between the SK Wyverns and the Kia Tigers, with the Tigers pulling out the win by a score of 2–1. Moon Seung-won of the Wyverns and Im Gi-yeong of the Tigers dueled with spectacular starts and a lot of swings and misses, a rarity in the KBO. It was a fascinating matchup between 2 of the better swing and miss pitchers in the KBO and lived up to the hype.

Moon Seung-won threw 100 pitches over 7.1 innings, allowing 1 HR in the third and an inherited runner to score after he exited the game. It was another great game from the 30-year-old RHP for the Wyverns, who entered the season with a 3.56 FIP (8th in the KBO) and a K% of 24.4% (5th in the KBO).