Kim Ha-seong hit a game-tying two-run double, but the Dodgers failed to close the gap and lost their second straight game.

Kim went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, and two strikeouts in a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, on Thursday (June 14). He had gone 0-for-4 the day before (Nov. 13), but reached base twice in the very next game. He has a .286 batting average and an OPS of .830.

In his first at-bat, the aggressive hitting turned into a long ball. Kim led off the first inning with a double to left field off Arizona starter Brandon Forte. With a 3-1 count in his favor, he came in to work the count and didn’t miss a fastball. The first four pitches he saw were all fastballs, so he was able to get the timing right, and he got the fifth pitch to put runners on first and second with no outs.

A leadoff double to start the inning energized the San Diego bats. Fernando Tatis Jr. led off the inning with a single up the middle. When center fielder Alec Thomas chose to throw home, Tatis took advantage of the gap and raced to second. Arizona responded by cutting off the throw up the middle, but Tatis was quicker.

After Juan Soto grounded into a double play, Tatis stole third. Manny Machado followed with a double, and two batters later, Jake Cronenweth singled up the middle. San Diego jumped out to a comfortable 3-0 lead with five hits in the first inning, including a double by Ha-Sung Kim.

Kim reached base again in his second at-bat of the inning with a 3-1 lead. This time, he drew a walk with the bases loaded. With Porter’s pitches flying around, Kim showed patience. On a 3-1 pitch, he took a sweeper that went out of the zone. This time, however, it didn’t lead to a run. Tatis Jr. advanced to second on a grounder to shortstop, but Soto was thrown out at second.

In the fourth and sixth innings, he struck out in scoring position. In the fourth inning, he stood on an outside fastball with runners on first and second for a strikeout. In the sixth, he struck out on three pitches against Miguel Castro, the second pitcher he faced, with runners on first and second. All three pitches were sliders. Kim fouled off the first two pitches and was down 0-2 on the count. He swung wildly at a third slider.카지노사이트

With the score tied 4-4 in the eighth, he reached for a cutter from Luis Frias with the bases loaded, but it was caught on a grounder to third base.

San Diego’s offense was held scoreless in the eighth and ninth innings, while the bullpen collapsed and the Padres fell to Arizona, 4-5. Starter Seth Lugo pitched five innings of two-run ball. With a 3-2 lead, second starter Nick Martinez pitched well through the sixth, but gave up a two-run homer to Ruedes Gurriel Jr. in the seventh to tie the game at 4-4.

Third pitcher Robert Suarez took the loss when he gave up a sacrifice fly to Thomas with the bases loaded in the eighth. Center fielder Trent Grisham made a leaping catch to minimize the damage, but the one run in the eighth proved to be the difference for San Diego, which had just one offensive opportunity. With their second straight loss, the Padres are 5.5 games behind the third-place Miami Marlins in the wild-card race.