Only Kim Hye-sung is on the screen, and even the most footed teammates in one game look reliable, this is ML-class defense
Jul 08, 2025
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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.
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 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.
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The first defense came in the bottom of the first inning. With two outs and runners on the first and third bases, Sal Frelic's fly floated high in front of the right field, and he stepped back to the right and caught it with ease. It's a put-out because he caught the out count himself.
In the second inning, William Contreras also took care of a fly raised to the right-center, and in the third inning, when the fly hit by leader Andrew Vaughan floated to center field, he signaled not to come to the center fielder James Outman, who ran forward, and caught it with ease. And after two outs, Bryce Turang's infield fly was moved slightly to the left to handle it.
In the fourth inning, Caleb Durbin's straight hit moved back to second base and caught it with a cheerful movement, and in the fifth inning, Jackson Churio's infield fly was handled at the internal and external borders.
In the seventh inning, Turang's ground ball was caught in reverse motion, threw it to first base, and took it out with ease to record Bodhisattva. In the eighth inning, he also handled Contreras' ordinary ground ball with two outs and a runner on the first base. In the process of catching eight out-counts, clean plays were outstanding.
Local broadcasting cameras drew attention with close-ups of Kim Hye-sung. I had no choice but to.
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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.
