Kim Ha-sung's Unfortunate 'Foul Home Run'...a five-game hit streak suspended ↓
Kim Ha-sung (27) of the San Diego Padres in Major League Baseball ended his hit streak with five games.
Kim Ha-sung started as the first batter and second baseman in the 2023 Major League Baseball home game against the Washington Nationals at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on the 25th (Korea Standard Time) and remained silent with no hits in four at-bats.
The five-game hit streak, which lasted from the game against the San Francisco Giants on the 20th to the game against Washington on the 24th, has been suspended.
Kim Ha-sung's batting average for the season fell from .254 to .25 (58 hits at 232 at-bats).
On the 23rd and 24th, when he became the top batter, he also hit home runs in two consecutive games for the first time since entering the big leagues.
On this day, Kim Ha-sung was struck out by Washington starter Ia Gray in his first at-bat in the first inning.
He turned to center field fly ball in the third inning and pitcher ground ball in the fifth inning, and also stepped down with first baseman fly ball in the seventh inning's final at-bat.
KIn the seventh inning, he made a big ball that flew to the left outfield stands on the first pitch, but the ball flew out of the foul pole.
San Diego lost 2-0 amid a slump in the batting lineup.
San Diego manager Bob Melvin praised "No. 1 hitter" Kim Ha-sung before the game, although he did not make a hit on the day.
According to the San Diego Union Tribune, coach Melvin said ahead of the home game against Washington on the 25th, "Kim Ha-sung is like our team's engine." "By placing him as the first batter, the team's batting lineup has been strengthened overall," he said.
On the 23rd and 24th, Kim Ha-sung took the lead in escaping the team's losing streak and winning streak by fully performing the leadoff role with three hits (two home runs) and four RBIs in eight at-bats for two days.
In the previous day's game, he hit a first-time leadoff home run for the first time in three years since he entered the Major League by hitting a first solo shot in his first at-bat in the first inning.
It is also the first time since his big league debut that he has hit home runs in two consecutive games following the 23rd.
San Diego, which had previously lost three consecutive games, won two consecutive games with a 10-0 and 13-3 victory, respectively, thanks to Kim Ha-sung's performance, but lost to Washington on the 25th and recorded its 40th loss (37 wins) of the season.
Kim Ha-sung played as the first batter in a total of six games this season, and his batting average for the first batter was only .182 (4 hits in 22 at-bats), but his OPS (on-base percentage + slugging percentage) was .808.
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