Kelly, 'from LG', '3 innings save' in return to big league after 6 years
Kelly, 'from LG', '3 innings save' in return to big league after 6 years
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Casey Kelly (34, Cincinnati Reds), formerly of the LG Twins, earned a '3-inning save' in his return to the major leagues.
On the 25th (Korean time), Kelly pitched a perfect game in the bottom of the 7th inning with the Pittsburgh Pirates leading 10-2 in the away game held at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, and did not allow a single runner to reach base for 3 innings.
Kelly, who was responsible for the final three innings, earned his first MLB save.
Kelly, who began his professional career as a first-round draft pick by the Boston Red Sox in 2008, made his major league debut in 2012 wearing a San Diego Padres uniform
However, he failed to shine on the MLB mound. He only appeared on the major league mound for four seasons between 2012 and 2018, moving between several teams, and his career record was only 2 wins, 11 losses, and an ERA of 5.46.
After wearing the LG Twins uniform of the Korean Professional Baseball in 2019, he became the representative foreign pitcher of the KBO League, playing as an ace.
In particular, in last year's Korean Series, he went 1-0 with an ERA of 1.59 in 2 games, giving LG its first championship trophy in 29 years.
This season, he failed to show his former form with 5 wins, 8 losses, and an ERA of 4.51, and eventually said goodbye to LG and returned to the United States.
His record at LG is 73 wins, 46 losses, and an ERA of 3.25 in 163 커뮤니티 games over 6 seasons.
After returning to the United States, he joined Louisville, a Triple-A affiliate of Cincinnati, where his father Pat Kelly was the manager, and pitched two games without a win or loss and an ERA of 4.50 before being promoted to the major league on the 25th.
On the day of his call-up, Kelly took the mound in the major leagues for the first time in nearly six years, since September 27, 2018, when he was with the San Francisco Giants, and earned his first career save in the MLB.
On this day, Cali pitched three innings with 38 pitches.