Furado, the 'lone ace,' commiserated with fans by shouting..."Everything will go well. I'll dedicate 100% to my team"
Furado, the 'lone ace,' commiserated with fans by shouting..."Everything will go well. I'll dedicate 100% to my team"
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Samsung Lions starting ace Ariel Furado started at a home game against the Lotte Giants of the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on Sunday. He had five hits (two homers) with two walks and five strikeouts in six innings, allowing three runs. Without a win or loss, he left the mound in a no-decision game, and Samsung lost 3-4.안전놀이터
Furado was shaky in the early part of the game. In the top of the second inning, he threw a fastball with a depth of 144-km/h on the first pitch to leadoff hitter Na Seung-yeop, who allowed a solo shot to the middle wall with a driving distance of 125 meters. He played a 147-km/h four-seam fastball to Yoo Kang-nam at the ninth pitch with one out and runners on the first base, but ended up with a two-run shot to the left-center wall with a driving distance of 130 meters. He was pulled to 0-3. The number of pitches Furado already stood at 50 by the end of the second inning.
Since then, Furado has displayed his true value. He cleaned up the third inning after four batters, and threw three outs in the fourth and fifth innings. After finishing the fifth inning, he pitched 94. However, Furado took the mound in the sixth inning as well. By throwing three outs, he deleted the inning before putting the ball down. Finally, he achieved a quality start (more than six innings, three earned runs, or less, QS).
The total number of pitches on the day was 104 (74 strikes). He used four-seam fastballs (32), changeups (25), two-seam fastballs (20), sliders (15), curves (7), and cutters (5). His maximum four-seam speed was 149km/h. Furado, who pitched well with one run and 105 pitches in seven innings against the LG Twins on the 15th, kept the mound by playing more than 100 pitches despite his second appearance a week.
In this season, Furado posted one win and three losses with an earned run average of 2.70 and 36 strikeouts in 40 innings in six games. He has displayed robust performance by ranking first in innings, No. 1 in QS, and No. 6 in strikeouts in the league, but the number of wins is far from sufficient. Since winning the starting title at the opening match against the Kiwoom Heroes on June 22, he has steadily played the role of ace, but failed to secure a starting win due to lack of scoring support from batters. He only ended up losing three games.
Except for the match against Kiwoom, the team's scoring support per game is 0.80 points, the lowest among starting pitchers in the league. It is also the only one in the 0-point range.
In the Lotte match, hitters missed opportunities such as first and second base with no outs in the first inning, first and second base with no outs in the second inning, and first and second base with one out in the fifth inning while Furado was pitching. All of those chances were scoreless. In the third inning, Kim Ji-chan's ground ball scored one run on the second and third bases with no outs. Later, the bases were loaded with two outs, but Lewin Diaz swallowed the disappointment with a ground ball to shortstop.
In the sixth inning with one out and runners on the first and third bases, Kim Young-woong added one more run. With the bases loaded with two outs, Lee Jae-hyun allowed a walk to push the ball to the top. It was the moment when the team was dragged 1-3 to tie the score at 3-3. However, Koo Ja-wook grounded out to the second base, and failed to turn the game around. Eventually, Furado became empty-handed again.
Furado posted a message on his personal social networking service account on Tuesday evening. First, he wrote "I will dedicate 100 percent to my team" in Korean along with the Samsung logo.
In another post, he said in Korean, "I thank the fans of the team for their unconditional support. We are a team that always competes. We all want to win many times, but it's impossible." "There are more bad moments in life than good moments, but no one wants to lose. We all want to win."
"The season is just beginning, and you will see that everything is going to be fine. The team is fighting every day to give everyone the joy they want - that is, winning every game," Hurado said. "The season is starting, and each team's players are always fighting to win."
Furado recalled his fans who must have been saddened to lose no victory despite his good performances several times. It was a warm consolation from the silent ace.