Reporter Ahn Ho-geun | 2023.05.28 07:21
Could there be a more perfect performance? Kim Ha-seong (28, San Diego Padres), who came back after recovering from a bruise, showed a great performance. The only regret was losing the team.
On the 28th (Korea time), in the 2023 American Major League Baseball (MLB) away game with the New York Yankees held at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York, USA, Kim Ha-seong started as a shortstop on the 8th. batter, 1 hit in 3 at-bats, 1 RBI, and a streak of good defense. .
The batting average of the season increased slightly from 0.237 to 0.239 (37 hits in 155 innings), but the team lost 2-3 after a hit in the bottom of the 10th inning, so it was not possible to laugh to his heart. content.
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Kim Ha-seong, who is also strong, despite bruises, missed only one game
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On the 26th, against the Washington Nationals, Kim Ha-seong collapsed after being hit on his left knee by a ball he had hit. Kim Ha-seong, who complained of severe pain, said in an interview with local media in the United States, “It was very painful. At first, I even thought of the worst moment.”
However, Kim Ha-seong’s body was stronger than he thought. Kim Ha-seong, who came out of the ground with the help of trainers, was diagnosed with a simple bruise as a result of an X-ray examination and took a break from the Yankees game on the 27th, but returned immediately that day. .
During the 7 years I played in Korea, there was not one major injury. 891 games for 7 years, especially since 2015 when he jumped into the starting lineup, he played an average of 138 games with 831 games. It was no different in America.
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“Lack of offensive power? Make up for it with defense” The local evaluation was correct, Hobi hot battle
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On this day, the defense shone even more. Before the game, Kim Ha-seong’s batting average was 0.237. His OPS (on-base percentage + slugging percentage) was also 0.698, making it hard to see him as a very productive hitter. US Major League Trade Rumors (MLTR) revealed that Ha-sung Kim’s adjusted point production (wRC+) was 97, which was an average level, and his hard hit rate was 22.3%, which was at the bottom of the league. “That could be forgiven by many considering that he gives San Diego a lot of defensive value when playing third base instead of .
Kim Ha-seong, who returned, experienced the evaluation as it is. Kim Ha-seong, who was playing shortstop, made a play with left fielder Juan Soto when he hit a double to left field by DJ LeMayhew in the bottom of the first inning with one out and 1st and 3rd base. Kim Ha-seong, who ran to the outfield for a while and took the ball over, made a powerful throw to the catcher to keep the runner at first from digging at home, and recorded a groundout that caught the runner with an automatic tag.
In the bottom of the 5th inning, he quickly chased and caught a ball that was about to slide into the outfield of leadoff hitter Isaiah Cainer-Palepa, then turned around and threw the ball to first base, eliminating the a runner Starting pitcher Michael Waka expressed his gratitude to Ha-seong Kim with admiration.
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A presence that shone even at the plate, but… the team was an unfortunate loss in the extension
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As if mocking the local evaluation, Kim Ha-seong showed his presence at bat. In the first at-bat in the top of the 3rd inning, he struck out on a swing, but in the top of the 5th inning, in the 2nd out, he walked out and adjusted his senses.
At the start of the 7th inning, with 2 outs and 1st and 2nd base, Kim Ha-seong hit a sinker 151 km from the first pitch of Michael King, a changed pitcher and the winning team of the Yankees, and called the second base runner home with 3-way interval. While the ball was going home, Kim Ha-seong, who had dug into second base, even held a ceremony with a joyful gesture. 2-1 come-from-behind.
In the bottom of the 8th inning, he also stood out on defense. Kim Ha-seong, who caught and threw the batted ball that was hit by the pitcher’s glove with his bare hands, but failed to increase the count due to poor timing, helped overcome the crisis by creating a play double with a powerful throw with the second baseman in the first company.
Ha-seong Kim pulled away from two outs in the top of the ninth inning with a ground ball to second baseman, and both teams went to overtime. San Diego was unable to score a point in the top of the 10th inning with no outs and second base, and in the bottom of the 10th inning, with one out and second and third base, Palepa had one last hit and lost 2-3.
San Diego, which recorded 24 wins and 28 losses, was fourth in the National League (NL) West, seven games behind the leading Los Angeles Dodgers.
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