San Diego Padres outfielder Ha-seong Kim has been silent for three games.
Kim went 0-for-4 at shortstop while starting in the No. 7 spot in the lineup against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2024 Major League Baseball World Series at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on Sunday.
San Diego lost 3-4, snapping a five-game losing streak, and Kim’s silence has been growing longer. His season batting average dropped further to 2-for-1 from 2-for-7.
San Diego’s batting order was Luis Arajuez (first base), Fernando Tatis Jr. (right field), Jurickson Profar (left field), Jake Cronenweth (second base), David Peralta (designated hitter), Jackson Merrill (center field), Ha Sung Kim (shortstop), Tyler Wade (third base), and Kyle Higashioka (catcher). Randy Vasquez was the starting pitcher.
Ha-seong Kim lined out to center field in his first at-bat of the second inning with the team down 0-3. With the bases loaded, 안전놀이터 추천 Kim hit a 71.8-mile-per-hour three-seam curveball from Arizona starter Slade Cecchini, and it sailed into center field.
In his second at-bat, he couldn’t get the ball out of the infield.
In the fourth inning, with runners on first and second, Kim hit a 91.5-mph four-seam fastball from Chesney that was fouled off the first baseman’s side of the plate.
After Higashioka’s solo homer and Cronenwirth’s RBI double in the fifth tied the game at 3-3, the sixth inning began. Kim Ha-seong led off with a single and tried to hit a six-pitch, 82.7-mile-per-hour changeup from Arizona middle reliever Joe Mantiplii, but it was grounded to the third baseman.
With a chance to tie the game with runners on first and second in the bottom of the eighth with his team trailing 3-4, Kim was stranded on a grounder to shortstop.
San Diego, meanwhile, was unable to snap a three-game losing streak despite Vasquez holding the Padres scoreless after giving up a run in the first and two in the second.
The Padres, who lost 3-4 to Kansas City and were swept in a three-game series against the Angels, tied the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the fifth on Higashioka’s solo shot to left and Cronenwirth’s RBI double with runners on second and third and an error.
However, Jeremiah Estrada added a run in the bottom of the seventh to regain the lead.
San Diego had a chance to at least tie the game in the bottom of the eighth. Solano led off with a single to left, and Merrill laid down a bunt to put runners on first and second.
Kim Ha-seong hit a grounder in front of the shortstop, but the pinch runner Azokar advanced to third. Wade then drew a walk, and with runners on first and third, Manny Machado, who had come off the bench in place of Higashioka, stepped to the plate.
Wade stole second on Machado’s at-bat. It was runners on second and third. However, Machado grounded out in front of the pitcher to end the inning.
In the bottom of the ninth, Araez hit a foul fly to right field and Tatis Jr. flied out to right field. Proppa singled and stole second, 카지노사이트 순위 but Cronenwirth struck out to end the game. Arizona right-hander Paul Seewald’s seven-pitch four-seam fastball sailed high and away from Cronenwirth in left field, and an appeal was made, but the outcome was unchanged.