Ha-seong Kim (San Diego Padres) hit his 40th Major League Baseball (MLB) career home run, but the team suffered a shocking comeback loss.
Ha-seong Kim started as the 5th hitter and shortstop in the away game against the Colorado Rockies held at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado on the 26th (Korea time), and recorded 1 hit in 5 at- at bat (1 home run), 1 run, 2 RBI, and 2 strikeouts. One hit was a two-run home run. In the top of the third inning with a 2-1 lead, Ha-seong Kim lifted Colorado Hudson’s third sinker at 89.9 miles (144.7 km/h) with one out and runners on first base, and it went over the left field fence. The exit speed was 101.9 miles (164 km/h) and the distance was 404 feet (123.1 m). It was the fourth home run of the season and the 40th home run of Kim Ha-seong’s MLB career.
Kim Ha-seong is the fifth Korean major leaguer to hit 40 home runs in MLB, following Choo Shin-soo (218 home runs), Choi Ji-man (67 home runs), Kang Jung-ho (46 home runs ), and Choi Hee-seop (40 home runs). However, Ha-seong Kim was quiet in other at-bats. His first at-bat in the top of the first inning was a ground ball to the shortstop, and his third at-bat in the top of the fifth was a ground ball to third base. He struck out in the 7th and 9th innings, respectively. Kim Ha-seong’s season batting average dropped slightly from 0.240 to 0.238 (24 hits in 101 at-bats).
On this day, San Diego lost a decisive victory. According to MLB statistics site Baseball Savant, San Diego’s probability of winning by one out in the bottom of the eighth inning was projected to be 98.9%. A comfortable victory was expected with a score of 9-4, but 6 runs were allowed in the bottom of the 8th inning, and the game was overturned at 9-10. Yuki Matsui, who appeared as the fourth pitcher, gave up one hit and two runs in one inning, and Wandy Peralta, who took over at bat, performed poorly, allowing three hits (one home run) and four runs in a third of one. inning. In the bottom of the 8th inning, with Colorado trailing 4-9, Hunter Goodman’s three-run home run with one out and runners on first and second was the signal for the chase.
Correspondent Bae Jung-hyeon bjh1025@edaily.co.kr
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