Major League Baseball (MLB) player Ha-Sung Kim (29-San Diego Padres) has gone silent for four games in a row. His season batting average has dropped from .220 to .214 (24-for-112, 4 home runs, 17 RBIs) as the Padres have lost five straight games.
Kim went 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout while batting sixth (shortstop) against the Cincinnati Reds at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on April 30.
After walking in the second inning, Kim grounded out to first base in the fourth inning and struck out swinging in the seventh inning. His silence was broken in the bottom of the ninth inning, when he struck out again with the bases loaded and two outs, trailing 5-2. 카지노사이트 He hasn’t hit safely in four straight games, dating back to July 27 against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Instead, he maintained his team-leading 19 strikeouts on the season.
The Padres lost 2-5 that day, snapping a five-game losing streak. They were once in second place in the National League West, but have now dropped to third (14-18, .438).
Meanwhile, “baseball genius” Shohei Ohtani (30-LA Dodgers) batted second in the lineup against the Arizona Diamondbacks, going 2-for-4 with a double, a home run, one RBI, one run scored, and one walk. Ohtani is now batting .341 메이저사이트 (43-for-126) with seven home runs, 19 RBIs and five doubles on the season. The Dodgers went 8-4 and remained in first place in the National League West (19-12, .613 winning percentage).