Shaking 3 steals on 8 hits? The 157-kilometer fastball has just two hits. The left-handed ace who did not lose two runs in five innings
Jul 31, 2025
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Lotte Giants' foreign pitcher Alec Gamboa finally kept the mound until the fifth inning even in poor condition, blocking NC's batters. Although he could have been shaken by another home steel due to exposure to the gap, he showed strong mental resilience and showed ace-like pitching.
Gamboa started at home against the NC Dinos at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 30th and recorded eight hits, three walks, six strikeouts and two runs in five innings. He pitched at least innings since his debut (4 ⅔ innings), allowed the most hits, but showed the ace's ability to minimize runs.
After enduring, he gave up only two runs, and Lotte's batting line turned around 4-2 and replaced it at the top of the sixth inning with the winning pitcher requirements. Unfortunately, Gamboa was defeated again with a team love of 4-9, and Gamboa withdrew without winning or losing.
Until the fifth inning, the runner was sent out without any three outs. In the top of the first inning, he allowed consecutive hits to the first and second batters, putting him on the verge of first and third bases with no outs. It was a full-count battle with No. 3 Park Gun-woo, and when he threw a check ball to the first base before throwing the eighth pitch, third baseman Kim Joo-won tried to home steal. First baseman Na Seung-yeop, who caught the ball, quickly threw it home, and it was safe by a short distance. It was an operation prepared by NC, which saw that the check movement was large.
Gamboa, who sadly gave up the first run, threw first baseman Park Gun-woo, who attempted to steal second base after two outs, to first base to finish the first inning.
In the top of the second inning, he was at first and second base with one out with a hit and a walk, and struck out No. 8 Kim Hyung-joon, but lost another point after being hit to the right by Choi Won-joon.
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In the top of the fourth inning, a third baseman error came out with two outs and a runner on the first base, but the luck comes when the first baseman runs to third base and gets out.
After the 2-2 tie, in the top of the fifth inning, he was on the verge of the first and second bases again after one loss, but he struck out Kim Hui-jip and caught Seo Ho-cheol with a shortstop line drive to finish his mission.
He threw 65 fastballs with a maximum speed of 157 kilometers, 23 sliders, 9 changeups, and 6 curves. Of the eight hits, only two powerful fastballs were hit. Four sliders and two curves were connected with hits. NC made a hit by targeting other pitches such as curves and sliders, not Gamboa's fastball.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, Yoo Kang-nam's two-run double led Gamboa to 4-2 to become a winning pitcher for his eighth win of the season, but the bullpen gave up four runs in the top of the sixth inning, causing Gamboa's victory to fly away.
Kim Joo-won was allowed to steal three bases, including home steel, and his pitching form was clearly exposed. Gamboa, who allowed seven stolen bases and failed to catch any until the previous day, allowed a total of 10. He also recorded his first steal of the day.
Nevertheless, Gamboa's ERA is very good at 2.08. This is because the hit rate of the scoring position is only 163. On this day as well, he made one hit and two walks in six at-bats to prevent the scoring crisis. In the end, it can be said that the number of runs was minimized with strong ball power.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
