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| Gamboa for the interview. Reporter Kim Young-rok |
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'The fans cheered for us a lot today. I think the adrenaline is boiling up."
The expression of the man who fought his life is full of relieved joy. He threw 99 pitches in seven innings early on.
Lotte Giants Alec Gamboa's life pitching on the 3rd was like that. As if throwing up seven years of sadness that did not make the big league, Gamboa pitched seven scoreless innings, allowing only two hits and one walk against the Kiwoom Heroes lineup.
In particular, the appearance in the seventh inning was impressive. The number of pitches until the sixth inning was 84, and Gamboa, who took the mound in the top of the seventh inning, seemed to enjoy it with excitement. The pitching form changed more dynamically, and the fastball speed was raised again.
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He was initially considered a weakness against the right-handed batter. All three batters in the seventh inning were right-handed hitters. However, after pouring out a fastball of about 150 kilometers by mixing only one change-up to the first batter Kim Gun-hee, he struck out and played a more cautious game to veteran Lee Hyung-jong, but his fastball speed rose to 153 kilometers.
Oh Sun-jin was the last player he faced. Against Oh Sun-jin, who had one hit on the day, he struck out three pitches by hitting 152, 153, and 155km fastballs in a row. In particular, the last strike bounced like a cannonball from Gamboa's fingertips, which swung like a whip, and stuck in the packed course outside. It was a hard ball for the batter to use.
After the game, a 'water bomb' party was held for Gamboa, who won his first victory since his debut. After greeting the fans, Gamboa lay down on the spot and enjoyed the joy.
Gamboa, whom we met after the game, threw more comfortably and confidently as our batters scored first from the beginning of the first inning. Thank you to the batters first."
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Then "I felt like I had never seen so many baseball fans in Daegu, but most of them are fans of our team." Thank you very much." Gamboa, who is going down after the seventh inning, was bombarded with explosive shouts and chants from Lotte fans who had been waiting for the first starter.
"The fans' support was really great. Can we go one more inning? I felt good enough to even think that. (The last 155km fastball) The adrenaline exploded and I threw it as hard as I could. I think the Korean official ball fits me well. I don't think there will be any problems with the mound after the four-day break."
He said "Korean hitters have the ability to wait while hitting fouls. I've been thinking a lot about how to play the game in the future. Also, the runners' baserunning is very good. If the runner doesn't go out like today, he can throw more comfortably."
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In particular, regarding the routine 'In-person', which allowed triple stolen bases against Samsung on May 27, "That's the original pitching form." But it's only natural to correct it after it's been done." In fact, Gamboa played the rest of the innings without a waist down routine after allowing a triple steal in his first appearance.
In particular, Gamboa's family came to the site on this day. The two brothers showed passionate reactions throughout the game, and came down to the ground and poured water on Gamboa with their colleagues.
As you can see, the two brothers are quite active. Thank you for watching this kind of game in Korea on time. I love you so much. Both have nothing to do with baseball, and they are good at wrestling."
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
