Ah! Kim Ha-sung, 113m long distance, home run was stolen and a clothesline hit was caught, but the decisive RBI was avenged...SD 3-1 TEX
Jul 05, 2024
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Kim Ha-sung had no hits and an RBI in three at-bats in the last of three consecutive away games against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field on the 5th (Korea time). San Diego won three games to one and won two in a row.
However, Kim Ha-sung boasted his peak hitting sense, recording three hard hits of 95 miles or more in four at-bats and hitting the furthest home run hit by hitters from both teams. In particular, he scored an RBI with a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning, which was gradually leading, helping the team win.
With this, Kim Ha-sung marked a batting average of 0.225 (67 hits in 298 at-bats), 10 homers, 39 RBIs, 46 points, 47 walks, 17 steals, a on-base percentage of 0.331, a slugging percentage of 0.379, and an OPS of 0.710.
Kim Ha-sung, who played as the seventh shortstop, hit a sharp hit from his first at-bat. He had to suffer the bad luck of being caught by the opponent's defense even after hitting a home run after two outs in the second inning when he was 0-0. With a ball count of 3B1S, Texas starter Max Scherzer's 5th pitch of 92.3 miles on his body pulled the ball to the left seemed to go over the fence.
However, left fielder Wyatt Langford, who ran while looking at the ball, jumped and extended his glove over the fence to snatch the ball. It had a shooting angle of 33 degrees, a batting speed of 95.3 miles, and a flying distance of 370 feet (113 meters). It was the farthest ball in the game.
Statcast predicted that the hit would have been a home run in 27 of the 30 stadiums. However, Globe Life Field was included among the three stadiums where home runs were not allowed. In other words, if Langford had not caught it, he would have jumped out against the fence.
He also hit a well-hit ball in his second at-bat in the fifth inning with a 1-0 lead, but was also blocked by the opponent's defense. In ball count 1B2S, he pulled an 81.4 mile changeup that fell to Scherzer's low course and hit a 103.8 mile-speed clothesline, but was sucked into third baseman Josh Smith's glove.
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Lead Donovan Solano created a chance for third base with no outs with a double on the left-field line and Scherzer's wild pitch. David Peralta grounded out to shortstop, one out and third base. While Texas changed starter Scherzer to right-hander Jose Ureña, Kim Ha-sung entered the batter's box.
Kim Ha-sung, who sent two 96.7 miles of fastballs with consecutive strikes, picked three balls that fell outside with consecutive balls and drove them to full count. He then lightly pulled an 89.3-mile slider that flew into the middle of the sixth pitch and hit a line drive to the left. The ball, which flew at an angle of 17 degrees and a batting speed of 94.6 miles, was caught by left fielder Wyatt Langford with a jump catch at a distance of 302 feet. In the meantime, third baseman Solano rushed home with ease, widening the gap to 3-1.
It is the first time in four days that Kim Ha-sung added an RBI since the Boston Red Sox game on the 1st, and the sacrifice fly is the third of the season after the Oakland Athletics game on the 11th of last month.
Kim Ha-sung stepped down with a grounder to shortstop in the last at-bat with one out and second base in the ninth inning with a 3-1 lead. He pulled a fastball well in the middle of 96.9 miles on Ureña's sixth pitch, but it flowed quickly toward shortstop and was out. His batting speed was 104.5 miles, the fastest among his hits on the day.
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San Diego scored the first run in the top of the fourth inning with Solano hitting a double that fell inside the left foul line, and Jurickson Profar pulled Scherzer's 85.9-mile slider and hit a solo shot slightly over the right fence to lead 2-0.
When Texas followed one point with Langford's timely hit in the bottom of the sixth inning, Kim Ha-sung opened the score with a decisive sacrifice fly in the seventh inning to seal the victory.
San Diego, which finished the three consecutive away games in Texas with two wins and one loss and succeeded in the winning series for the fourth consecutive time, remained firmly in second place in the National League and second place in the wild card with 48 wins and 43 losses.
jhno@sportschosun.com
