9G consecutive hits
Kim Ha-sung (29, San Diego Padres) continued his nine-game hitting streak with a delightful long hit.
In an away game against the Boston Red Sox of the 2024 Major League Baseball (MLB) held at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts on the 1st (Korea time), Kim Ha-sung started as the seventh batter and catcher and posted one hit and one RBI from three times at bat. He increased his hitting streak from the game against the Milwaukee Brewers on April 22 to nine games, and raised his batting average for this season from 0.227 to 0.228. His monthly batting average was 0.256.
He grounded out to Boston starting pitcher Josh Winkowski at his first at-bat when he had an RBI single with one out and runners on the first and second bases in the top of the second inning. However, he advanced to two runners in the process. San Diego failed to score a point due to an unsuccessful follow-up hit.토토사이트넷
At the second batter's box in the fifth inning with no outs, Kim successfully performed a sacrifice bunt operation to send runners to the second base. Despite the situation, however, San Diego ended up with no point as follow-up hitters Kyle Higashio and Bryce Johnson stepped down due to poor batting performance.
Kim Ha-sung became a troubleshooter on his own in the top of the seventh inning, when the San Diego Padres were losing 0-4. In the game against Boston bullpen pitcher Justin Slayton, he hit a cut fastball (cutter) in the fifth pitch and hit a double on the left field to bring home runner Jackson Merrill. He hit a long ball in eight games after the home run against the Milwaukee Brewers on April 23. It was his 10th double of this season.
San Diego's batters generally subdued on the day. It failed to produce follow-up hits in the seventh inning, and scored no run in the eighth inning. Kim Ha-sung, who took the batter's box for the fourth time with two outs in the ninth inning, ended up hitting a fly ball to center field in a game against Boston closer Kenley Jensen, and became the last batter of the game. After losing 1-4, San Diego suffered its 42nd loss (46 wins) this season.