Lotte's new foreigner Gamboa 'two faces', 155km + KKKKK ball vs 'shake' + right-handed batter's weakness in foot baseball... Opponent batter's reaction is

Lotte's new foreigner Gamboa 'two faces', 155km + KKKKK ball vs 'shake' + right-handed batter's weakness in foot baseball... Opponent batter's reaction is

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Alec Gamboa (29), who received the heavy task of strengthening the Lotte Giants' starting lineup, revealed both hope and task.

Gamboa took the mound as Lotte's starting pitcher in the away game of the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League regular season against the Samsung Lions at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 27th, and recorded five hits, three outs, and nine strikeouts and four runs in four ⅔ innings.

Gamboa, who replaced opening pitcher Charlie Barnes as he was released due to injury, once showed a powerful pitch that shot up to 99 miles (159.3 kilometers) on the U.S. stage. Even though he couldn't adjust to the time difference after entering the country on the 17th, he came up to 153 kilometers per hour in bullpen pitching.
Before the game, Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung said, "I've changed my starting pitcher. I look forward to that role," expressing expectations for stellar performance in the innings. "When I see you in the mound, I can see that," Kim said in his first appearance. "I won't pass 90 pitches (the number of pitches). It's 80 to 85 pitches."

Samsung manager Park Jin-man also said before the game, "I was reported to have good pitching." "I'm trying to play baseball with young players," he said. Gamboa has a rather large pitching form, but even when there is a runner, the slide step is not fast. He heralded "football baseball" as a way to shake him.

He got off to a good start. In the bottom of the first inning, Gamboa struck out leadoff hitter Kim Ji-chan with a fastball 151 km outside the first pitch and then struck out a rookie with a curve ball. Later, Lee Jae-hyun gave a hit, but he struck out tricky hitters Kim Sung-yoon and Lewin Diaz, respectively, and grounded out to second base.

However, Gamboa's weaknesses were revealed in the second inning. As the ball control was shaky by the right-handed batter, he allowed Park Seung-gyu (hit) and Lee Seong-gyu (fit ball) to get on base consecutively with two outs after receiving a hit by Kang Min-ho. Gamboa, who caught Kim Ji-chan's slow ball here, threw it to the first base but fell back, and while the infielders faltered, Gamboa allowed two runs as runner Park Seung-gyu came in.

The shaken Gamboa also allowed a walk to Lee Jae-hyun, who loaded the bases again. At Kim Sung-yoon's at-bat, Gamboa continued her routine, holding her glove and bending her head down. Meanwhile, third baseman Lee Sung-kyu dug into the groove. Gamboa, who did not notice this, did not even think to catch it, and belatedly tried to catch second baseman Kim Ji-chan, but was declared safe. He allowed the ninth triple steal (triple steal) in KBO history.
Gamboa, who gave up the score in vain, even committed a wild pitch and lost one more point. It was a moment when the score was 0-4. At least, he did not give more points while striking out Kim Sung-yoon.

Still, Gamboa stabilized afterwards. In the third inning, Kang Min-ho had an infield hit after two outs, but Ryu Ji-hyuk was caught on an infield fly to make the third out count. In the fourth inning, he allowed three strikeouts and three outs.

Later, Gamboa got off to a good start in the fifth inning by striking out leadoff hitter Lee Jae-hyun on three pitches, but after Kim Sung-yoon's shortstop error, he gave up Diaz with a hit ball, putting him on the first and second bases in crisis. Kim Young-woong was struck out, but when the number of pitches approached 90 (89), Lotte Bench removed Gamboa from the mound. Kim Kang-hyun, who followed, grounded out Kang Min-ho to shortstop and made no additional runs.

While throwing 89 pitches, Gamboa threw 60 strikes. However, as his ball control was shaky due to right-handed hitters, he performed poorly, recording four hits in seven at-bats. Still, his maximum fastball speed was 155 kilometers, and his slider was also 145 kilometers.

Then, how did hitters see Gamboa? "I think he's a good pitcher. It's my first time hitting the ball, but I think I should prepare well as I think I'm going to continue to hit the ball," said Kim Ji-chan, who had strikeouts, infield hits, and groundout to second base. "I felt like I had good pitching capabilities, and my breaking balls were good." 바카라

On the other hand, Park Seung-gyu, who already had a multi-hit by Gamboa in the Futures League, said, "I saw it once more, so I got used to the trajectory. It was helpful," adding, "I told you everything at the power analysis meeting, and I shared it, so I think I hit it well in today's match."