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| KBO League Kiwoom and Doosan held at Gocheok Dome on the 1st. Kiwoom starter Alcantara pitching in front of Doosan fans. Gocheok =Reporter Song Jeong-heon@sportschosun.com/2025.06.01/ |
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| KBO League Kiwoom and Doosan held at Gocheok Dome on the 1st. Alcantara shares a high-five with manager Hong Won-ki after pitching in the sixth inning. Gocheok =Reporter Song Jeong-heon@sportschosun.com/2025.06.01/ |
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Kiwoom Heroes' new foreign pitcher Raul Alcantara successfully completed the 'KBO League return match'. He played a powerful game against his former team, the Doosan Bears.
Alcantara started against Doosan in the KBO League in the 2025 season at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 1st and pitched six scoreless innings. He threw 98 pitches, displaying a maximum speed of 152 km on a fastball. Fork balls (25) and sliders (20) are properly combined. It effectively blocked Doosan's batters.
Alcantara was back on the mound in the KBO League after 333 days. Before the game, Kiwoom manager Hong Won-ki was half-anticipated and half-concerned. Coach Hong Won-ki returned to the league after nearly a year. Although he played in the Mexican league, the environment has changed again. There was nothing wrong with the bullpen pitching. I think we need to watch the flow of the first episode and the second episode"He pointed out that the atmosphere at the beginning of the game is the key."
It was as Hong expected. Alcantara seemed to be somewhat shaky and quickly found a sense of it.
Alcantara got off to a shaky start in the top of the first inning, playing a tough 11-pitch game with Doosan's first batter, Kim Min-seok. After one out, Kim Joon-sang even hit a double. But he found stability right away. Yang Eui-ji was caught with a foul fly. After giving Kim Jae-hwan a walk, he handled Cave to third base. In the top of the second inning, with two outs and runners on the first and second bases, Kim Min-seok was thrown out to left field.
At the beginning of the fourth inning, his crisis management ability stood out. He allowed a double to leadoff hitter Im Jong-sung. With no outs and no outs, Park Gye-beom, Kim Dae-han, and Kim Min-seok were all thinned out with infield ground balls. In the top of the sixth inning, he hit a double again by Im Jong-sung after two outs, but he struck out by Park Joon-soon to complete his mission.
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| KBO League Kiwoom and Doosan held at Gocheok Dome on the 1st. Kiwoom Alcantara, who is pitching as a starter. Gocheok =Reporter Song Jeong-heon@sportschosun.com/2025.06.01/ |
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| KBO League Kiwoom and Doosan held at Gocheok Dome on the 1st. Kiwoom Alcantara pitches against Doosan Kim Min-seok in the first inning. Gocheok =Reporter Song Jeong-heon@sportschosun.com/2025.06.01/ |
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| KBO League Kiwoom and Doosan held at Gocheok Dome on the 1st. Kiwoom starter Alcantara, who overcame the crisis of losing points in the third inning. Gocheok =Reporter Song Jeong-heon@sportschosun.com/2025.06.01/ |
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Alcantara is a proven career. He came to Korea by signing a contract with KT Wiz in 2019. He moved to Doosan in 2020. He entered the Japanese professional baseball league with 20 wins, 2 losses and a 2.54 ERA. He returned to Doosan in 2023 and won 13 games. In 2024, he was 2-2 with a 4.76 ERA in 12 games due to injuries and sluggishness. On July 3 of that year, he broke up with Doosan after allowing six runs in two innings against Lotte.
Kiwoom chose Alcantara as an alternative foreign player. Kiwoom failed after using two foreign hitters and one foreign pitcher. Replaced extremely sluggish hitter Yasiel Puig with pitcher Alcantara. Kiwoom signed with Alcantara for a total of $400,000 (about 550 million won), including $250,000 in guarantees for the rest of the season and $150,000 in incentives.
If Alcantara continues its good pitching at the level of the day, Kiwoom will gain great strength. Rosenberg Alcantara and Ha Young-min can have a clear three-starter system.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
