The secret to 158km fastball is running? Lotte Gamboa who threw 99 pitches and ran in the heat warning
Jul 03, 2025
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Gamboa boasted a tremendous stamina to throw a 158-kilometer fastball even at more than 80 pitches the previous day. LG hitters hardly got the timing right to the left-hander's unusual fastball until the deception motion.
Gamboa, who pitched a scoreless 99 pitches in 6.2 innings in his debut match of "Elotrasico", made Lotte fans who visited Sajik Stadium enthusiastically amid the heat wave warning.
Gamboa, an alternative foreign player who has been reborn as Lotte's ace by winning all six games since the match against Kiwoom on June 3, has become indispensable to Lotte, which is in a fierce ranking battle at the end of the first half.
Lotte won the game thanks to Gamboa's good pitching, which silenced LG's batters with a 158-kilometer fastball, and trailed second-place LG by one game.
Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 3rd, when the heat wave warning has been maintained for two days. Gamboa performed a so-called 'Paul-Paul' running on both sides of the pole repeatedly.
The ground was so hot that I was sweating just standing still. Gamboa sweated hard while following her routine thoroughly.
Pitchers who use the whole body, especially starting pitchers who play at least five innings, accumulate fatigue substances such as lactic acid in their muscles, resulting in muscle pain.
Pitchers remove lactic acid by promoting blood flow through running the day after taking the mound. Running is a recovery training necessary for starting pitchers preparing for their next appearance by speeding up muscle recovery.
Gamboa, who poured everything on the mound the previous day, drank an ion drink coolly after running until the end without showing any difficult expression in the heat wave warning.
Let's check out Gamboa's vivid training site, which has all the necessary posture for athletes, including strong pitching and thorough self-management skills.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
