Kim Hye-sung's 4th at-bats hitless silence 0.337 Yamamoto 5 runs sank LAD 4 consecutive times

Jul 08, 2025

Kim Hye-sung's 4th at-bats hitless silence 0.337 Yamamoto 5 runs sank LAD 4 consecutive times
LA Dodgers second baseman Kim Hye-sung handles Jackson Churio's fly in the fifth inning against the Milwaukee Brewers on the 8th (Korea time). UPI Yonhap News



Los Angeles Dodgers' Kim Hye-sung started for two consecutive games, but failed to get a hit.

Kim Hye-sung started the first game of the three away games against the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field on the 8th (Korea time) and was silent with no hits in four at-bats. The Dodgers were completely defeated 1-9 due to the collapse of starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

Kim Hye-sung, who was listed in the starting lineup again following the Houston Astros match the previous day, struggled, striking out two without hitting well.




With this, Kim Hye-sung posted a batting average of 0.337 (33 hits in 98 at-bats) and an OPS of 0.80.

Kim Hye-sung seems to have been guaranteed to start for the third consecutive game as second baseman Tommy Edman decided to stay on the bench against Milwaukee on the 9th due to a toe injury. However, Edman will be back on the bench on the 10th when he returns.

Kim Hye-sung's 4th at-bats hitless silence 0.337 Yamamoto 5 runs sank LAD 4 consecutive times
Kim Hye-sung preparing for the game. ImagesYonhap News
Kim Hye-sung was out with a fly ball to center field in the top of the second inning with two outs and a runner on second base, trailing 0-5. After two outs, Michael Confoto got on base with a double in left-center to create a scoring chance, but Kim Hye-sung hit right-hander Freddie Peralta's 96.6-mile fastball on a two-ball to center field.




In the fifth inning, when the 0-5 inferiority continued, he was the leadoff hitter and struck out swinging. Feralta's third pitch outside off a high 94.9 mph fastball in the two strikes.

In the third at-bat in the seventh inning, trailing 0-7, lead Confoto walked to get on base, but struck out again. He got a rookie strikeout by just letting go of a 98.5 mile outside fastball strike on the fourth pitch in 1B2S against right-hander Aaron Asheavy.

In the ninth inning, trailing 1-9, Kim Hye-sung entered as the leadoff hitter and grounded out to second base.




Kim Hye-sung's 4th at-bats hitless silence 0.337 Yamamoto 5 runs sank LAD 4 consecutive times
Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto is being replaced after a sluggish pitch in the first inning. AP Yonhap News
Dodgers starter Yamamoto collapsed by allowing five runs in the first inning. Yamamoto, who was hit by a right double by leadoff Sal Frelik, walked William Contreras on a full count and then hit Jackson Churio and Christian Yelich, but allowed Andrew Vaughan to hit a three-run homer to left-center with two outs and runners on second and third bases. Vaughan pulled a high slider in the middle of 85.2 miles and well over the left-center fence.

Yamamoto then gave up a right-handed hit to Isaac Collins and a walk to Bryce Turang, leading Caleb Durbin to ground out after being driven to the first and second bases with two outs, but gave up one more point when shortstop Mookie Betts' bad pitch to the first base came out, and Andrew Monasterio gave up a timely hit to the right, widening the gap to 0-5.

In the end, the Dodgers bench lowered Yamamoto and put Jack Dryer on the mound to end the inning.

Milwaukee added two more runs in the bottom of the fifth inning due to Turang's left-handed hit and left fielder Confoto's home throwing error with two outs to take the lead 7-0.

For the second time this season, the NL West's leading Dodgers fell into a four-game losing streak, marking 56 wins and 36 losses.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.