San Diego Padres Kim Ha-sung (29) had a hit in two consecutive games.
San Diego defeated the Cleveland Guardians 2-1 at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Tuesday (Korea time). With two consecutive wins, San Diego posted a season record of 52-50. In contrast, Cleveland, which has lost two consecutive games, posted a season record of 59-39.
Kim Ha-sung, who started as shortstop for the eighth batter, recorded one hit, one run and one stolen base from four times at bat on the day. Kim Ha-sung’s batting average, which continued his hitting streak in two consecutive games, reached 0.225.
Jurickson Profar had two hits in four at-bats, Xander Bogaerts had two hits in four at-bats, and Kyle Higashioka had two hits and two RBIs in four at-bats. Starting pitcher Michael King also had two hits, one walk, six strikeouts, and one run during seven innings. He displayed quality start plus pitching (three or fewer earned runs in seven innings) to reap eight wins (six losses) this season. 여우알바
San Diego lined up in the order of Ruiz Arraez (first baseman), Jurickson Profar (left fielder), Jake Cronenworth (second baseman), Manny Machado (third baseman), Xander Bogaerts (designated hitter), Jackson Merrill (center fielder), David Peralta (right fielder), Kim Ha-sung (striker) and Kyle Higashioka (catcher).
Cleveland is equipped with Stephen Kwan (left fielder), Angel Martinez (center fielder), Jose Ramirez (designated hitter), Josh Naylor (first baseman), Daniel Schniman (third baseman), Andres Gimenez (second baseman), Will Brennan (right fielder), Brian Locchio (striker) and Austin Hedges (catcher).
Kim Ha-sung hit a hit from his first at-bat in the top of the second inning. With Merrill’s walk on first base with two outs, Kim Ha-sung hit a hit that fell to the middle of the right. And Kim Ha-sung stole second base when his follow-up batter Higashioka bat, creating chances for the second and third bases with two outs. Higashioka hit a left-handed double to score two runs on the chance to get the first run.
In the top of the fourth inning, he was caught with a blunder in his second at-bat. With two outs and no runners on base, Kim Ha-sung was pulled out by a fly ball to left field.
In the top of the seventh inning, he struck out at the third batter’s box. With two balls and two strikes, Kim Ha-sung watched Nick Sandlin’s fifth fastball. It was because he judged that the ball that entered the lower part of the outside was out of the strike zone. Kim Ha-sung had to return to the dugout, expressing regret to the referee.
He also struck out at bat for the fourth time in the top of the eighth inning. Kim had to strike out as he swung the bat on pitcher Cade Smith’s changed ball when he had a chance to load the bases with two outs.
In the bottom of the seventh inning, starting pitcher King grounded out Naylor to the second base with one out and a runner on the third base to allow a run. However, San Diego did not yield any more runs. Jeremiah Estrada (one walk, one strikeout, and one strikeout in the first ⅓) and Robert Suarez (one strikeout in the first ⅔) all finished the remaining innings, maintaining a one-run lead.