Kim Ha-sung (San Diego Padres), who has been on a good track with two hits and four walks recently, bowed his head due to the back-and-forth strike zone. At a 2024 home game against the Oakland Athletics of the U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB) at Petco Park in San Diego, California, Kim Ha-sung started as sixth batter and shortstop, and had no hit in four times at bat. His batting average for this season decreased from 0.226 to 0.222.
Kim Ha-sung recently performed well at bat. He hit his eighth and ninth homeruns of this season against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday and Sunday. He had one hit and two walks and two RBIs on Sunday, and one hit and two walks and one run on Sunday against the Oakland Athletics. He got on base six times while garnering four walks over the two days.
However, he failed to get on base on the day. He was out after hitting an outfield fly ball at his first at bat in the bottom of the second inning, and the ball he hit in the bottom of the fourth inning rolled straight to the shortstop. He grounded out to an infield grounder at his third at bat in the bottom of the seventh inning, and the ball he hit as a leadoff hitter in the bottom of the ninth inning headed straight to the second baseman.
Notably, the decision was regrettable when he came to bat in the bottom of the seventh inning. Oakland bullpen Danny Jimenez's first pitch was put on the strike zone near his body, and he was lucky enough to get a ball judgment result. However, the ball outside the strike zone at the fifth pitch was declared a strike, not a walk. Kim Ha-sung, who hit the ball at the sixth pitch in the full count, was out due to a grounder to the second base. 메이저사이트
Kim Ha-sung remained silent, but San Diego secured its walk-off victory for two consecutive days. San Diego, which was trailing 2-4, successfully tied the game with Donovan Solano's two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning. With one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, Jackson Merrill hit a walk-off homer over the right fence to win the game 5-4. He won the game on a solo homer by Kyle Higashioka in the bottom of the ninth inning on the previous day, and won the game on a walk-off homer for two consecutive days.