It was a gloomy birthday.

Kia Tigers left-hander Lee Yi-ri blew his birthday victory with a devastating outing. The Tigers scored five runs in the first inning but couldn’t hold on and were forced into an early exit.

Lee started the game against the NC Dinos at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field on April 16, but was pulled in the fourth inning. He allowed seven runs on three hits and six walks in 3⅔ innings.

He got off to a good start in the first inning with a strikeout, a grounder to second base, and a strikeout. In the second, he pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, a grounder to third base, and a fly out to right field. In the third, he gave up a leadoff single to Seo Ho-cheol and walked Park Se-hyuk. However, he struck out the next batter to get out of the jam.

Socrates Brito hit a grand slam in the bottom of the first inning and scored a run on a wild pitch by pitcher Lee Jae-hak in the bottom of the third to make it 5-0. But in the fourth inning, they suddenly ran into trouble.

He gave up a surprise bunt single to the first batter, Park Min-woo. Park grounded out to third, but Martin and Park gave up back-to-back singles to load the bases. Kim Sung-wook gave up a sacrifice fly to center field for the first run.

One out was all that was needed to prevent further damage, but that one out proved impossible to get. Seo gave up a single up the middle to Ho-cheol Seo for the second run. He then faced Park Se-hyuk, who got a two-strike first pitch and worked a nine-pitch at-bat before giving up a walk to load the bases again.

A shaken Lee gave up another walk to Kim Joo-won and another walk to Son Ah-seop with the count at 1-2. Coach Jung Myung-won came out from the bench to announce the decision. Kwak Do-gyu then gave up a walk and Hwang Dong-ha followed with a double.메이저사이트

Lee’s lead quickly grew to seven runs. Lee was dominant until the third inning, but he needed 49 pitches to get two outs in the fourth. It was a seven-run inning nightmare. Kia scored a whopping eight runs to turn the tables. The disaster was caused by Lee’s inability to protect the mound.

Moreover, it was Lee’s birthday. He won both his birthday starts in the 2021 and 2022 seasons. It looked like it was going to be a Happy Bus Day for the third year in a row, but it ended up being a Glummy Bus Day.