Kim Hye-sung led with a decisive timely hit and pushed Ohtani to 3 scoreless inningsLAD's 7th consecutive loss in pitching and batting
Jul 13, 2025
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Kim Hye-sung started as the seventh second baseman in Game 2 of the three away games against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park on the 13th (Korea time) and led the way to a 2-1 victory by scoring one hit and one RBI from four times at bat.
Kim Hye-sung made a timely hit in the top of the sixth inning with a 1-0 lead, widening the gap to 2-0, and the Dodgers later allowed one run in the bottom of the eighth inning, eventually winning by one point. Kim Hye-sung's timely hit became the foundation for victory.
The Dodgers, who lost 7 to 8 due to San Francisco's Lee Jung-hoo's winning hit the previous day and lost 7 consecutive games in eight years since early September 2017 (11 consecutive losses), are again ahead with 3 wins and 2 losses against San Francisco this season. The Dodgers, which marked 57 wins and 39 losses this season, firmly maintained their lead in the NL West.
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Then, after Kim Hye-sung struck out swinging on San Francisco starter Landon Loop's high fastball, Tommy Edman hit a ground ball to second base, and Confoto homered.
Kim Hye-sung, who struck out swinging in the fourth inning with two outs and runners on the first and second bases, made a timely hit in the sixth inning to recover from the previous two at-bats. Confoto's left-handed hit after two outs, and the first and second base chance hit by a walk by Fazs.
Kim Hye-sung, who entered the third at-bat, then hit a 77.7 mile curve that fell low in the middle of Roofe's third pitch on a two-strike, hitting a line drive hit that fell in the left-center, bringing second baseman Confoto home. However, he was tagged out after being greedy until second base, leaving a regret.
Kim Hye-sung had a batting average of 0.345 (38 hits in 110 at-bats), 13 RBIs, 17 points, 11 steals, and an OPS of 0.858.
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Lee Jung-hoo, who started as the sixth center fielder, had no hits and one walk in three at-bats. Although he did not continue his momentum of three hits and three RBIs the previous day, he showed caution in picking up a straight walk from Dodgers starter Shohei Ohtani at his first at-bat.
Ohtani, who struck out all San Francisco hitters 1, 2 and 3 in the bottom of the first inning, handled Matt Chapman and Willie Adames, 4th, and 5th, respectively, with shortstop ground balls and third baseman foul flies in the second inning with a 1-0 lead, but Lee Jung-hoo's control was severely shaken. Sweepers, fastballs, cutters, and fastballs were all way out of the strike zone.
However, Lee Jung-hoo stepped down with a fly ball to center field in the bottom of the fourth inning when he was trailing 0-1, and was out with a fly ball to center field in the seventh inning when he was trailing 0-2. In particular, in the seventh inning, he hit right-hander Emmett Sheehan's 95.9-mile fastball and fired a powerful hit with an angle of 29 degrees and a batting speed of 98.4 miles, but center fielder Fazes stepped back and caught it 369 feet in front of the fence. Lee Jung-hoo struck out a rookie in his last at-bat in the ninth inning.
The batting average, which was raised to 0.251 the previous day, fell to 0.249 (85 hits in 342 at-bats) and the OPS fell to 0.716, respectively.
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He showed off his stable control by throwing 36 pitches and hitting 25 strikes, and his fastball speed of 23 pitches was up to 99.9 miles and an average of 97.8 miles. The average speed was a little slower than 98.4 miles in the season, but he cooked the Dodgers' lineup with a strong ball power.
In the bottom of the first inning, he struck out Mike Yastremski with a 98.9-mile-high fastball, Eliot Ramos with a 99.9-mile-high fastball, and Devers with a slider in the middle of 89.7 miles.
In the second inning, after two outs, he walked Lee Jung-hoo to the base and threw a 97.5-mile fastball toward Schmidt to catch him with a fly to shortstop. In the third inning, after two outs, Yastremski threw a 93.7 mile cutter into the middle and allowed a right-handed hit, but Ramos sprayed a 99.1-mile fastball toward his body to guide him to a fly ball to center field.
With this, Ohtani pitched nine innings in five games, marking five hits, two walks and 10 strikeouts, lowering his ERA to 1.00. Ohtani, who took the leadoff, was sluggish with no hits in four at-bats and two strikeouts.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
