▲ San Diego Padres Kim Ha-seong ▲ Kim Ha-seong steals his 8th base of the season
[스포티비뉴스=김민경 기자] Ha-Seong Kim (29, San Diego Padres) hit for two consecutive days.
Ha-seong Kim started as the 9th hitter and shortstop in the ‘2024 Major League’ game against the Chicago Cubs held at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA on the 9th (Korea time) and recorded 1 hit and 1 strikeout in 4 in -bats. The batting average for the season increased slightly from 0.210 to 0.211. San Diego won 3-0 and had a season record of 20 wins and 20 losses, which equates to a winning percentage of .500.
Ha-seong Kim was the fielder with the most defensive innings in the major league this year. From the game on the 8th, Ha-seong Kim played shortstop in all 39 games the team played. Ha-seong Kim played defense for 343⅓ innings, ranking first in the major leagues ahead of teammate Fernando Tatis Jr. (337⅓ innings). But Tatis Jr. is a very good fielder. Even if they play the same innings, the physical burden on the right fielder and the shortstop cannot be the same. When narrowed down to middle infielders (shortstop, second baseman), second place overall is Marcus Siemian (Texas), and second place is Anthony Volpi (New York Yankees), with 321 innings each, but Ha -seong Kim 22 more innings.
Shortstop is the position with the most defensive burden among closers, so he is usually placed in the lower batting order to ease the burden, but Kim Ha-seong was mainly placed in the 5th (19 games) or’ r 6th (12 games) batting order . Perhaps aware of the burden on Ha-seong Kim, San Diego coach Mike Silt placed him in the 9th batting order that day. This was the second game this year that Kim Ha-seong appeared as the ninth hitter.
Ha-seong Kim took his first at-bat as the leadoff hitter in the top of the third inning. The Cubs’ starting pitcher was right-hander Hayden Wesneski. With the count at 1-2, Kim Ha-seong hit a 95 mph fastball on the 4th pitch and finished with a fly ball to center field.
The same goes for the second at-bat in the top of the fifth inning. After one out, Luis Campusano opened the game with a hit. Ha-seong Kim had to continue the trend, but this time he hit Wesneski’s cutter on the first pitch and then retired with a fly ball to left field.
Kim Seong finally hit in his third inning as the leadoff hitter in the top of the 7th inning. Ha-seong Kim hit Wesneski’s 92.6 mph fastball on the 6th pitch on the full count resulting in a hit to right. In the third game, Kim Ha-seong laughed after Wesneski hit the 94th and last ball of the day, and Wesnesky was replaced by Richard Lovelady. With no outs on first, Ha-seong Kim stole second when Luis Araes struck out on a missed swing and recorded his 8th stolen base of the season, but the ensuing hit failed to result in a run.
▲ Kim Ha-seong has played defense for a total of 343⅓ innings since the 8th and is first in the major league in defensive innings. When narrowed down to middle infielders (shortstop, second baseman), second place overall is Marcus Siemian (Texas), and second place is Anthony Volpi (New York Yankees), with 321 innings each, but Ha -seong Kim 22 more innings.
Ha-seong Kim took his final at-bat with one out in the top of the 9th inning. Leading the Cubs bullpen was right-hander Keegan Thompson. With the ball count at 1-2, Kim Ha-seong struck out on the 4th pitch with a 93.9 mph fastball.
San Diego avenged a close loss the day before to the Cubs in a two-stroke upset. In the top of the first inning, leadoff hitter Araes reached base on a bases loaded ball, and with two outs and two outs on second base, Manny Machado hit a timely hit to take a 1-0 lead.
An extra point was scored in the top of the 5th inning. Chance for runners on 1st and 2nd bases with 2 outs thanks to singles by Campusano and Araes. Tatis Jr hit a timely shot to left to go up 2-0. In the ensuing inning with two outs and runners on first and second, Jake Cronenworth hit a timely double to left field, sealing the 3-0 victory.
San Diego starting pitcher Dylan Seeds pitched 7 innings with 113 pitches, 1 hit, 2 walks, 12 strikeouts, and no runs, earning his 5th win (2 loss) of the season. The season ERA was lowered from 2.55 to 2.19.
Stop was traded from the Chicago White Sox to San Diego last March. Given the absence of left-handed free agent Blake Snell (currently the San Francisco Giants), a starting pitcher transfusion was needed, and San Diego Seeds opted to replace him. Looking at the results so far, Shizu is performing beyond expectations.
Seeds is so talented that he finished second in the final voting for the 2022 American League Cy Young Award, and he also played a big role in helping the White Sox advance to the American League Division Series in 2021. If Seeds continues to showing signs of a great trade, San Diego can look higher as well.
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