San Diego Padres Ha-Sung Kim (29) had a four-hit game, including a three-run homer, in his first trip down to the ninth spot in the batting order this season. Luis Araez (27), who led the league in batting average in both leagues for the second straight year, exploded for four hits in his San Diego debut.
Kim Ha-seong started in the No. 9 spot in the lineup against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, on Friday (May 5) and went 1-for-5 with a home run, his eighth of the season, and four RBIs.
After going 0-for-4 with a walk and two strikeouts in Arizona the day before, Kim maintained his season batting average at 2-for-1 (27-for-128) with five home runs and 21 RBIs. His OPS increased from .693 to .706.
Kim, who has slipped to 9-for-22 with no home runs, two doubles, four walks, 10 strikeouts and a .322 OPS in his last seven games, dropped to the ninth spot in the batting order for the first time this season when Araez was acquired in the trade. He had batted eighth the previous three games.
Against Arizona right-hander Brandon Potts, Kim struggled. In his first at-bat in the third inning, he grounded out to third base. He worked into a two-strike count, 안전놀이터 but drew three fouls and three pitches to force a nine-pitch at-bat. In the ninth, he pulled an 84.3-mile-per-hour (135.7 kilometers per hour) sweeper, but it was retired on a grounder to third base.
His second at-bat with runners on first and second in the fourth inning was a disappointment.
He got a good look at a 93.2 mph (150.0 km/h) sinker down the middle of the plate, but Arizona center fielder Corbin Carroll snagged it in front of the walking track. The pitch was 102.4 miles per hour (164.8 km/h), 394 feet (120.1 m) with a launch angle of 21 degrees for a 55 percent chance of a hit, but it was a line drive out.
In his third at-bat with the bases loaded in the sixth inning, he lined out to shortstop. After picking off a first-pitch pitch from Potts, he lined out to a high sweeper on the second pitch, but it was a wide fly ball.
But in the seventh inning, with runners on first and second, the big blow came. After drawing back-to-back 1-2 pitches against Arizona right-hander Bryce Jarvis, Kim watched the third pitch for a strike. With the count 2-1 in his favor, the fourth pitch, an 86.2-mile-per-hour (138.7 km/h) slider down the middle, was in the zone, and Kim was waiting for it.
The 97.2-mph (156.4-kilometer) fastball with a 26-degree launch angle sailed over the left-center field fence. It was his eighth home run of the season, a 382-foot (116.4-meter) shot. His first home run in nine days and eight games since May 26 against the Colorado Rockies. Earned his 20th RBI of the season. The shot extended the lead to 11-0.
In the bottom of the ninth inning,
He hit a 93.5-mile-per-hour sinker low and away from the body from right-hander Scott McGuff on a five-seam fastball and grounded out to shortstop. Luis Campusano came home on the play, giving Kim a season-high four RBIs.
The game ended with a 13-1 San Diego victory. Luis Araez, who was acquired in a trade that included four players, including Woo-Seok Ko, started in the No. 1 spot and went 4-for-6 with a home run and one RBI. He opened the game with a line drive double to right field in the first inning, 온라인카지노사이트 followed by a single to left in the third, an RBI single to left in the fourth, and an RBI single to center in the seventh.
Jurickson Profar also went 4-for-4 with his fifth home run of the season, three doubles and two RBIs for San Diego, which combined for 18 hits and 13 runs with all of its starters. Starter Michael King improved to 3-0 on the season with six innings of six-hit ball, striking out three and walking none. San Diego, which has won four straight, improved to 18-18 and a 5.5 percent winning percentage. Arizona, which has lost three straight, is 14-20.