PS Lee Ui-ri of KIA, who achieved her first victory, said, “Throwing aggressively worked.”

(Daegu = Yonhap News) Reporter Dae-ho Lee = The fiery fastball was enough to make people say, "As expected, Lee Ui-ri," and the pitch that hits the corner of the strike zone was enough to make people ask, "Is it really Lee Ui-ri?"

Professional baseball KIA Tigers left-arm fastball pitcher Eui-ri Lee (24) enjoyed the thrill of becoming a winning pitcher in his first postseason (PS) since his debut with a counter-throw that turned a question mark into an exclamation point.

In the first game against the Samsung Lions in the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League postseason playoffs (PO, 3 wins out of 5) held at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 26th, Lee Ui-ri defended the mound from the 6th inning, where the team was ahead 5-1, and pitched 1⅓ innings with no outs, 3 strikeouts, and no runs.

KIA's starter James Nail, who was pitching well, hit Seung-gyu Park's head with a fastball after one out in the fifth inning and was automatically ejected, putting the mound in emergency mode.

Lee Ui-ri's role was important as Jeong Hae-young, who came on in relief in a hurry in the 5th inning, blocked the opponent's batting line with 1 run and passed the baton.

Lee Ui-ri blocked Samsung's batting lineup by throwing fastballs at a maximum speed of 156 km/h.

After striking out difficult hitter Ryu Ji-hyuk, he struck out Kim Ji-chan with a fly ball to left field and Kim Seong-yoon with a strikeout.

The slider that caused Kim Seong-yoon's missed swing was excellent in both sharpness and control.

Lee Ui-ri, who also took the mound in the 7th inning, crossed a huge mountain by striking out Ja-Wook Koo, the most dangerous batter, and induced a ground ball to shortstop against the next batter, Lewin Diaz, but sent out the runner due to an error by shortstop Min Park.

At that time, Lee Ui-ri, who passed the baton to Cho Sang-woo, actually encouraged Park Min, who made a mistake, and went down.

After the game, Lee Ui-ri said, "According to what Coach Dong-geol Lee said, it worked to be aggressive against him. He said it was better to hit (a hit) and send him out than to pile up runners. So I relaxed and had fun throwing."

Regarding winning his first PS victory since his debut, he said with a smile that he did not know that he was a winning pitcher and said, "I did my best in the role given to me, so good results followed."

The scene where Park Min went down the mound after making an error was laughed off, saying, "I was aiming for MVP of the game, but that's a shame."

Lee Ui-ri, who clearly showed his presence in the bullpen, said there were no problems with pitching in Game 2 and added that he would prepare thoroughly.