The San Diego Padres, where Kim Ha-sung belongs, wrote a walk-off home run drama for three consecutive games at home. As of the end of the ninth inning, it is the first record in Major League history.
San Diego won the Milwaukee Brewers’ home game at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on the 21st (Korea Standard Time) with a 7-6 walk-off victory.
Two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning when the game was tied 6-6. Jake Cronenworth hit Milwaukee right-hander Joel Phillips’ slider in the middle of the seventh pitch to well over the right fence. It was his 11th homer of this season, and his second walk-off homerun in his career. Cronenworth doesn’t usually express his emotions, but he tapped his chest and displayed his bat flip.
It was San Diego’s record of three consecutive walk-off home runs. Kyle Higashioka and Jackson Merrill hit two walk-off home runs in the bottom of the ninth inning against the Oakland Athletics on the 12th and 13th, respectively. After returning from six consecutive away games, he won three consecutive home runs at home in San Diego.
According to “MLB.com “, San Diego is the first to have a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning in three consecutive games at home. Earlier, the Los Angeles Dodgers had Matt Beaty in the ninth inning, Alex Verdugo in the 11th inning, and Will Smith in the 9th inning, respectively, in the game against the Colorado Rockies on June 21-24, 2019. At that time, all three walk-off home run hitters became a bigger topic as they were rookies.
It is not as rare as the Dodgers five years ago, but San Diego’s walk-off home run victory in three consecutive games is significant. They both allowed the tying run due to bullpen trouble in the eighth and ninth innings, but won the game with walk-off home runs. 토토사이트 순위
Cronenworth said, “This is the identity and resilience that we have. He has shown that performance in his last three home games. A walk-off home run in three consecutive games is great. We had a great victory tonight.”
San Diego, which lost five consecutive games from the start of its six consecutive away games, ended its losing streak at the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday and secured its second consecutive win with a walk-off home run on the day. With 39 wins and 40 losses (win rate of .494), the team ranked second in the Western Division of the National League.
Although the team has a winning rate of less than 500,000, it is possible to engage in postseason fighting. It is ranking second, nine games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers (47 wins and 30 losses, and although it is difficult to win the title in the district, it is ranking third in the NL wild card, which is in the cut line of the fall baseball.
Starting in 2022, the number of teams advancing to the postseason has expanded to 12, and last year’s third-place NL wild card Arizona Diamondbacks (84-78 winning percentage .519) had the lowest winning percentage. Still, it was close to a winning percentage of 502, but if the current atmosphere continues this year, there may be a team that advances to the postseason with a winning percentage of less than 500. Until the 21st, NL teams have been generally sluggish, with only five teams with a winning percentage of 500 or more. It is a close race that bites and bites except for the three leading teams that dominate the district’s No. 1.
As San Diego maintains its competitive edge in fall baseball, the possibility of selling “preliminary FA” Kim Ha-sung ahead of the trade deadline at the end of July has also become extremely low. Kim Ha-sung, who has a batting average of 2.14 (55 hits in 257 at-bats) in 77 games this season with nine homers, 35 RBIs, and 15 steals, is ranked fourth in the San Diego team with a .329 slugging percentage of .377 OPS.706 based on the baseball reference.
