San Diego Padres infielder Kim Ha-sung resumed his on-base streak that had been cut off the previous day.
Kim Ha-sung started as the first 스포츠토토 batter and second baseman against the 2023 Major League Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, on the 22nd (Korea Standard Time) and recorded one hit in five at-bats. The team won a 5-4 victory.
Kim Ha-sung was excluded from the starting lineup the previous day (21st) as his team made a left-handed lineup and came out as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning, but he stepped down with a fly ball to the first baseman and broke his on-base record of 15 consecutive games. Kim Ha-sung did not give in and recorded a hit again that day. The season’s batting average dropped slightly from 0.263 to 0.262.
On the 22nd, San Diego started with Kim Ha-sung (2nd baseman), Fernando Tatis Jr. (right fielder), Juan Soto (left fielder), Manny Machado (3rd baseman), Xander Bogartz (shortstop), Jake Cronenworth (1st baseman), Luis Campusano (fourth baseman), Taylor Colway (nominated hitter) and Trent Grimsham (middle-field).
For Detroit, Jack Mackinstry (third baseman), Riley Green (nominated hitter), Spencer Tokelson (first baseman), Kerry Carpenter (right fielder), Javier Baes (shortstop), Nick Mayton (second baseman), Akil Badu (left fielder), and Jake Rogers (fourth baseman) played.
Kim Ha-sung, who started as the leadoff hitter in the top of the first inning, stepped down with a foul fly to third base against Detroit starter Reese Olson. After two outs, Juan Soto hit a solo home run in the middle to score the first run. Kronenworth then hit a two-run triple in the center field to lead 3-0 with two outs and runners on first and second base.
Kim Ha-sung was out with a fly ball to left field after two outs in the top of the second inning. The team widened the gap by 5-0 with Soto’s two-run home run, which exploded again with no outs and runners on first base in the top of the third inning. After two outs in the top of the fourth inning, Kim Ha-sung was caught with a fly ball to first base.
Kim Ha-sung hit a lucky double in the top of the sixth inning with two outs and a runner on first base, reporting his first hit of the day and his 14th double of the season. San Diego had two outs and runners on second and third base, but Tatis Jr.’s fly ball to right field failed to score.
Detroit closely narrowed the gap with Mayton’s one-run sacrifice fly in the bottom of the sixth inning and Green’s two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning with one out and a runner on the first base. Kim Ha-sung finished the attack with a ground ball to shortstop after two outs in the ninth inning with a 5-4 lead. San Diego’s closer Josh Hader secured the victory in the bottom of the ninth inning with one scoreless inning.