The '112.8m' home run + '167km' hit was caught...Kim Ha-sung, who was the last king of bad luck in 'Wedge RBI,' laughed at the end
The '112.8m' home run + '167km' hit was caught...Kim Ha-sung, who was the last king of bad luck in 'Wedge RBI,' laughed at the end
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It was an extremely unlucky day for Kim Ha-sung of the San Diego Padres. His 370-foot home run ball was lost to stellar defense, and his powerful hit of 103.8 miles (167 kilometers) led to a straight hit. Still, Kim showed off his presence.스포츠토토
Kim Ha-sung started as shortstop and seventh batter in an away showdown with the Texas Rangers in 2024 Major League Baseball at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas on the 5th (Korea time) and recorded no hits and an RBI in 3 at-bats.
San Diego: Luis Arraez (first baseman), Jurickson Profar (left fielder), Jackson Merrill (center fielder), Manny Machado (third baseman), Donovan Solano (designated hitter), David Peralta (right fielder), Kim Ha-sung (striker), Brett Sullivan (catcher)-Tyler Wade (second baseman), starting pitcher Michael King.
Texas: Josh Smith (third baseman)- Corey Seager (striker)-Nate Low (first baseman)-Adolis Garcia (right fielder) - Wyatt Langford (left fielder)-Leodie Taveras (center fielder)-Travis Jankowski (designated hitter)-Andrew Kisner (catcher)-Jonathan Onelas (second baseman), starting pitcher Max Scherzer.
After producing hits in nine consecutive games in June, he stopped playing well in his first game in July. However, he started producing hits again against the Texas Rangers on the previous day (April 4), and displayed his presence by stealing two bases. However, it was a very unlucky day. He suffered from losing both his home run and hits. Nevertheless, he played a critical role in San Diego's victory.
He had bad luck from the first inning. He won three Cy Young Awards including "living legend" of the Major League, and faced off Max Scherzer, who has 215 wins in 439 appearances. At the top of the second inning with two outs and a runner on the first base, Kim pulled Scherzer's four-seam fastball of 92.5 miles (about 148.9 kilometers) on the fifth pitch. The trajectory of Kim's hit was so good that anyone could feel it was a home run. However, a variable occurred here.
Kim Ha-sung's ball, which stretched towards the left fence at 95.3 miles (153.4 kilometers), flew 370 feet (112.8 meters), when Texas left fielder Wyatt Langford jumped up and down. And he displayed tremendous defense that caught the ball that flew over the fence. His defense that forced him to marvel at. Due to this, Kim started the game after his home run ball was stolen in his first at-bat. The problem is that this bad luck didn't stop at all.
In the top of the fifth inning with a 1-0 lead, Kim swung his bat vigorously once again when Scherzer's changeup of 81.4 miles (131 kilometers) on the fourth pitch at 1B-2S drove into the middle of the strike zone. And the hit left Kim's bat at a whopping 103.8 miles (167 kilometers), which led to a straight hit to the third baseman, who once again swallowed his regret. It was a moment when he lost his hit following his home run.
Still, Kim Ha-sung displayed outstanding presence. In the top of the seventh inning with one out and third base on the third base, Kim Ha-sung made a sharp hit to left field after a tenacious game with Texas' new pitcher Jose Ureña going all the way to the seventh pitch, and played a role in tying a point with his out count by hitting a sacrifice fly. He finished the game by hitting a ground ball to the shortstop in the final at-bat with one out and second base on the ninth inning.
Kim Ha-sung had his home run and hits stolen, but San Diego had Texas for two consecutive days and acquired the Winning Series. It was San Diego that broke the tense atmosphere in the early part of the game first. San Diego succeeded in gaining the upper hand in the fourth inning by scoring a timely hit that destroyed the balance with two outs and third base chances, which included a hit and a bases-loaded walk by leadoff hitter Jurickson Profar and wild pitch by Texas starter Scherzer.
San Diego Padres scored a point in the top of the sixth inning when Jurickson Profar hit a solo home run off Scherzer to drive over the right fence for a line drive without a runner on the team. In the bottom of the sixth inning, Texas Rangers hit a timely hit by Wyatt Langford to follow a point in the scoring chance provided by Corey Seager's double and Nate Lowe's walk. However, it was Kim Ha-sung who sealed the game.
In the top of the seventh inning, Kim Ha-sung hit a sacrifice fly in a one-out third-base chance made by Donovan Solano's double and Scherzer's wild pitch, and held a narrow two-point lead until the end of the game, winning 3-1 and marking the three consecutive games against Texas with a winning series.