Minnesota Twins reliever Go Woo-suk suffers worst MLB outing

By Yoo Jee-ho

SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- Minnesota Twins reliever Go Woo-suk suffered the worst outing of his young major league career this week, a day after tossing a scoreless outing.

Go was roughed up for three runs on four hits, including a home run, in one inning of work against the Cleveland Guardians, as the Twins suffered a 13-4 loss at Progressive Field in Cleveland on Monday (local time).

Go had thrown one shutout inning against the Chicago Cubs on Sunday, when he escaped a bases-loaded jam. Then he took the mound to begin the bottom of the seventh inning Monday with the Twins down 10-3, pitching on back-to-back days for the first time since making his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Twins on July 9.

Things went awry from the get-go, as Go surrendered a solo home run to Patrick Bailey, who drilled a 0-1 fastball and sent it 408 feet to center field.

Both of the two home runs Go has given up in MLB have come off Bailey's bat.

After the dinger, Go gave up doubles to Petey Halpin and Kyle Manzardo to put runners at second and third. Go struck out Travis Bazzana swinging on a 2-2 curveball, but then served up a double to Chase DeLauter that cashed in both runners.

Go got his second strikeout of the inning against Brayan Rocchio, who was called out on a 2-2 fastball at the knees. The South Korean pitcher then retired Rhys Hoskins on a flyout to center to end the inning.

Go finished with a season-high 24 pitches, 17 of them strikes. He had thrown 23 pitches the previous day.

Go now has a 9.00 ERA over four innings in four appearances, with five strikeouts against two walks. He has allowed eight hits, and five of them have gone for extra bases.