San Diego Padres infielder Ha-seong Kim made the most of his leadoff role.
Kim went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, a stolen base, a double and two runs scored in the leadoff spot against the Miami Marlins on Sunday at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida. His season batting average remained at 2-for-4.
The team went on to win 10-1. Kim struck out swinging against Miami starter Jesus Rusardo in his first at-bat, but in his second at-bat, he stole second base on a wild pitch.
San Diego’s bats woke up in the third inning after Kim hit a 96.8-mile-per-hour (156 kilometers per hour) fastball into the left field seats for a two-run double.
After stealing second, Kim went on to steal third. He has now stolen a base in four straight games. It was Kim’s 10th stolen base of the season. Fernando Tatis Jr. followed with an RBI double to score Kim and tie the game at 1-1.
San Diego took a 2-1 lead in the fourth inning on a sacrifice fly by Brandon Dixon.
Kim flied out to left field with two outs in the fifth and drew a walk with runners on first and third in the sixth to make it a two-out game. In the bottom of the eighth, he flied out to left field.
After scoring one run in the fifth to take a 3-1 lead, San Diego broke the game open in the sixth. The Dodgers scored seven runs.
The first batter, Tatis Jr. drew a walk and Juan Soto struck out. But after Tatis Jr. stole second, Xander Bogaerts doubled to right field to put runners on second and third.메이저사이트
Dixon followed with a single up the middle, Jake Cronenwirth singled up the middle, and Gary Sanchez doubled to left-center.
Kim was next up, and after he drew a walk, Tatis Jr. came up to bat one spot in the batting order with the bases loaded and hit a three-run double to center field to make it 10-1.
Starter Joe Musgrove earned the win with six shutout innings.