A shocking batting average of 0.150 Bae Ji-hwan, 2G consecutive four-for-4 hits, 2K. I can't stand Triple-A, let alone Major League Baseball
Apr 14, 2025
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Bae Ji-hwan, who belongs to the Indianapolis Indians, a minor league Triple-A team under the Pittsburgh Pirates, showed weakness in fastballs again, and only had no hits in four at-bats and two strikeouts in two consecutive games. His batting average fell to 0.150 (3 hits in 20 at-bats). It is impossible to re-enter the Major League. Especially for 20 at-bats
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Indianapolis, which collapsed to the bullpen due to poor leadoff Bae Ji-hwan, allowed a tie in the bottom of the ninth inning with a 4-3 lead. However, after scoring two points in the top of the 10th inning of extra time, he won the game 6-5.
On this day, Bae Ji-hwan struck out the opponent's right-hander Chase Petty (22) in a row at his first at-bat as a leadoff hitter in the top of the first inning and his second at-bat after one out in the top of the third inning. Including the last strikeout at bat in the top of the seventh inning of the game the previous day, it is a strikeout of three consecutive at-bats. This means that serious problems are exposed to both batting choices and swings.
Bae Ji-hwan also started as the first left fielder in the game against Louisville held the previous day and had no hits in four at-bats and only two strikeouts. Aaron Wilkerson, who played for the Lotte Giants in the KBO League in the 2023-2024 season, came out as the opponent's starter, and he was completely defeated by striking out swinging in the first inning, a grounder to the second base in the second at-bat in the third inning, and a fly ball to the left field in the top of the fifth inning.
Bae Ji-hwan was then helplessly struck out by a 95.9-mile fastball that came into the seventh pitch after a full count match by the opponent's third pitcher Josber Zulueta in the seventh inning. It was close to the body strike zone, but the strike was declared. As a result, the batting average, which had risen to 0.250 with hits in the previous two consecutive games, fell to the .10 range (0.188).
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First at bat in the top of the first inning. Opponent starter Petty is a pitcher he met in his first game since Bae Ji-hwan was demoted to a minor league on the 9th.
Even then, Bae struggled with Petty's fastball. He faced Perry in three at-bats (1, 3rd and 4th innings), but struck out two and grounded out to first base. I couldn't timing Perry's 96-98-mile four-seam fastball at all.
It was the same day. Petty threw all fours in the first game of the first inning like he did in the last game. The location was all formed above the zone, but Badgehwan could not take advantage of it. First ball, second ball foul, third ball strike, fourth ball. In the ball count of 2B2S, he struck out swinging at a four-core of 96.4 miles (about 155 kilometers) per hour, which was high on the body for the fifth time.
He then struck out three pitches in his second at-bat after one out in the top of the third inning when he faced 0-0.
Following the first pitch four-seam strike, the second slider on the body is a foul. He missed the bat again to the 96.3-mile four-seam on the third high course. The fast ball entering the high course now seems to have solidified into Bae Ji-hwan's swing and miss zone.
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Bae Ji-hwan, who came out as the leadoff hitter in the top of the eighth inning, trailing 0-2, finally recorded his first on-base on the day. Louisville's third pitcher, Joseph LaSorsa, who took the mound in the eighth inning, was lucky to take the first base by throwing four consecutive balls.
Bae Ji-hwan's on base was meaningful, even though it was thanks to the opposing pitcher's poor control of the ball. The silent Indianapolis lineup opened its eyes. After Bae Ji-hwan's walk, Nick Solak's timely double to the left broke out, and Bae Ji-hwan scored his team's first point. Matt Gorsky's timely double to the left with two outs and a runner on the second base finally tied the score at 2-2.
Indianapolis continued to turn the tables with a timely hit to the left by Reover Peguero, and scored four points while Billy Cook's fly ball was missed by the opponent's center fielder due to a catch error. It was a big inning made by Bae Ji-hwan's on-base.
However, Indianapolis failed to keep its victory in the bottom of the eighth and ninth innings as the bullpen gave up one run each. In the end, the game went into extra time. Indianapolis scored one run with leadoff hitter Malcolm Nunes' timely double in the top of the 10th inning, which started at second base with no outs, and third base runner Nunes came home and scored two runs during Gorski's double play in front of the shortstop.
He then gave up one run in the bottom of the 10th inning, but Isaac Matson struck out one and ended the game with a three-way strikeout in the crisis of first and second bases.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
