Ha-seong Kim of the San Diego Padres was the second among the main hitters in the team, and his batting average fell to the 10% range.
Kim Ha-seong started as second baseman in the 8th in an away game against the Arizona Diamondbacks held at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona on the 22nd (Korean time), recorded no hits in 2 at-bats and struck out 1, and was replaced with a pinch hitter in the 8th inning.
The San Diego Padres failed to pick up a single point and suffered a 0-9 loss due to Arizona starter Jack Gallen’s perfect pitching. Galen won 3 wins (1 loss) of the season by throwing 2 hits and no runs with a powerful pitch that took 11 strikeouts in 7 innings. His earned run average marked 2.59.토토사이트
San Diego has been silent with other players this year. They hit two hits, but in the top of the second inning, Zander Bogatz hit a double from the right, and after two deaths in the sixth, Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a heavy hit.
Kim Ha-seong went out as the lead batter in the top of the 3rd inning and retreated with a shortstop grounder. After a full-count battle with Galen, he pulled a 94-mile body fastball on the 7th pitch, and it became an infield ground ball.
Kim Ha-seong, who entered the plate as the lead batter in the 6th inning, missed Galen’s 82-mile curve on the 5th pitch on the ball count 2B2S. In the end, he was replaced by pinch hitter Matt Carpenter at bat after two outs in the top of the 8th inning, 0-2 behind.
Due to the silence on this day, the batting average of San Diego’s key hitters, including Kim Ha-seong, fell all at once. Kim Ha-seong has not hit in the last 5 games in a row, and his batting average has dropped to 0.197 (13 hits in 66 at-bats). He became the second best hitter in the team after Juan Soto (0.176). His batting average is 163rd out of 182 batters who have filled the required at-bats. It is the first time in 346 days since May 11 last year that Kim Ha-seong recorded a batting average of 10%. At the time, he was hitless in six games.
Five out of six San Diego batters who have crossed the regulation at-bat, including Kim Ha-seong, Soto, Manny Machado (0.221), Jake Cronenworth (0.211), and Trent Grisham (0.224), excluding Bogatz (0.349), are gathered on the Mendoza line.
San Diego starter Seth Lugo posted a quality start with 6 hits and 2 runs in 6 innings, but suffered a loss. Season 2 wins 1 loss, average ERA 2.78.
Arizona took the lead in the bottom of the 4th inning with an infield hit by Gabriel Moreno with 2nd, 1st and 3rd basemen, and then added a run to 2-0 with a superior double by Kettel Marte with 1out and 1st base in the 5th inning.
The Arizona batting line, which was in a lull, ran away with a score of 9-0 in the bottom of the 8th inning, scoring 7 runs with 6 hits and 2 walks. San Diego bullpen Luis Garcia (4 hits, 1 walk, 5 runs in ⅔ innings) and Reese Knear (2 hits, 1 walk, 2 runs in ⅔ innings) were beaten.
San Diego will play the 3rd game of 4 consecutive matches with Arizona at the same place on the 23rd at 9:10 am. San Diego starts with Joe Musgrove and Arizona starts with Merrill Kelly.