Coach Roberts is reported every day, Kim Hye-sung, who survived 2G consecutive doubles, hit a batting average in the 10% range

Apr 03, 2025

Coach Roberts is reported every day, Kim Hye-sung, who survived 2G consecutive doubles, hit a batting average in the 10% range
Triple A Oklahoma City Kim Hye-sung hits a double in the bottom of the fourth inning against El Paso on the 3rd (Korea time). Photo = MiLB.TV Capture



Coach Roberts is reported every day, Kim Hye-sung, who survived 2G consecutive doubles, hit a batting average in the 10% range
L.A. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts. ImagesYonhap News
Kim Hye-sung, who is improving his condition in the minor league under the LA Dodgers, is improving his adaptability to U.S. baseball.

Kim Hye-sung, a member of the Triple-A Oklahoma City Comets, started the home game against El Paso Chihuahua (under the San Diego Padres) at Chikaso Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, Texas on the 3rd (Korea time) and contributed to a 9-4 victory by hitting one hit, one RBI, one run and one walk from three times at bat.

Kim Hye-sung, who has played in five consecutive games since the opening match against the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (under Houston Astros) on the 29th of last month, hit a double and a triple against Sugar Land on the 30th, hitting 2 hits and 4 RBIs in 3 at-bats, but failed to continue her momentum as she had no hits in 3 at-bats against Sugar Land on the 31st.




However, against El Paso on the 2nd, Kim Hye-sung, who hit a double to the left in the 6th inning by pushing a 90.5-mile sinker that came into the high course outside Tom Cosgrove's first pitch, also hit a double on the same day, showing off her strong batting sense with a double for two consecutive games.

With this, Kim began to show quite impressive figures in five Triple-A games, with a batting average of 0.235 (4 hits in 17 at-bats), five RBIs, three runs scored, three walks, four strikeouts and an OPS of 0.910.

Coach Roberts is reported every day, Kim Hye-sung, who survived 2G consecutive doubles, hit a batting average in the 10% range
Kim Hye-sung hits in an exhibition game against the Texas Rangers on the 7th of last month (Korea time). AP Yonhap News
Kim Hye-sung walked to get on base in his first at-bat in the bottom of the second inning when he was 0-0. With a ball count of 3B1S, he picked out an 83.9-mile slider on the body of the opponent's left-hander Austin Crop on the fifth pitch. After two outs, Kim Hye-sung, who went to second base with Ryan Ward's hit and Austin Godier's walk to third base, did not reach home.




Kim Hye-sung then hit a double as a leadoff hitter in the bottom of the fourth inning, trailing 0-2. At the ball count of 2B2S, left-hander Jake Higinbottom's 82.3 mile slider that fell toward the body on the fifth pitch was lightly pushed to lead to a double that fell in left-center. The ball was thrown back by the opponent's left fielder, Tirso Ornellas, while trying to catch a dive, and Kim Hye-sung settled on second base with ease. his third double of the season.

Oklahoma City went on to tie the score at 2-2 when Hunter Pedusia and Ward walked back-to-back to get a bases-loaded chance, and Godier doubled to bring Kim Hye-sung and Pedusia home. Since then, Oklahoma City hitters have pushed the opponent's mound without hesitation.

With the bases loaded with no outs, the opposing pitcher's wild pitch turned the tide to 3-2, and with the bases loaded with no outs, Eddie Rosario's two-run timely hit and Michael Chavis' two-run triple made a 7-2 run. Kim Hye-sung then went back to the batter's box and hit a grounder to shortstop to bring Chavis home to widen the gap to 8-2. Oklahoma City scored nine runs in the fourth inning alone, which started with Kim Hye-sung's double.




Kim Hye-sung hit a double play by the first baseman in the sixth inning with one out and a runner on the first base.

Coach Roberts is reported every day, Kim Hye-sung, who survived 2G consecutive doubles, hit a batting average in the 10% range
In the LA Dodgers, utility fielders are all in a slump, and Kim Hye-sung's call-up may be pulled. AP Yonhap News
However, Kim Hye-sung made two errors in defense, leaving a regret. He caught and missed Luis Campusano's ground ball in the top of the first inning, and in the eighth inning with a 9-3 lead, he received a toss from second baseman Godier, who caught Oscar Gonzalez's ground ball from second base, and misled it to first base, eventually leading to a run.

The Dodgers won the Atlanta Braves 6-5 with Shohei Ohtani's walk-off home run and won the opening eight consecutive games, raising the mood, but we cannot ignore the sluggishness of some hitters. In particular, Kim Hye-sung's competitors, Kiké Hernandez (2 for 19, 0.105), Andy Pazs (3 for 25, 0.120), Miguel Rojas (1 for 16, 0.063) and Chris Taylor (3 for 3) are all showing extreme sluggishness at bat.

Manager Dave Roberts is being briefed on Kim Hye-sung's game every day. Roberts sent Kim Hye-sung to Triple-A and called for "Adapt to the modified swing form and improve your ability to cope with the fast ball." It is unlikely to be called up right away, but if he consistently makes hits, he may make his big league debut before the end of April.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.