Bat Control Upgrade Bae Ji-hwan Triple-A's second three-hit game, batting average of 0.214 → 0.255 vertical rise
Apr 23, 2025
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Bae Ji-hwan (26) of the minor league Triple-A Indianapolis Indians (Triple-A under Pittsburgh) achieved a '3 hit game' for the second time of the season. The habit of competing with the opposing pitcher at an average of less than four pitches has still been maintained. However, on this day, there were still positive hits, not swings and fouls. It can be seen that the unstable bat control is finding its orbit.
Bae Ji-hwan started as the No. 1 center fielder in an away game against the St. Paul Saints (under the Minnesota Twins) at St. Paul CHS Field in Minnesota on the 23rd (Korea time) and played well with three hits, one stolen base and one run from five times at bat.
It was Bae Ji-hwan's second '3 hit game of the season following his 3-for-4 performance against Toledo Mud Hens (under the Detroit Tigers) on the 18th. As a result, Bae Ji-hwan's batting average for the season rose vertically from 0.214 to 0.255 (12 hits in 47 times at bat). As it is early in the season, if multi-hitters are added in three to four games at this pace in the future, the batting average is expected to rise quickly from late-20 to around 30%.
Indianapolis' batters had 13 hits on the day, including leadoff Bae Ji-hwan getting on base with three hits. However, due to lack of cohesion, he only scored four points and lost 4-16. The opposing team, St. Paul, made an efficient attack by scoring 16 points with 16 hits (six walks).
Bae Ji-hwan got on base with a hit from his first at-bat in the top of the first inning. Bae Ji-hwan, who met the opponent's right-hander Jebi Matthews, played the game quickly again this time. He made a left-handed hit with a 95.7-mile four-seam fastball on the third pitch in the ball count 1B1S.
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After that, Bae Ji-hwan was safe at second base due to the opponent's infield error when Matt Gorsky grounded out after one out. Gorsky also lived at first base. There was a chance with one out and runners on first and second bases. Bae Ji-hwan scored the team's first goal by coming home with a fast base run when the third batter Darick Hall hit the middle.
Bae Ji-hwan, who stepped down with an infield grounder at his second at-bat in the top of the second inning, came out to the third at-bat in the top of the fourth inning with two outs and a runner on first base, trailing 1-7 and faced Matthews again.
This time again, he won the game on the fourth pitch. After watching the 96.3-mile fastball strike on the first pitch, he swung and missed on the 91.7-mile cutter on the second pitch and picked up a 96.7-mile-high fastball on the third pitch to become a ball count of 1B2S.
When Matthews' fourth pitch cutter (92.2 miles) came into the strike zone outside, Bae Ji-hwan's bat went out. I got caught right again this time. It was a hard hit (straight hit) with a batting speed of 106.6 miles (about 172 kilometers per hour).
Bae Ji-hwan, who went to first base, immediately succeeded in stealing second base. It was a successful steal in four consecutive games. But this time, he didn't make it to the groove.
Bae Ji-hwan completed a three-hit game against the changed pitcher Travis Adams in the top of the sixth inning. Again, the game ended in three pitches. I hit the third cutter at ball count 2B. It was a hit with a batting speed of 104.7 miles. Bae Ji-hwan failed to achieve a four-hit game by hitting an infield grounder in his last at-bat in the top of the ninth inning.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
