Gently spin the 3-point home run, Kim Hye-sung, is this a big league swing? DH three hits, four RBIs, two runs scored, and demonstrated wildly

Apr 21, 2025

Gently spin the 3-point home run, Kim Hye-sung, is this a big league swing? DH three hits, four RBIs, two runs scored, and demonstrated wildly
Oklahoma City Kim Hye-sung hits a superior three-run home run in the fifth inning against Tacoma on the 21st (Korea time). Photo = MiLB.TV Capture



Gently spin the 3-point home run, Kim Hye-sung, is this a big league swing? DH three hits, four RBIs, two runs scored, and demonstrated wildly
LA 다저스 김혜성. AP Yonhap News
Kim Hye-sung, who is improving his adaptability in LA Dodgers Minor, continued his silent protest against manager Dave Roberts with a hard hit in a doubleheader.

Triple-A Oklahoma City Comets Kim Hye-sung played in a home doubleheader against the Tacoma Rainiers (under the Seattle Mariners) at Chikasovrigtown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, Texas on the 21st (Korea time), and played 4 at-bats, including a home run, 3 RBIs and 1 run, and 1 RBI and 1 run in 4 at-bats, including a walk-off score in the second game.

Oklahoma City tied for the lead in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League with Kim Hye-sung, who played leadoff shortstop and leadoff second baseman, winning 8-4 and 4-3, respectively, and winning three consecutive games, marking 14 wins and seven losses.




First of all, Kim Hye-sung scored a three-run shot in the bottom of the fifth inning with a close lead of 5-4 in the first game. Leading Ryan Ward's walk, Hunter Pedusia's left-handed hit, and Esteury Lewis' sacrifice bunt made it seem like Austin Gardier's swing and miss strikeout was going over the water.

However, Kim Hye-sung, who entered the batter's box, pulled an 85.6-mile slider that flew into the middle of the second pitch of the opponent's changed right-hander Will Cline and connected the right fence to a wedge arch that crossed the large parabola. He hit his fourth homer of the season with a shooting angle of 32 degrees and a hitting speed of 94 miles. The gently pulled ball didn't fly fast, but it fell into the bullpen behind the right fence with enough strength.

It is the first time in eight days that Kim Hye-sung hit a home run since he hit two home runs against Fresno on the 13th.




Gently spin the 3-point home run, Kim Hye-sung, is this a big league swing? DH three hits, four RBIs, two runs scored, and demonstrated wildly
Kim Hye-sung hits a home run in the fifth inning and is high-fiving with his teammates who homered first. Photo = MiLB.TV Capture
Kim Hye-sung, who stepped down with a fly ball to center field in his first at-bat in the bottom of the first inning, made a fly hit toward shortstop in his second at-bat with no outs and runners on first base in the second inning. On right-hander Michael Marriott, he hit a sinker in the middle of the 87.5 miles on the fourth pitch in the ball count 2B1S, hitting a high towards third base. The opponent shortstop fell to the foul line and caught and missed, leading to a hit. Kim Hye-sung, who advanced to second base due to Marriott's wild pitch, then went to third base due to Alex Freeland's sacrifice fly to left field, but failed to make it home due to the failure of the follow-up hit.

He struck out swinging in the third at-bat in the fourth inning, and hit a home run in the last at-bat in the fifth inning. The minor league doubleheader lasted until the seventh inning, so the at-bat no longer returned.

In the second game, he had a hit in his first at-bat. Ball count right-hander Logan Evans pushed a sweeper in the middle of 84.7 miles on the second pitch for a line drive hit that fell in front of left field. He then succeeded in stealing the second base, but the inning ended as it was because the follow-up hit did not break out.




In the second at-bat with one out and third base in the third inning when Kim Hye-sung was 0-0, he called in a third baseman with a pitcher ground ball and hit an RBI, and in the fifth inning, he struck out a rookie with one out and one out. In the seventh inning with two outs and a second base chance against 3-3, he was tricked by a sweeper falling toward right-handed Troy Taylor's body and struck out swinging.

Kim Hye-sung started the inning as a second baseman in the bottom of the eighth inning, successfully stole third base at the Pedusia at-bat, and then homered when Michael Chavis hit a finishing left-handed hit to end the game.

Kim Hye-sung, who hit hard in the doubleheader on the day and escaped his silence without hits in two consecutive games, recorded a batting average of 0.265 (22 hits in 83 at-bats), four home runs, 17 RBIs, 18 points, five walks, 25 strikeouts, 0.322 on-base percentage, 0.518 slugging percentage, and 0.840. Kim Hye-sung played in 19 games in Triple-A until this day and filled 92 at-bats.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.