San Diego Padres’ Kim Ha-sung continued his good batting performance in the Major League exhibition game.
Kim Ha-sung started as the fifth batter and shortstop in the 2024 Major League exhibition game against the Cleveland Guardians at Peoria Stadium in Peoria, Arizona on the 27th (Korea time), and was replaced after recording two hits and one walk in three times at bat.
Kim Ha-sung, who has hit in three consecutive exhibition games so far, showed off his good condition with three hits (0.750) and three walks in four at-bats.
In the bottom of the second inning, Kim Ha-sung faced Ben Lively, who started Cleveland with one out and no runner.
Lively was a pitcher with experience playing for the Samsung Lions in the KBO League from 2019 to 2021, and Kim Ha-sung was also a familiar pitcher. However, at the time, he was weak with 1 hit in 11 at-bats, but he looked different on the day.
Kim Ha-sung hit a good hit towards shortstop. Cleveland shortstop Tyler Freeman jumped, but he couldn’t catch it properly, and in the meantime, Kim Ha-sung stepped on first base and an infield hit came out.
Kim Ha-sung was later out at second base on Jurickson Profar’s infield grounder, and San Diego also failed to score.
In Kim Ha-sung’s second at-bat in the bottom of the fourth inning, he drew a walk against the replaced pitcher Anthony Goss, continuing his chances with one out and runners on the first and second bases. San Diego trailed 1-4 with Jacob Marcy’s walk with the bases loaded with two outs.
Kim Ha-sung took his third at-bat in the bottom of the fifth inning with two outs and a runner on second, but was struck out by opposing pitcher Anthony Banda. Since then, he has been out of the game since the top of the sixth inning.
San Diego lost 4-7 after starting pitcher Joe Musgrove gave up four runs in one inning of ⅔.
Cleveland Lively, who pitched two scoreless innings, became the winning pitcher.토토사이트웹