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| NC Dinos third baseman Kim Joo-won is safe by attempting a home steal when Lotte starter Gamboa throws a check ball to first base. SBS Sports Broadcast Screen Capture |
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| NC Dinos third baseman Kim Joo-won is safe by attempting a home steal when Lotte starter Gamboa throws a check ball to first base. SBS Sports Broadcast Screen Capture |
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| NC Dinos third baseman Kim Joo-won is attempting a home steal when Lotte starter Gamboa throws a check ball to first base. SBS Sports Broadcast Screen Capture |
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Lotte Giants foreign pitcher Alec Gamboa allowed another home steal. This time, while checking the first base, the third baseman dug into the groove.
Gamboa had a strong reporting ceremony in his first KBO League appearance. On May 27, when he took the mound for the first time, he allowed home steel against Samsung in Daegu.
Gamboa, who had a unique pitching motion of bending her waist for a long time at the time, made the move even with the runner on third base, but was home-stealed without knowing that the third baseman was coming home. Samsung, who closely watched Gamboa's pitching motion with two outs in the bottom of the second inning, boldly tried to make a home steal. Third baseman Lee Sung-kyu played home, followed by first and second basemen stealing. It was too late when Gamboa bent down and got up and threw home. Since then, Gamboa has completely fixed her own pitching routine of bending down and has won six consecutive games with a fastball of more than 150km, becoming Lotte's new ace.
However, this time, he was caught off guard while checking the first base normally.
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| The NC-Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 3rd. Kim Joo-won, who scored on Oh Young-soo's hit with one out and runners on the first and third bases in the top of the first inning, is welcomed. Daejeon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.3/ |
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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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Gamboa started the home game against the NC Dinos at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 30th, but lost the first run to home steel in the top of the first inning.
He faced a crisis of 1st and 3rd bases with no outs after being hit by the lead Kim Joo-won and a hit by No. 2 Kwon Hee-dong in the right-center field. No. 3 is a full-count battle with Park Gun-woo. And before throwing the eighth pitch, he threw a check ball to the first baseman, and Kim Joo-won, the third baseman, ran home.
First baseman Na Seung-yeop threw the ball home as soon as he caught it, and Yoo Kang-nam tagged it, but the referee declared safe. Head coach Kim Tae-hyung applied for a video review, but Kim Joo-won's left hand took the home plate first by a short margin.
Kim Joo-won did not lead much, but Gamboa's slightly loose check could catch you off guard.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
