Mixed Destiny
Kim Ha-sung 3 hits, Bae Ji-hwan leaves after protesting
Pittsburgh's Bae Ji-hwan protested after the referee ruled a strike during the 2023 Major League Baseball (MLB) Pittsburgh Pirates-San Diego Padres game at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on the 27th (local time).
The fate of Kim Ha-sung (28, San Diego Padres) and Bae Ji-hwan (24, Pittsburgh Pirates), who faced off in the U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB), were mixed.
Pittsburgh beat San Diego 9-4 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on the 27th (local time).
Kim Ha-sung and Bae Ji-hwan started side by side as second baseman on the day, but they were completely opposite.
Kim Ha-sung, who played as the first batter, hit a left-handed hit in the first inning, a clean two-run timely hit in the second inning, and another hit in the seventh inning, raising his season's batting average to 0.258 and increasing his season's RBI to 28.
He hit a slow curve and a cut fastball by left-handed veteran pitcher Rich Hill to record a multi-hit (more than two hits in one game).
However, despite hits in the first and seventh innings, he could no longer advance due to a double play by Fernando Tatis Jr., a follow-up hitter.
Kim Ha-sung, who hits.
On the other hand, Bae Ji-hwan, who had been sluggish recently, seemed to make a comeback by harvesting one RBI as the seventh batter, but eventually remained hitless in two at-bats.
As a result, Bae Ji-hwan has been silent for eight consecutive games since the game against the Milwaukee Brewers on the 19th, and his season batting average has fallen to 0.239. In the third and fifth innings, he struck out consecutively.
Bae Ji-hwan also suffered the humiliation of being sent off while protesting the referee's strike decision.
He protested strongly when the referee ruled the ball out of the strike zone in his fourth at-bat in the bottom of the sixth inning as a strike. In response, the referee ordered Bae Ji-hwan to leave immediately. 스포츠토토
Bae Ji-hwan argued with the referee even before entering the dugout, and Pittsburgh manager Derek Shelton had to run out of the dugout and stop the argument.
Pittsburgh manager Derek Shelton (center) stops the referee and Bae Ji-hwan from arguing.
Meanwhile, the game was neck and neck, with 27 hits in both teams. In San Diego, a total of three players, including Kim Ha-sung, hit multi-hits, while in Pittsburgh, six players, including Andrew McCutchin and Carlos Santana, who had three hits, recorded multi-hits.