Kim Ha-sung plays offense and defense with a double + double…'Otani Walk 2' Dodgers overpowered SD 5

"Awesome Kim" Kim Ha-sung showed off his presence in offense and defense and showed off his "gold glove infielder" side.

Kim Ha-sung started the 2024 Major League Baseball (MLB) LA Dodgers away game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California on the 14th (Korea time) and scored one hit and one run in four times at bat. Shohei Ohtani (Dodgers), who faced Kim Ha-sung in the Korea-Japan big league, comforted himself by getting on base several times with no hits, one RBI and two walks in two times at bat.

Kim Ha-sung, who hit a home run against Yoshinobu Yamamoto the previous day, continued his upward trend by hitting long balls for two consecutive days. His batting average and slugging percentage for the season edged up from 0.217 to 0.219 and from 0.417 to 0.422 respectively, while his on-base percentage fell from 0.284 to 0.282.

The start of the game was delayed by about an hour due to rain, and the Dodgers avenged the previous day's loss with a 5-2 victory. Gavin Stone, who started Matt Waldron, won his first game with five hits, one walk, four strikeouts and two runs in six innings of ⅔, and Michael Grove (⅓ innings), Daniel Hudson (one inning), and Evan Phillips (one inning) threw one scoreless pitch in succession to stop San Diego's pursuit.

The San Diego Padres deployed Jackson Merrill (center fielder) as the leadoff. Fernando Tatis Jr. (right fielder), Jake Cronenworth (first baseman), Manny Machado (designated hitter), Jurickson Profar (left fielder), Kim Ha-sung (striker), Tyler Wade (second baseman), Egui Rosario (third baseman) and Kyle Higashioka (catcher) were assigned from second to ninth and Baldron was in charge of the starting lineup.

The Dodgers lined up in order of Mookie Betts (striker), Otani (designated hitter), Freddie Freeman (first baseman), Will Smith (catcher), Teoscar Hernandez (right fielder), Max Muncy (third baseman), James Outman (center fielder) and Kike Hernandez. Stone is the starting pitcher.

In his first at-bat with two outs in the top of the second inning, Kim singled out three pitches and saw two strikes before touching Stone's six-pitch sinker after a full-count match, and was out with a fly ball to right field. However, he recovered his disappointment in defense. In the bottom of the second inning, a pitch hit by Lux slightly floated with two outs and runners on the first and second bases, but Kim flew away and caught the ball, making him out. Waldron, the starting pitcher who watched Kim's outstanding performance, applauded and breathed a sigh of relief.

Kim Ha-sung only hit a fly ball to right field in his second at-bat in the top of the fifth inning, but he got on base for the first time with a double in his third at-bat in the top of the seventh inning. Kim Ha-sung, who faced Stone with two outs in the top of the seventh inning when his team was losing 1-4, pushed a five-ball sinker in the count of two balls and two strikes to hit a single over the first base. Right fielder Teoscar Hernandez quickly chased the ball and tried to throw it, but Kim Ha-sung had already reached second base with his quick feet. When Wade, the follow-up batter, hit a right-handed hit, he quickly rushed home and scored a run.

However, San Diego failed to maintain the previous day's atmosphere despite Kim Ha-sung's hard work. San Diego, which gave up the first run thanks to Betts' timely hit, balanced the game with Tatis Jr.'s double in the bottom of the sixth inning, but the Dodgers took a 3-1 lead with Lux and Betts' timely hit in the bottom of the sixth inning. Since then, Ohtani's sacrifice fly ended the big inning, moving the game to 4-1.

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