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| Lotte-Samsung match held at Daegu Lions Park on the 27th. Lotte starter Gamboa is making a unique preliminary move before pitching. Daegu = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.27/ |
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| Lotte-SSG match held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 14th. Gamboa cheers after hitting Kim Sung-wook with a ground ball to third base after two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Incheon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.6.14/ |
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| Lotte-SSG match held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 14th. Lotte starter Gamboa is pitching. Incheon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.6.14/ |
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"I'm worried that I'll be ahead of myself for no reason." You can throw it as you do."
He has achieved quality starts (more than 6 innings and less than 3 earned runs) in 3 consecutive games, and his team and himself have won 3 consecutive games. From the head coach's point of view, it is pretty just looking at it.
I'm just worried that I might feel impatient. Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung, who met at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 20th, put a big smile on his face when the story of Gamboa came out.
It is Gamboa who served as the savior of Lotte, which was shaking. Changing foreign players from Barnes, who has been living in Korea for four years, to Gamboa, a new face, has been an adventure for Lotte, but so far it has been a huge success.
Gamboa has a good record of 3-1 with a 2.59 ERA in four games this season, starting and 24 ⅓ innings.
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| Lotte-Samsung match held at Daegu Lions Park on the 27th. Kim Sung-yoon at bat with two outs and runners on second and third in the bottom of the second inning. Kim Ji-chan is scoring during Gamboa's wild pitch. Daegu = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.27/ |
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I have a bitter memory against the Samsung Lions on May 27, when I made my professional baseball debut. At the time, Gamboa proceeded with her pitching routine of leaning forward deeply with runners loading the bases Samsung allowed Samsung to steal three bases, including a home steal. He engraved his name as a victim of a rare record that has only appeared nine times in professional baseball history.
Even then, however, Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung said, `The ball is okay. There is no shortage to make the first selection."
In each of the following three games, he continues to play well with seven scoreless innings (against Kiwoom on June 3), two runs in six ⅔ innings (against Doosan on June 8), and one run in six innings (against SSG on June 14). He is a pitcher who uses an intense fastball of up to 156km, a slider, change-up, and a curve for rapid control.
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| A game between Doosan and Lotte at Jamsil Stadium on the 8th. Lotte starter Gamboa clenching her fist after pitching in the third inning. Jamsil = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.06.08/ |
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He has a good heart and a hot heart. His physical strength seems to be guaranteed enough to hit 155, 156km in the seventh inning. He seems to have no experience of rolling for seven years only in the LA Dodgers Minor. In the end, the psychological part is the key, and the head coach's intention is not to let the reunion with Samsung become a burden or impatience.
Lotte will play in the lineup of Kim Dong-hyuk (center fielder), Ko Seung-min (first base), Reyes (right wing), Jeon Joon-woo (left wing), Jung Hoon (designated hitter), Kim Min-sung (third base), Han Tae-sun (second base), Information-geun (catcher) and Jeon Min-jae (striker).
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
