Rookie, exciting and fast player in less than a month. Then, he settled down to second base like a shot, Kim Hye-sung stole 100% success rate

May 25, 2025

LA Dodgers Kim Hye-sung has stolen all four times this season. AP Yonhap News

LA Dodgers Kim Hye-sung is taking fielding training before the game. AP Yonhap News

Los Angeles Dodgers' Kim Hye-sung played as a pinch runner and succeeded in stealing.

Kim Hye-sung is waiting on the bench after Miguel Rojas walked after one out in the top of the eighth inning, trailing 2-4 in an away game against the New York Mets at Queens City Field in New York on the 25th (Korea time) He was used as a pinch runner.

At this time, the local broadcaster will enter instead of Miguel Rojas as a pinch runner. He's a rookie who's been here for less than a month, but he's an exciting and fast player" he introduced.

Then, with Shohei Ohtani striking out and the opposing pitcher replaced by closer Edwin Diaz, Kim Hye-sung succeeded in stealing second base at Mookie Betts' at-bat. When Diaz's second 89-mile slider hit a body strike in One Strike, he quickly ran to second base and advanced to headfirst sliding. Mets catcher Luis Torrens didn't even make a throwing move at all.

It is the first time in nine days that Kim Hye-sung added a stolen base since the game against Athletics on the 16th. He has successfully stolen four times this season, and his success rate is 100 percent.

Mookie Betts is regretful after striking out the rookie in the eighth inning. AFP Yonhap News

However, as Betts struck out, Kim Hye-sung was not more advanced. Kim Hye-sung entered second base when defending in the bottom of the eighth inning.

The Dodgers eventually failed to catch up and fell to their knees 2-5. Ohtani went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts and his batting average fell below 300. He marked a batting average of 0.296 (60 hits in 203 at-bats), 17 homers, 31 RBIs, 53 runs, 11 steals, and 1.021 OPS.

In the top of the second inning, the Dodgers scored two runs first with Kike Hernandez's timely hit and Dalton Rushing's ground ball in front of the catcher with one out and runners on the first and second bases. However, the Mets recovered one run with Brett Beitty's timely hit in the bottom of the second inning, turned the tide to 4-2 with Starling Marte's infield hit and Juan Soto's two-run double in the bottom of the fourth inning, and then fled one more run with Beitty's double in the eighth inning with one out and runners on the first and second bases.

Shohei Otani is also striking out swinging at his last at-bat in the top of the eighth inning. AFP Yonhap News

Mets starter David Peterson pitched seven ⅔ innings, his most tie in his career, and became a winning pitcher with five hits and two runs. Peterson, in particular, faced Ohtani four times and struck out three. In the first at-bat in the first inning, a low slider in the outside, a low slider in the middle in the fifth inning, and a slider in the outer strike zone in the eighth inning each induced a swing and miss strikeout.

Dodgers starter Tony Gonsolin, on the other hand, lost the game by allowing seven hits and four runs in five innings. We're going to end our three-game winning streakJuss maintained the top spot in the NL West with a 32-20 record. Still two games behind the second-place San Francisco Giants (30-22).

The Mets remained second in the NL East with 31 wins and 21 losses. Soto, who wore a Mets uniform for 15 years and 765 million dollars, the highest in sports history last winter, went 2 for 5 and 2 RBIs, breaking his silence for 2 consecutive games.