Mike Wright and Lee Young-ha Take Center Stage in NC-Doosan Clash

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.

In the series finale between the NC Dinos and the Doosan Bears, the Dinos maintained their hold on the top spot in the KBO, taking game 3 by a score of 7–5. The Dinos were led by a strong pitching performance from their 30-year-old RHP starter, Mike Wright, who has 258 innings of MLB experience, primarily with the Baltimore Orioles. The Doosan Bears countered with 23-year-old Young-Ha Lee and he did not fare well against the Dinos’ top-ranked offense.

Lee pitched deeper into the game than Wright, throwing 5.2 IP versus Wright’s 5+ IP, but Lee gave up 7 runs, digging the Bears into a hole that they could not climb out of, even as NC turned to their bullpen. It was an interesting game for Lee, who allowed 14 hits thanks to little help from his defense, allowing a BABIP of 0.560. But interestingly, although Lee entered the game with a 4.24 (which is definitely higher now), what happened against the Dinos wasn’t the…