It's 121.6 meters away. It's such a waste of hitting the fence. Home run! Bae Ji-hwan's first slugging + scoring + walking of the season...PIT 5-6 ARI
Aug 05, 2024
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Bae Ji-hwan played one hit, one run and one walk in three at-bats in a home game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at PNC Park on the 5th (Korea time). However, Pittsburgh suffered a come-from-behind loss of 5-6.
Bae Ji-hwan, who started as the seventh center fielder, walked in the bottom of the second inning with a 1-0 lead. Bae Ji-hwan, who came to the batter's box after leadoff hitter Joey Bart went to the dune, picked Arizona starter Line Nelson's 8th pitch 94.1 miles out of the ball from the full count.
Bae Ji-hwan ran to third base when Yasmani Grandal hit a superior double with one out and runners on the first and second bases, and he homered with Grandal on a triple that flowed out of the right fence of Isaiah Kiner-Falefa, widening the gap to 4-0.
Bae Ji-hwan struck out swinging with a runner at first base after two outs in his second at-bat in the third inning. On two strikes, Nelson misplayed his bat on a 95.7-mile high fastball on his third pitch.
He hit a double after one out in the sixth inning with a 4-2 lead. On one strike, he hit an 83.7 mile sweeper from opposing right-hander Paul Sewald and hit a big hit that flew deep into the right-center field and hit the fence.
Bae Ji-hwan, who had only six single hits in 14 games until the previous day, recorded 21 degrees in launch angle, 103.6 miles in batting speed, and 399 feet (121.6 meters) in distance. If it had flown 2 meters more, it would have been a home run. However, Triolo hit a straight hit to center field and Grandal hit a ground ball to second base, which failed to advance further.
In the eighth inning, when the game was turned around 4-5, he stepped down with a fly ball to center field after two outs. As a result, Bae Ji-hwan had a batting average of 0.194 (7 hits in 36 at-bats), three RBIs, eight runs, three steals, a on-base percentage of 0.268, a slugging percentage of 0.222 and an OPS of 0.490, in 15 games of the season.
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Arizona trailed 0-4 in the top of the sixth inning when lead Corbin Carroll homered with Ketel Marte's infield grounder after a triple to the right, followed by Jake McCarthy's critical hit with one out and runners on first and second.
In the seventh inning, Jock Pederson exploded a three-run home run in the left-center with two outs and runners on the first and second bases, turning the tide to 5-4, and Marte hit a solo shot over the middle in the ninth inning to seal the victory. Pittsburgh followed one point with Brian Reynolds' timely hit in the bottom of the ninth inning, but it fell to its knees as the follow-up timely hit did not explode with one out and runners on the first and third bases.
Pittsburgh, which finished its three consecutive games against Arizona with one win and two losses, maintained its third place in the National League Central and sixth place in the wild card with 56 wins and 55 losses.
jhno@sportschosun.com
