Gocheok mound again after 269 days...Even if it's Samsung Hurrah, "It feels familiar."
Gocheok mound again after 269 days...Even if it's Samsung Hurrah, "It feels familiar."
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Ariel Furado (29, Samsung Lions), who stepped back on the mound at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, looked comfortable as if he had returned to his hometown.
Hurado, who started his KBO League career in 2023 by wearing the Kiwoom Heroes uniform, is a pitcher who showed a particularly strong side at Gocheok Sky Dome.온라인카지노
His overall performance at Gocheok Sky Dome is 13-7 with an ERA of 2.27 in 33 games, the lowest ERA among pitchers who have played more than 50 innings at Gocheok Sky Dome during the same period.
Even better than Kiwoom ace Ahn Woo-jin's Gocheok performance (5-2 in 11 games, 2.40 ERA), who is about to be discharged from the military in September this year.
Furado, the "King of Gocheok," dominated the Gocheok mound even after wearing a Samsung uniform.
He started against Kiwoom on the 21st and blocked the opponent's batting line with five hits, one walk, four strikeouts and one run in six innings to secure his fourth win (4 losses) of the season.
It is the first time in 269 days that Furado took the mound at Gocheok since the game against the LG Twins (two runs in seven innings) on August 25 last year.
Furado, who won his first victory of the season with two runs in six innings against Kiwoom in Daegu on March 22, the opening game of this season, also won his first Gocheok visit since his transfer, showing a strong performance of two wins out of two against Kiwoom this season alone.
Furado struck out Lim Byung-wook in the first inning with one out and third base, handled Ruben Cadines with a fly ball, and then lightly blocked him until the fourth inning without any serious crisis.
In the fifth inning with the team leading 2-0, he gave up a walk after a nine-pitch match with Jeon Tae-hyun after one out, and gave up one run after receiving consecutive hits from Oh Sun-jin and Song Sung-moon.
Here, Lee Joo-hyung struck out and Lim Byung-wook grounded out to put out the fire, and this was Furado's last crisis.
Even after handling the sixth inning lightly with three batters, he left the mound after completing his duties.
Samsung defeated Kiwoom 6-1 and harvested its first consecutive win of the month along with two consecutive wins, laying the groundwork for its escape from the lower ranks.
Furado said after the game, "It's been a long time since I've won consecutive games, and I hope the winning streak continues like this and goes back to my old team ranking."
Samsung ranked second in the league until April, once threatening the No. 1 LG Twins, but fell into a slump of 5-13 in May and fell to the bottom.
Samsung, the seventh-ranked team, which rebounded with two consecutive wins, trailed the fifth-ranked kt wiz by one game, and is two games behind the fourth-ranked SSG Landers.
Furado said, "I'll focus on the areas I can control, and the rest of the season will help the team by dragging a lot of innings every game."
After this season, Ra Do-do has 4 wins and 4 losses in 71 ⅔ innings and a 2.39 ERA in 11 games.
He ranks seventh in the league in ERA and first in innings pitched by far.
Furado ranked third in the league with 183 ⅔ innings in 2023 while playing for Kiwoom and second in the league with 190 ⅓ innings last year.
Furado, the "Inning Eater," who represents the league, eats up innings again this year to match his generous appearance, adding great strength to the team's mound.
Furado also mentioned the comfort of the familiar Gocheok mound.
"I feel well-adjusted and familiar to the old mound. That's why I pitched better," he said.
Furado also expressed satisfaction with his life in Samsung, saying, "First of all, I'm happy to be with my teammates in a new team."