Yamamoto yesterday, Kikuchi pitcher again today, Kim Ha-sung 1 hit, 1 walk, 0.222TB 15 LAA

Aug 05, 2025

Yamamoto yesterday, Kikuchi pitcher again today, Kim Ha-sung 1 hit, 1 walk, 0.222TB 15 LAA
Kim Ha-sung hits a right-handed hit against Kikuchi in the top of the first inning. AP Yonhap News



Yamamoto yesterday, Kikuchi pitcher again today, Kim Ha-sung 1 hit, 1 walk, 0.222TB 15 LAA
LA Angels Kikuchi Yusei. ImagesYonhap News
Tampa Bay Rays Kim Ha-sung scored a hit against a Japanese pitcher for two consecutive days.

Kim Ha-sung played second base twice in the first three consecutive away games against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium on the 5th (Korea time) and recorded 1 hit and 1 walk in 3 at-bats. Tampa Bay lost 1-5.

With this, Kim Ha-sung marked a batting average of 0.222 (10 hits in 45 at-bats), one home run, three RBIs, three runs, six walks, four steals, and an OPS of 0.625.




Kim Ha-sung produced a hit in his first at-bat.

Lead Yandi Diaz doubled to the right to open the scoring. Kim Ha-sung then pushed an 88.6-mile slider that flew outside Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi's fourth pitch in the ball count 2B1S and hit a clean hit that fell into a line drive in front of right field. The batting speed is 96.7 miles, and Hardheed.

Tampa Bay scored the first run with Junior Caminero's sacrifice fly to center field in a chance with no outs and runners on the first and third bases made by Kim Ha-sung's hit.




Yamamoto yesterday, Kikuchi pitcher again today, Kim Ha-sung 1 hit, 1 walk, 0.222TB 15 LAA
Kim Ha-seo is playing a double play in the bottom of the 6th inning. AP Yonhap News
Yamamoto yesterday, Kikuchi pitcher again today, Kim Ha-sung 1 hit, 1 walk, 0.222TB 15 LAA
Kim Ha-sung. AP Yonhap News
Kim Ha-sung returned on the 2nd after overcoming a back injury and recorded 2 hits in 11 at-bats in three consecutive home games against the Los Angeles Dodgers. In particular, in the game on the 4th, he beat Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto with a left-handed hit in the bottom of the sixth inning. On this day, Kikuchi became a victim.

Kim Ha-sung stepped down with a fly ball to right field in the third inning, trailing 1-2. At the ball count of 2B2S, he hit a high curve in the middle of Kikuchi's 80.6 miles, but right fielder Joe Adele moved to the right and caught it.

After two outs in the fifth inning, trailing 1-4, he only grounded out to second base in his third at-bat.




Then, in the eighth inning, when the score gap widened to 1-5, he went out as the leadoff hitter and drew a straight walk from the opponent's right-hander Ryan Zephyrzan. However, he failed to reach home due to a failed follow-up hit.

Tampa Bay scored the first run in the first inning, but after the Angels turned the tables with Joe Adele's two-run homer in the bottom of the second inning, Taylor Ward hit a heavy hit with runners on the second and third bases with no outs in the third inning and took the lead to a 4-1 run. The Angels then added one more run with Jack Neto's double in the bottom of the sixth inning.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.