The San Diego Padres of the U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB) have won four consecutive games. “Awesome Kim” Kim Ha-sung’s 10th shot of the season set off a winning streak. He once fell to fourth place in the National League West after suffering five consecutive losses, but recovered to rise to second place.
The San Diego Padres beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-4 at a home game on Sunday (Korea time). By turning the bottom of the fourth inning into a big inning, San Diego showed off four runs and gained two more runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, leading to a 6-0 run. However, the team was shaken by Milwaukee’s fierce counterattack in the top of the ninth inning. In the end, the team tied the game 6-4, sweeping away the hearts of the team. 메이저사이트
Randy Vazquez, who took the mound as the starting pitcher, pitched five hits and no runs in five innings, and became the winning pitcher. Then, bullpen pitchers continued to display a scoreless streak through the eighth inning, and seemed to be on the verge of winning. However, Johnny Brito, who took the mound in the ninth inning, collapsed by 0.2 innings of three hits, one homer and one walk, allowing four runs. In a hurry, Closer Robert Suarez took the mound with two outs to wrap up the game.
At bat, Kim Ha-sung, who played shortstop as the seventh batter, showed good performance. He had two hits, one home run, two RBIs and two runs from three times at bat, driving his team’s victory. Marking his 10th homer of this season, he elevated his batting average to 0.220. Jackson Merrill, who played as center fielder for the fifth batter, also led the team’s winning streak by making three hits, one walk, three RBIs and one run from three times at bat.
San Diego has been riding a rollercoaster ride this month. It has lost five consecutive games since losing 3-4 against the Kansas City Royals on Thursday. It had consecutive wins against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday and Thursday, and lost 3-9 on Tuesday. It swept all three consecutive games against the Oakland Athletics that it has held since Wednesday, but lost five consecutive games from the game against the New York Mets on Wednesday to the game against the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday. It has also garnered four consecutive wins from the game against the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday. It is truly a rollercoaster ride.
Anyway, his recent four-game winning streak has brought his season record to 41 wins and 40 losses. After losing five consecutive games, he fell to fourth place in the National League West, but immediately gained the momentum of winning streak to jump to second place (0.506). He is still lagging far behind LA Dodgers (48 wins and 31 losses), which has a huge gap of eight games. He is being chased by Arizona (38 wins and 39 losses), which ranks third in the league, and the San Francisco Giants (36 wins and 41 losses), which ranks fourth. He ranked third in the wild card race of the National League.
