Ha-seong Kim (San Diego Padres) contributed to the team’s victory with valuable points and defense like Altoran.
On the morning of the 4th (Korean time), Kim Ha-seong appeared as the 7th hitter (3rd baseman) in a home game against the Cincinnati Reds of the Major League Baseball held at Petco Park in San Diego, California, USA, and scored 1 run with 1 walk and 3 at-bats. Kim Ha-seong’s season batting average, which failed to add a hit, went down to 0.221. San Diego won 7-1.
At the end of the second inning, where the score was 0-0, Kim Ha-seong picked a walk and stepped on first base in the first at-bat in a safe first-base situation. In San Diego’s ensuing attack, Brett Sullivan hit a timely two-run hit that went deep to the side of the right fielder, and in the meantime, Kim Ha-seong stepped on the home and scored. He had no hits the rest of the at-bat. He retired with a shortstop float on first base without a hit in the 4th inning with a 2-0 lead, and was out on a grounder to second base in the 6th inning with a 4-1 lead. In the 7th inning, when San Diego ran away with a score of 7-1, he struck out on a swing without a hit at first and second base opportunities.
Kim Ha-seong made up for his disappointment in offense in defense. Kim Ha-seong stably lifted Cincinnati’s Nick Senzel’s batted ball on the left field from 1 out 1 base in the beginning of the 2nd inning, then threw it into 1st base with a strong shoulder and caught an outcount. Also, in the 6th inning with 1 company and 1st base, Senzel caught the line drive that was strongly pulled at once, firmly guarding the hot corner (3rd base). ㅋㅋㅋ벳