'Over 50 walks for 3 consecutive years, leading the team in first place' Kim Ha-sung made a comeback with two walks + three points...SD 12-3 WAS in four consecutive wins
Jul 25, 2024
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Kim Ha-sung had no hits in three at-bats in an away game against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on the 25th (Korea time), but he contributed to a 12-3 victory with two walks and three scores.
It is the third time this season that Kim Ha-sung scored three points in a game after the San Francisco Giants on April 1 and the Arizona Diamondbacks on June 8. Kim Ha-sung, who scored 54 points this season, ranked second in the team after Jurickson Profar (55) in this category.
In addition, he added two walks and maintained the top spot in the team with 51 walks, jumping to a joint eighth place in the NL. It is Kim Ha-sung, who has surpassed 50 walks for three consecutive years following the past 2022 (51) and 2023 (75).
With this, Kim Ha-sung marked a batting average of 0.223 (76 hits in 341 at-bats), 10 home runs, 40 RBIs, 54 runs, 51 walks, 19 steals, a on-base percentage of 0.325, a slugging percentage of 0.364, and an OPS of 0.689 . In sum, Kim Ha-sung is the lowest among the six players in the team with batting average and OPS, but he is the first in walks and stolen bases and the second in scoring.
San Diego devastated the Washington mound from the beginning. Washington took the lead in the bottom of the first inning with Juan Yepez hitting a two-run homer off San Diego starter Matt Waldron.
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Kim Ha-sung, who advanced to third base with Jackson Merrill's left double, then homered with Merrill during Luis Arraez's heavy hit with two outs and runners on second and third bases. San Diego, which followed by a point, then turned the tide 4-3 with Jurickson Profar's two-run homer to the middle.
After one out in the third inning, Kim Ha-sung also walked on base and stepped home in his second at-bat. Kim Ha-sung, who picked up four balls in a row from Parker on one strike, advanced to third base on Meryl's right-handed hit and scored on Kyle Higashioka's left double. San Diego, leading 5-3, then added a point when third baseman Merrill dug home with Bryce Johnson's bunt.
While Jake Cronenworth's two-run timely hit widened the gap to 8-3 in the fourth inning, Kim Ha-sung, who entered the batter's box with one out and one out, hit a ground ball to the third base and the front runner was forced out of the second base. However, as the next batter, Merrill's triple to right-center broke out, Kim Ha-sung homered with ease. San Diego then widened the gap to 11-3 with Kyle Higashioka's two-run homer to the left.
In the fourth at-bat in the fifth inning with a big 12-3 lead, Kim Ha-sung stepped down with a fly to left field with a runner on second base after two outs, and went out as a leadoff hitter in the top of the eighth inning and was grounded out to second base.
San Diego, which won four straight games, remained second in the National League West with 54 wins and 50 losses, eliminating a win over the third-place St. Louis Cardinals in the fourth-place wild-card standings.
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