Ariel Furado, the ace right-hander of Panama’s special right-hander Kiwoom Heroes, helped his team escape its fifth consecutive loss Wednesday with seven innings of quality start plus all-out pitching. Thanks to Furado, who completely overwhelmed the No. 1 KIA Tigers lineup, a dramatic walk-off victory was completed.토토사이트
Kiwoom won 2-1 against Gocheok KIA on Aug. 14. With 49 wins and 61 losses for the season, Kiwoom remained at the bottom of the league.
On the same day, Kiwoom faced KIA starting pitcher Hwang Dong-ha with the starting batting order that led to Lee Joo-hyung (center fielder), Kim Hye-sung (second baseman), Song Sung-moon (third baseman), Choi Joo-hwan (first baseman), Kim Gun-hee (designated hitter), Lim Byung-wook (right fielder), Kim Jae-hyun (catcher), Lee Seung-won (striker) and Park Joo-hong (left fielder).
Kiwoom showed the flow of being dragged through the seventh inning after receiving a timely hit from Choi Won-jun in the top of the second inning. However, Kiwoom starter Furado restrained additional runs, making it continue the tight flow.
In the top of the third inning, with two outs and runners on the first and third bases, Furado induced Socrates to fly to the center field to end the inning. Even in the crisis with one out and runners on the first and third bases in the top of the fourth inning, Furado displayed strength to strike out Lee Chang-jin and Park Chan-ho in consecutive swings and misses.
Furado hit a triple by Kim Do-young in the top of the fifth inning with one out, but this time, he also caught Na Sung-bum and Socrates with swinging strikeouts and ground balls to shortstop, respectively, to prevent a run.
In the top of the sixth inning and the top of the seventh inning, Hurado, who tied the inning without a big crisis, blocked KIA’s batting line with a quality start plus good pitching.
Kiwoom starter Furado throws the ball vigorously in the top of the first inning of the “2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League” match between the KIA Tigers and the Kiwoom Heroes at Gocheok Sky Dome in Guro-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 27th. Gocheok, Reporter Kim Han-joon
Kiwoom starter Furado throws the ball vigorously in the top of the first inning of the “2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League” match between the KIA Tigers and the Kiwoom Heroes at Gocheok Sky Dome in Guro-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 27th. Gocheok, Reporter Kim Han-joon
Kiwoom, which continued its pursuit by one point thanks to Furado’s hard throw, succeeded in tying the game by hitting an RBI timely hit against pitcher Lee Joon-young, whose Lee Joo-hyung changed in the second and second bases with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning.
After one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, Choi Joo-hwan hit opposing closer Jung Hae-young’s 145km/h fastball in the fifth pitch and hit a superior walk-off solo home run with a distance of 115m to end the game.
After the game, Kiwoom manager Hong Won-ki said, “Furado pitched well as the first starter. It was a chasing situation, but the ace’s strong pitching helped him not to overcome the flow. Kim Dong-wook and Joo Seung-woo, who followed, also took good responsibility for the innings without allowing any runs. In the attack, Lee Ju-hyung’s timely hit in the eighth inning tied the game, and Choi Joo-hwan’s thunderous home run in the ninth inning ended the game. I thank the fans for their support until the end of the game, and I will prepare well to have a good game tomorrow.”
“I think my pitching by mixing all the pitches I had was effective,” he said even after adding to his finishing victory. “I tried to put as many strikes as possible on balls that were as low as possible offensively as possible. I think that led to a high strike rate,” he said. “I pitched aggressively because I thought I would strike out the next batter (from the crisis of first and third bases with one out in the top of the fourth inning). I thought it was a mental battle when I had a runner, so I tried to focus only on my pitching.”
Meanwhile, Kiwoom and KIA announced Heyesus and Yang Hyun-jong as starting pitchers in their showdown on Aug. 15, Liberation Day.