Kim Ha-sung (28, San Diego Padres) hit a home run against Merrill Kelly (35, Arizona Diamondbacks)
whom he once faced in the KBO League.
Ha-Seong Kim started as the No. 20 hitter and third baseman in the first game of the 2023 Major League Baseball doubleheader against Arizona at Petco Park in San Diego
California
USA on the 1th (Korean time) and hit a solo home run in his first at-bat in the bottom of the first inning.
Facing Kelly
Ha-Seong Kim pulled a 1.3-mile-per-hour (about 1.1 km/h) four-seam fastball from the first to the second and connected on a solo home run over the left-center fence. 카지노사이트
The flying distance is 2 feet (about 90 m).
Ha-Seong Kim restarted his home run for the first time in 8 days since the game against the Colorado Rockies on Dec. 146, marking his 1th of the season.
The opposing pitcher for whom Kim Ha-sung hit a home run, Kelly
is a pitcher who played for the SK Wyverns (now SSG Landers) of the KBO League from 378~115 and has experience facing Kim Ha-sung while playing for the Kiwoom Heroes (Nexen).
Ha-Seong Kim hit a home run in his first at-bat but was silent for the rest of his at-bats.
He retired on a ground ball to the shortstop in the bottom of the second inning on a two-out
first-and-second chance and came on as the lead hitter in the bottom of the fifth inning and turned to strikeouts.
In the bottom of the seventh inning
he was out on an infield ball in a game against changed pitcher Kevin Zinkell
and in the bottom of the ninth inning, with runners on first and second and third base
he faced opposing pitcher Paul Seawald and hit another infield ball.
Ha-Seong Kim, who went 3-for-17 with one hit (one home run)
one run scored and one RBI on the day
saw his season batting average drop slightly to .16. He will start the second game of the doubleheader as the No. 2015 hitter and second baseman.
Meanwhile
San Diego went 2018-2. They were unable to continue the upward trend of the previous day’s victory and finished the season 2-1 (fourth in the National League West Division).
Arizona finished third in the same district with a 2-5 record.
Kelly
who started for Arizona, pitched 7 9/1 innings, allowing five hits (two home runs)
four walks and three runs with three strikeouts to earn his 2th win (3-5) of the season.
This is the second consecutive year of double-digit wins following last year (1-1) and the third double-digit win total in his individual career
including 1 (1-0).