Ryu Hyun-jin, no-hitter in 4 innings, gets hit in the knee by a 157-mile-per-hour pitch and is replaced

Ryu's second start after comeback was different

Ryu: "My pitches were good I was happy with my changeup"

Club "bruised" team's 4-game winning streak continues, MLB.com "brutal timing for Ryu"

Kim has multi-hit games for 15 consecutive games

After 14 months of surgery and rehabilitation for an elbow injury, the "Korean Monster" Ryu Hyun-jin (36-Toronto) pitched a "no-hitter" with his proprietary changeup. However, he had to leave the mound in the fourth inning after being hit by a hard hit by an opposing batter. Fortunately, the injury was reportedly not serious.

On Aug. 8, Ryu made a start against the visiting Cleveland Indians and pitched four innings of one-hit ball with no walks and two strikeouts. It was a far cry from his first start since returning from injury against Baltimore on Aug. 2. Ryu, who took the loss in Baltimore after giving up four runs on nine hits and one walk in five innings, started off fresh by striking out three batters in the first inning. He followed that up with perfect innings in the second and third. In the second inning, he threw three consecutive changeups after a one-pitch walk to Gabriel Arias to induce three swings and misses.

But in the bottom of the fourth inning, with the score tied at 0-0, something unexpected happened. A 157-mile-per-hour fastball from Oscar Gonzalez struck the inside of Ryu's right knee as he finished his pitching motion. Ryu quickly caught the deflected ball and threw Gonzalez out at first base, then collapsed to the ground in pain. Ryu limped to the dugout after being assisted by Toronto manager John Schneider. In the bottom of the fifth, reliever Jay Jackson took the mound for Ryu. "The timing is cruel for Ryu, 온라인섯다 who has been trying to return for 14 months after undergoing elbow ligament splicing surgery," MLB.com said.

However, it doesn't appear to be a major injury. "The area of my knee where I was hit by the ball is bruised and swollen, but it's not at a level where I can't run or play," Ryu said after the game, adding, "My pitches were good today. I was especially happy with my changeup." Ryu's fastball was measured topping out at 90.7 miles per hour (146 kilometers per hour) and averaging 88.8 miles per hour (143 kilometers per hour). He effectively mixed in a slower curveball and changeup to that mix, and retired the side on 52 pitches through the fourth inning.

The Toronto club called it a "simple bruise." "He always had a big calf, but now it's like he has two calves," joked Schneider, who watched Ryu with concern. If there is no damage to the bones or ligaments in the examination on Sept. 9, he will go through the recovery process and return. With the current rotation, Ryu will start against the Chicago Cubs on Thursday.

After Ryu left the mound, Toronto's bats came alive. The bullpen held them to one run over the next five innings. On offense, Cavan Biggio hit the game-winning two-run homer in the top of the eighth inning. Toronto won the game 3-1 and extended their winning streak to four games.

San Diego's Kim Ha-seong batted 1-for-5 with a double in the leadoff spot against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday. Kim extended his streak of consecutive games with multiple hits (two or more in a game) to 15, dating back to last month's game against Detroit, tying him with Ichiro Suzuki (JPN-Retired) for the most by an Asian player in this category. The MLB all-time record for this category is 21 games, 고스톱 set in 1948 by "The Last Four Hitters" Ted Williams. San Diego went 7-13.