Kim Hye-sung advances to the NLCS with 3 wins and 1 loss in the series by beating Kim Hye-sung, a pinch runner in the 11th inning → the closing score Dodgers beat PHI 2-1 to advance to the NLCS
Oct 10, 2025
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The Dodgers advanced to the NL Championship Series (CS) with a 3-1 victory thanks to Kim Hye-sung's walk-off score in the 11th inning of Game 4 of the NL Division Series (DS) against the Philadelphia Phillies at Dodger Stadium on the 10th (Korea time).
The Dodgers will play the best-of-seven NLCS against the Milwaukee Brewers-Chicago Cubs from the 14th.
The tight pitching battle, including good pitching by the starting pitchers of both teams, continued into extra time.
In the bottom of the 11th inning, when the 1-1 balance continued, the Dodgers took advantage of a mistake missed by right-hander Orian Kirkering against a ground ball hit by Andy Pazs in the middle of the 11th inning with Tommy Edman's left-handed hit, Max Muncy's heavy hit and Kike Hernandez's walk, and third baseman Kim Hye-sung, who was used as a pinch runner, stepped home.
Kim Hye-sung, who will make his first postseason appearance as a pinch runner for first baseman Edman, advanced to third base with Muncy's heavy hit and then stepped home without sliding while the kicker missed and barely threw home. Kim Hye-sung's walk-off score due to Kirkering's walk-off error.
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It was Philadelphia that broke the tight 0-0 balance.
Philadelphia scored the first run in the top of the seventh. Leading hitter JT Realmuto opened the door by knocking on Emmett Sieon, who was the Dodgers' second pitcher, with a clean heavy hit. Realmuto was then forced out of second base when Max Kepler grounded out to first base, but Sian, who entered the base cover, made a catch error that put shortstop Mookie Betts' throw to first base, and the batter advanced to second base.
Nick Castejanos then hit a double that flowed along the left-field line and brought Kepler home.
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Sasaki, who took the mound in the top of the eighth inning when the score was 1-1, won his first major league postseason victory by blocking him with no hits and no runs in three innings until the 10th inning of extra time. In addition, he continued his scoreless streak in four and five ⅓ innings this postseason.
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Ohtani, the designated hitter of the leadoff, had no hits and one walk in three at-bats.
In the bottom of the first inning, Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Christopher Sanchez's 94.9-mile first-pitch sinker was missed, and he stepped down with a fly to third baseman.
In the third inning, Philadelphia third baseman Alec Bohm hit a ground ball to the left with two outs and a runner on the first base, making an error to put it back. He struck out in the third at-bat in the sixth inning, when the tight balance of 0-0 continued, and in the bottom of the seventh inning, he got on base with four pitches on purpose with two outs and runners on the second and third bases.
In the bottom of the 10th inning of extra time, he struck out the fifth at-bat with a rookie strikeout. I stood and watched the opponent's left-hander Jesus Luzardo's 89.2-mile strike that fell outside the third pitch on the two-strike.
Kim finally got her first chance to play in the Major League on the day. When Edman got on base with a left-handed hit in the bottom of the 11th inning of extra time when the score was 1-1, manager Dave Roberts used Kim Hye-sung as a pinch runner. Kim Hye-sung, who sat on the bench until the second game of the WCS and the first to third games of the DS, will be the last of the 15 fielders on the Dodgers DS roster.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
