The 34th consecutive stolen base success record was caught by the catcher with a 4.8% deterrence rate, allowing 20 times and the second thief to hit the jackpot (lockdown site)
Jul 10, 2025
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Kiwoom Heroes Song Sung-moon stopped the KBO League's streak of successful stolen bases at 34.
Song Sung-moon started as the 1st-3rd baseman in an away game against the LG Twins at Jamsil Stadium on the 9th, hit a right-handed hit from opposing starter Son Joo-young in the top of the first inning, and then attempted to steal second base at the 2nd Lim Ji-yeol's at-bat.
Song Sung-moon ran to second base when Son Joo-young threw a 145km high outside fastball in the ball count 2B, and catcher Lee Joo-heon threw to second base, and second baseman Shin Min-jae tagged, but the second base umpire declared safe.
Shin Min-jae saw the dugout on the first base and sent a video reading signal, and the video version was immediately made. And the result was reversed to out. It was confirmed that Shin Min-jae's glove touched Song Sung-moon's hip before Song Sung-moon's left hand reached second base. Song Sung-moon failed to steal.
It wasn't just a failure to steal because it was Song Seong-moon. The successful record of consecutive stolen bases, which had never failed for two years, was stopped.
Starting with successful stealing second base against pitcher Lim Chan-kyu and catcher Park Dong-won in Jamsil LG on August 13, 2023, Song Sung-moon has continued to steal 34 times until he stole second base in the bottom of the first inning against pitcher Lee Seung-hyun and catcher Kim Jae-sung in Gocheok Samsung on June 29.
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It's a stolen base, a game of probability, but it's ironic that catcher Lee Joo-heon failed to steal a stolen base in two years.
This is because Lee Joo-heon has allowed 20 stolen bases this season and has only stopped stolen bases once. In other words, he was caught stealing by a catcher whose stolen base blocking rate was only 4.8%.
I tried to steal against Lee Joo-heon for the first time this season, but I failed. Lee Ju-heon's blocking rate rose to 9.1% due to this steal.
It is regrettable that he played against Son Joo-young, who has a 45% steal rate (the 5th in 11 attempts) this season. With Song Sung-moon caught, Son Joo-young became a pitcher with a 50% stolen base stop rate with six stolen bases.
It was a steal that would one day fail, but no one would have known whether the opponent's catcher would be Lee Joo-heon. A famous scene was born in Lee Joo-heon's catcher career.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.