No outs man base connected by Lee Jung-hoo → Korean face-to-face SF in 495 days after Kim Ha-sung's diving catch prevented 6 consecutive losses and 2 consecutive TB wins
Aug 16, 2025
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Lee Jung-hoo and Kim Ha-sung, who were comrades in the KBO, faced off for the first time this season. In the at-bat, Lee Jung-hoo scored one hit, one walk, one stolen base, and Kim Ha-sung scored one hit and one run in four at-bats, respectively. The victory was taken by Tampa Bay. Seven to six.
In particular, Kim Ha-sung led the team's victory by blocking runs with a decisive defense in the tie.
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In his first at-bat in the bottom of the second inning, when the score was tied at 1-1, Lee Jung-hoo picked up a 92.2-mile slider from the 5th pitch in 3B1S against Tampa Bay right-hander Joe Boyle and walked out. The walk came 12 days after the game against the New York Mets on the 4th.
He then stole second base at Christian Koss' at-bat and created a scoring position. When Boyle threw the first pitch on the course and checked it once, Lee Jung-hoo quickly ran to second base as soon as his second pitch 98.9-mile fastball became a strike on his body, safely. He added a steal in 12 days after the game against the Mets on the 4th, recording nine in the season.
Lee Jung-hoo then scored a 2-1 lead when Kos hit a double that fell on the right-wing line.
In the second at-bat with one out and second base in the third inning with a 4-3 lead, Lee Jung-hoo, who left a regret after being grounded out to the third base, was grounded out to the first base with two outs in the fifth inning when the score was 6-6.
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Then, the course hit the leg by the dominant hitter's ball and loaded the bases with no outs. It was a great opportunity for San Francisco to score at least one or two points.
The next batter is left-handed Patrick Bailey. Bailey hit a 99.6-mile straight hit to the left on a 94.3-mile outside fastball on the fourth pitch of the dominant hit. At this time, Kim Ha-sung, who was on the left side of the second base, blew himself up and managed to catch the ball and tied all the runners. A hit ball was blocked by Kim Ha-sung's quick movements.
Then, when Drew Gilbert grounded out to first base, third baseman Tyler Fitzgerald was forced out of the home and Elliott Ramos grounded out to third base, San Francisco failed to score a point.
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San Francisco again had a chance to second base with no outs in the bottom of the ninth inning with a double to left-center by the leadoff Rafael Devers, but all three subsequent hitters stepped down with a mistake and fell to their knees, destroying the opportunity to tie the game. He remained silent with no hits in six at-bats in two innings in the eighth and ninth innings.
Kim Ha-sung hit an infield fence between the pitcher and the third baseman with one out and runners on the first and second bases in the top of the fourth inning, and then homered on the follow-up to tie the score 6-6.
Lee Jung-hoo, who succeeded in hitting in four consecutive games, recorded a batting average of 0.257 (112 hits in 435 at-bats), six home runs, 46 RBIs, 60 runs, 39 walks, nine steals, and an OPS of 0.730. Kim Ha-sung, who had hits in two consecutive games, hit a batting average of 0.211 (15 hits in 71 at-bats), two home runs, five RBIs, five runs, five steals, and an OPS of 0.638.
San Francisco, which has been mired in a six-game losing streak, failed to escape fourth place in the NL West with 59 wins and 63 losses, while Tampa Bay won two consecutive games and maintained fourth place in the AL East with 60 wins and 63 losses. Both teams have already given up the playoffs since mid-July.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
