Kim Ha-sung stepped on first base and swung → Coach Silt checked again and went ahead to play, repaying him with multi hits...6 consecutive whistles SD 6-4 BAL
Jul 27, 2024
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Kim Ha-sung hit two hits in four at-bats in an away game against the Baltimore Orioles at Camdenyard Oriole Park in Baltimore, Maryland on the 27th (Korea time). San Diego won 6-4 after a close game.
Kim Ha-sung took the lead in a 3-0 victory against the Washington Nationals the previous day by hitting two hits, including a three-run timely hit in the first inning. It was a game in which San Diego starter Dylan Sheese achieved No-Hitter's feat with three walks and no hits in nine innings. Kim Ha-sung hit the second no-hitter in the San Diego club's history.
Kim Ha-sung, who had two hits in two consecutive games, marked a batting average of 0.229 (80 hits in 349 times at bat), 10 homers, 43 RBIs, 54 runs, 51 walks, 19 steals, a on-base percentage of 0.328, a slugging percentage of 0.370 and an OPS of 0.698.
Kim Ha-sung, who played as the eighth shortstop, went out as a leadoff hitter in the top of the third inning, trailing 0-1, and got on base with an infield hit next to the second baseman. With a ball count of 2B2S, Baltimore starter Grayson Rodriguez hit a 94.5-mile fastball in the middle of the fifth pitch and hit a hit toward second base left center field. Second baseman Connor Novi caught it with a diving catch and threw it to first base, but Kim Ha-sung's feet were fast.
However, as soon as he stepped on the first base, Kim Ha-sung lost his balance and limped with a painful expression as if he felt pain in his back. Trainer and coach Mike Shildt ran out of the surprised San Diego bench. Kim Ha-sung checked his condition with running and sent a sign that he was okay, and the game resumed after coach Silt checked it several times.
Kim Ha-sung went to second base on Luis Campusano's left-handed hit and third base on Luis Arraez's shortstop double play, but Jurickson Profar withdrew on an outfield fly and did not reach home.
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Kim Ha-sung went to the batter's box as the last batter in the top of the sixth inning when he turned the tide 4-2, and was out with a fly ball to left field. Right-hander Birch Smith's 2nd pitch, 86.3-mile body cutter, hit well, but headed in front of Heston Custard in left field.
In the top of the ninth inning, when the score was 4-4, he was the leadoff hitter and struck out swinging on a 94-mile outside fastball after a close game with opposing closer Craig Kimbrel to the seventh pitch. However, San Diego took the lead again 6-4, as Profar hit Kimbrel's outside 9.8-mile fastball to fire a two-run shot that flew well over the center fence with two outs and one base on Campusano's left-handed hit in the ensuing attack.
San Diego closer Robert Suarez, who took the mound after one out in the eighth inning and allowed a 4-4 tie, blocked the ninth inning with three outs to keep the two-run victory.
San Diego, which has won six consecutive games, maintained its third place in the wild card by marking 56 wins and 50 losses and solidly maintaining second place in the National League West. The New York Mets (55-48) beat the Atlanta Braves (54-48) to become the top wild card player, and Atlanta fell to second place. San Diego and the Mets are only 0.5 games away.
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