Kim Ha-seong, 1 hit in 4 at-bats against Cubs… The team hits a walk-off home run and loses
Cubs Japanese pitcher Imanaga allowed 2 runs in 7 innings, resulting in an ERA of 1.08.
Ha-seong Kim (28, San Diego Padres) lost a match against Shota Imanaga (Chicago Cubs), a Japanese pitcher who is causing a sensation in this year’s Major League Baseball (MLB).
After Imanaga came off the mound, he hit for the first time in two games against a reliever.
Ha-seong Kim started as the 7th hitter and shortstop in the 2024 MLB visiting game against the Cubs held at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA on the 8th (Korean time) and hit 1 hit in 4 at-bats. 온라인카지노
His season batting average rose slightly from 0.209 to 0.210.
Imanaga, who appeared as a starter for the Cubs, is a left-handed pitcher who played for the Yokohama DeNA Baystars of the Japanese professional baseball team until last year.
Ha-seong Kim was unable to get a hit against Imanaga, who had been very active with 5 wins and an ERA of 0.78 in 6 starts before today’s game.
In his first at-bat with one out and runners on first base in the second inning, he was out due to a fly ball to right field, and struck out on a foul tip in the fifth inning.
He retired in the 7th inning on a fly ball to left field.
In the final at-bat of the 9th inning, with the score tied at 2-2, Ha-seong Kim hit a ball toward the body of Cubs right-handed reliever Hector Neris and reached base with a single in front of center field.
Ha-Seong Kim advanced to second base on Luis Campusano’s walk with two outs, but failed to score as Jackson Merrill retired with an infield ground ball.
San Diego, which was down 0-1 without scoring a run until the 7th inning due to Imanaga’s pitching, turned the game around 2-1 in the top of the 8th inning with a single by leadoff hitter Luis Aráes and a home run by Juriksson Profar.
However, in the bottom of the 8th inning, with no outs on first and third base, Christopher Morel hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game, and Eniel de los Santos, who came on the mound in the bottom of the 9th, hit a walk-off home run to Cubs leadoff hitter Michael Bush, losing the game 2-3.
Cubs starting pitcher Shota Imanaga, who allowed 7 hits, 1 walk, 8 strikeouts, and 2 runs in 7 innings, threw away the win with a home run.