Demonstration game batting average: 0.400
Kim Ha-seong (29, San Diego Padres), who took the leadoff spot for the first time in this year's Major League Baseball (MLB) exhibition game, put on a long hitting show for two days in a row.
Ha-seong Kim started as the number one hitter and shortstop in the 2024 MLB exhibition game against the Chicago Cubs held at the Peoria Sports Complex in Arizona, USA on the 5th (Korean time) and recorded 1 hit and 1 run in 3 at-bats.
This is the first time that Kim Ha-seong appeared as the number one hitter in an exhibition game this year. From his first exhibition game against the LA Dodgers on February 23rd to the Seattle Mariners game on the 4th of this month, he continued to start as the number 5 hitter.
Manager Mike Silt, who had always used Fernando Tatis Jr. as the number one hitter, made a change that day.
Previously, on the 3rd, MLB.com predicted that Ha-seong Kim would serve as the number one hitter in the opening game.
Ha-seong Kim, who hit his first home run in an exhibition game against Seattle the previous day, continued his good batting performance by hitting a double on this day.
Kim Ha-seong's midterm performance in exhibition games is a batting average of 0.400 (6 hits in 15 at-bats), 1 home run, 3 RBIs, 3 runs, and an OPS (on-base percentage + slugging percentage) of 1.259.
In his first at-bat in the bottom of the first inning, Ha-seong Kim faced Cubs left-handed pitcher Jordan Weeks and hit a ground ball to shortstop.
It was in the third inning that Ha-seong Kim hit a double.
Ha-seong Kim, who came to bat as the leadoff hitter in the bottom of the third inning and faced Weeks again, hit a double to left field.
Ha-Seong Kim, who advanced to third base due to Wicks' wild pitch, homered when Tatis Jr. hit to left. On this day, he was San Diego's first scorer.
Kim Ha-seong, who was the leadoff hitter in the bottom of the 5th inning when the game was tied 1-1, retired with a fly ball to left field against the changed pitcher Keegan Thompson.
Ha-seong Kim was substituted on defense in the top of the 6th inning and ended the game that day.
San Diego defeated the Cubs 2-1.
On this day, right-handed reliever Go Woo-seok, who plays for San Diego, did not pitch. 토토