Kim Ha-sung's multi-hit SD win rate was 0.692, but he lost 3 hits...Sighing on strikeouts with one out and the bases loaded
Jul 07, 2024
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Kim Ha-sung played as the eighth shortstop in the home game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Petco Park on the 7th (Korea time) and swung three hits, one RBI and one run in five at-bats.
It is the second time this season that Kim Ha-sung has had three hits since April 1 against the San Francisco Giants (including one home run, three hits, three RBIs and three runs). This is the 13th multi-hit game. However, San Diego lost 5-7 after extra time. Until this day, San Diego recorded 9 wins and 4 losses (0.692) in the multi-hit game by Kim Ha-sung, but it is regrettable that he lost on the day of three hits.
As a result, Kim Ha-sung marked a batting average of 0.228 (70 hits in 307 at-bats), 10 home runs, 40 RBIs, 47 runs, 47 walks, 17 steals, a on-base percentage of 0.331, a slugging percentage of 0.384, and an OPS of 0.715.
Kim Ha-sung, who stepped down with a fly ball to left field in his first at-bat in the bottom of the second inning, went out as a leadoff hitter in the bottom of the fifth inning, trailing 1-2, and hit a double in the middle to increase his batting sense. At the ball count of 2B1S, he hit a 93.8-mile fastball flying into the high course in the middle of Arizona starter Brandon Part's fourth pitch, hitting a big hit over center field and the upper left of the center fence at 101.4 miles and running to second base.
The distance was 397 feet, and the distance to the center fence of Petco Park is 396 feet below the fence, so if it had flown 4 to 5 feet more considering the height of the fence, it would have been a home run. Statcast tracked the ball to have crossed the fence in 10 other stadiums.
Kim Ha-sung, who went to third base due to Luis Arraez's infield hit after one out, failed to reach home due to a subsequent hit.
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Kim Ha-sung, who went to third base with Kyle Higashioka's infield hit to third base and Araez's grounder to first base, scored with Jurickson Profar's double on the left-field line. San Diego then scored Arraez with Jake Cronenworth's surprise bunt hit to third base to narrow the gap to 3-4.
Kim Ha-sung hit a dramatic tying double in the eighth inning. Lead Donovan Solano's double to right-center, Bryce Johnson's fly deep into center field after one hit gave him a chance to hit third base with two outs. Kim Ha-sung hit a 78.3-mile body slider on the fourth pitch on the two-strike against Ryan Thompson, fell to the left of left field, and hit a line drive double that hit the fence to bring Solano home. 11th double of the season to tie the game 4-4.
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Arizona scored three points in the top of the 10th inning, while San Diego only recovered one point in the bottom of the 10th inning. Solano's double at first and second bases with no outs followed 5-7, followed by Jackson Merrill's walk and Johnson's strikeout, loading the bases with one out. However, Kim Ha-sung struck out swinging and Higashioka hit a fly to left field, and the game ended as it was. Kim Ha-sung swung his bat at a 91.8-mile high sinker on the fourth pitch of the opponent's right-hander Umberto Castejanos, but he struck out a foul tip.
San Diego, which ended its three-game winning streak, maintained its second place in the National League West and second place in the wild card with 49 wins and 44 losses.
jhno@sportschosun.com
