Hye-sung did not shine, and the Dodgers lost again. Kim Hye-sung had no hits in four at-bats against Milwaukee, and the Dodgers also lost 78

Jul 20, 2025

Hye-sung did not shine, and the Dodgers lost again. Kim Hye-sung had no hits in four at-bats against Milwaukee, and the Dodgers also lost 78



Hye-sung did not shine, and the Dodgers lost again. Kim Hye-sung had no hits in four at-bats against Milwaukee, and the Dodgers also lost 78
The slump of the Los Angeles Dodgers, which once dominated the Western Division of the National League (NL) with the highest major league win rate, is unusual.

The Dodgers have won only two games in their last 10 games. Amid the team's overall pitching and hitting, Kim Hye-sung, who started for the second consecutive time in the second half, was also silent with no hits in four at-bats.

Kim Hye-sung started the home game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California on the morning of the 20th (Korea time), as he did the previous day, but was sluggish with no hits in four at-bats. He also struck out two. As a result, Kim's batting average for the season fell from 0.342 to 0.331 (39 hits in 118 times at bat).




Hye-sung did not shine, and the Dodgers lost again. Kim Hye-sung had no hits in four at-bats against Milwaukee, and the Dodgers also lost 78
The Dodgers, which suffered an 0-2 Youngbong defeat the previous day due to scattered three hits and no runs, also lost again on the same day. This time, the batters scored seven runs by hitting 10 hits, including three home runs, but the pitchers collapsed with eight runs, kneeling 7-8. As a result, the Dodgers have been unable to escape a slump of 2-8 in 10 games, including their last two consecutive losses.

The San Diego Padres and the San Francisco Giants, who are contenders for the NL West rankings, also lost side by side on the same day, maintaining their victory. It is still 4.5 games behind second-place San Diego. However, the Dodgers' pitching and hitting have reached a point where it cannot be taken lightly. Milwaukee, on the other hand, won nine consecutive games, trailing the Chicago Cubs, the leader of the National League Central, by one game.

Kim Hye-sung, who had one hit in two at-bats the previous day, came to the plate for the first time in the bottom of the second inning with two outs and a runner on first base. The Milwaukee starter was ace Freddie Peralta. Kim Hye-sung carefully continued the game until the sixth pitch. In ball count 2B2S, he hit a 97.6 mile (about 157km) fastball that came into the full course outside the sixth pitch. It was a hard hit and a positive hit with a batting speed of 98.4 miles (about 158 kilometers).




Hye-sung did not shine, and the Dodgers lost again. Kim Hye-sung had no hits in four at-bats against Milwaukee, and the Dodgers also lost 78
A hit that would have been a hit if the direction of the hit had been slightly sideways. Unfortunately, however, Kim Hye-sung's ball went straight to Milwaukee center fielder Blake Perkins. It is commendable that he connected the 97-mile-plus fastball with a straight hit. However, a hit without a hit is just an out hit.

Kim Hye-sung came out as the leadoff hitter at the bottom of the fourth inning, trailing 4-5, and faced Peralta again. This time, I was beaten by a changeup. Kim Hye-sung, who swung and missed on a changeup falling toward his body on the second pitch following the first pitch, extended his bat to the outside changeup on the third pitch and hit a ground ball to shortstop. Timing was taken off-speed pitches by Peralta.

Even after Peralta went down the mound after the fifth inning, Kim Hye-sung's hit did not come out.




It was his third at-bat in the bottom of the sixth inning with one out and one on the first base. The opposing pitcher was Aaron Ashby, a left-handed bullpen. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts had a left-handed bullpen pitcher, but he left Kim Hye-sung without replacing him. In the game against Milwaukee the previous day, he used a pinch-hitter against a left-handed bullpen pitcher without Kim Hye-sung in the eighth inning. Since the operation's failure, there have been criticisms of the decision to change Kim Hye-sung, who has a good batting sense.

Manager Roberts did not change Kim Hye-sung against the left-handed pitcher as if aware of this. However, the result was a swing and miss strikeout. In 1B2S, he was completely fooled by the low slider on the outside and swung greatly.

Kim Hye-sung then met another Milwaukee left-handed bullpen pitcher Jared Koenig after one out in the bottom of the eighth inning when he followed 6-8. Again, the result is a strikeout. At the ball count of 1B2S, he missed the bat on the high sinker on the body for the fourth pitch.

Hye-sung did not shine, and the Dodgers lost again. Kim Hye-sung had no hits in four at-bats against Milwaukee, and the Dodgers also lost 78
Hye-sung did not shine, and the Dodgers lost again. Kim Hye-sung had no hits in four at-bats against Milwaukee, and the Dodgers also lost 78
After Kim Hye-sung's strikeout, the Dodgers followed with Miguel Rojas' solo home run to 7-8. However, the next batter, Shohei Ohtani, failed to tie the score by only hitting a fly ball to center field. In the bottom of the ninth inning, all three batters were hit with a mistake and suffered a one-run defeat.

Meanwhile, Ohtani reported his first home run in the second half by hitting a two-run home run over the middle wall at the bottom of the third inning with no outs and runners on first base when trailing 0-4. Ohtani, who recorded his 33rd home run of the season, returned to the third place in the Major League home run category and tied for the lead in home runs in the National League. The No. 1 home run in the league is Cal Raleigh (Seattle Mariners), who hit 38 home runs. Ohtani's rival Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees is hitting 35.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.