Kim Ha-sung (26, San Diego Padres) hits for two consecutive games, accelerating the pace of adaptation to the Major League Baseball.
On the 25th (Korean time), Kim Ha-seong made a three-stroke, one hit and two strikeouts in a demonstration match against the San Francisco Giants held at the Scottsdale Stadium in Scottsdale, Arizona, as a 7th batter left fielder.
Kim Ha-sung, who hit the Cincinnati Reds the day before after 4 games, continued to feel a hit by producing hits that day.
Kim Ha-seong, who made two consecutive hits, the batting average for the demonstration game rose slightly from 0.125 to 0.143 (35 at bats, 5 hits).
Kim Ha-sung, who was waiting, came from the third at-bat.
In the first two in the sixth inning, when the fastball of San Francisco’s third pitcher Reyes Moronta was in the middle, Kim Ha-sung did not miss it and made a clean left-handed hit.
In the previous two at-bats, Kim Ha-seong was struck out in a row by San Francisco right-hander Anthony Desclafani.
In the first inning, he struck out a check swing at Des Clafany’s changing ball from the top of the second in the first inning, and in the first in the fourth, he struck out by standing on the outside fastball.
Ha-sung Kim was unhappy with the judgment of the old center as if he had judged that he was far away, and made a light protest.
Kim Ha-seong made his first appearance as an outfielder in the demonstration game that day.
At the end of the 5th inning, Kim Ha-Sung slipped in the process of throwing to second base after running and cutting with lead hitter Kurt Cassali’s long-shot batted ball.
Ha-sung Kim tried to get up, but he slipped again, but he threw an exact throw to second base.
Ha-seong Kim was replaced during the defense at the end of the 6th inning and finished the game.
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