The San Diego Padres won 7-6 in an away game against the Pittsburgh Pirates of the 2024 Major League Baseball held at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Tuesday (Korea time). They won five consecutive games. They maintained second place in the National League West with 64 wins and 52 losses. They trailed the leading Los Angeles Dodgers by 2.5 games. Pittsburgh has lost four straight games. It ranks third in the National League Central with 56 wins and 58 losses.
The San Diego Padres are pushing the Dodgers, which has recently slowed down. It has been on the rise, with eight wins and two losses in its recent 10 games. It ranked No. 1 in the wild card of the National League, and raised its possibility of winning the district championship. Kim Ha-sung started as the eighth shortstop, and had no hits and one walk in three times at bat. He has a batting average of 0.223 for this season.
San Diego took the lead with Manny Machado’s two-run shot to the left in the top of the first inning. In the top of the second inning, he ran away with David Peralta’s superior two-run shot. Kim Ha-sung, who later appeared, hit the center of the batter’s box in the middle of 96.8 miles with a ball count of 1B to right-hander Lewis Ortiz of the Pittsburgh Pirates, but he swung to a fly ball to center field.
At the Pittsburgh Pirates’ offense in the bottom of the second inning, Bae Ji-hwan, who started as the eighth right fielder, appeared on the mound. He had one hit and one RBI from four times at bat on the day. He had a batting average of 0.191 with one out and runners on the first and second bases, and hit an 82.1 mile curve ball at the first pitch against San Diego right-hander Randy Vazquez, but was grounded out. He allowed runners to advance one base each.
San Diego led 4-0 in the top of the fifth inning. Kim Ha-sung appeared as the leadoff hitter, and his hand went out on Ortiz’s slider, but he was out on a line drive to left field. Bae Ji-hwan, who appeared as the leadoff hitter in the bottom of the fifth inning, hit Vazquez’s cutter but grounded out to first base.
After Brian Reynolds’ right-handed hit, Pittsburgh scored an RBI single by O’Neill Cruz, before chasing after him with an RBI single. Two outs later, Brian De La Cruz’s RBI single right-handed hit and Ke’Bryan Hayes’ walk created a chance for Bae. With runners at the first and second bases with two outs, Bae hit a curve ball on right-handed Carl Edwards Jr. to garner an RBI single left-handed hit. The team trailed 3-4.
In the top of the seventh inning, Kim Ha-sung hit a high fastball 94.7 miles from the full count to right-hander Dennis Santana, but he turned to a ground ball to shortstop. Then, in the bottom of the seventh inning, Joey Bart scored a two-run shot to come from behind to the left-center field following Cruz’s right-handed hit.토토사이트 추천
Bae attempted a sacrifice bunt on a 95.2 mile high fastball on the first pitch with no outs in the bottom of the eighth inning, but the ball flew to the second base. Pittsburgh missed the chance, and San Diego made the comeback by taking advantage of it in the top of the ninth inning.
Xander Bogaerts and Jackson Merrill’s back-to-back hits gave San Diego a chance to hit first and second bases with one out. Kim Ha-sung drew a walk to right-hander David Benard. Bennard’s control was shaky. Kyle Higashioka hit a grounder to second base with one out and a bases loaded. Then, Pittsburgh shortstop Cruz committed a bad pitch to first base, and Bogaerts and Merrill scored. Re-turn. Luis Arraez’s RBI double to left determined the game.