# Helmet is Coming Off Again 16G Continuous Multi-hit

Kim Ha-sung 28, San Diego Padres is on the verge of another Korean big league history. [스포츠토토핫](https://www.sportstotohot.com) With a multi-hit, Choo Shin-soo 41, SSG Landers tied the record of 16 consecutive hits set by the Cincinnati Reds in 2013. He also made San Diego away fans enthusiastic by reproducing his trademark helmet as it was taken off and sprinting.

Kim Ha-sung started as the first batter and second baseman in the 2023 Major League Baseball away game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field in Arizona on the 12th and scored two hits and one RBI in five at-bats.

Kim Ha-sung's season batting average, which hit multi-hits in three games, increased from 0.288 to 0.290 and his OPS on-base percentage + slugging percentage from 0.835 to 0.837 in the first time in three games. He will also challenge to record hits in 17 consecutive games for the first time in a Korean major league. The current record is Kim Ha-sung and Choo Shin-soo's 16 consecutive hits, and Choo Shin-soo had 16 consecutive hits from July 3, 2013 to San Francisco on July 23, 2013. The record of hits in consecutive Asian major leaguers is a little further away. Ichiro Suzuki, who hit 27 consecutive games in 2009, holds the record for the most major leaguers in Asia.

San Diego escaped its fourth consecutive loss with a hot 10-5 victory with 14 hits, including two home runs. San Diego, ranked fourth in the National League West with 56 wins and 60 losses, chased Arizona 57 wins and 59 losses, ranked third, by one game.

Kim Ha-sung has been persistent since his first at-bat. Kim Ha-sung, who started as the leadoff hitter in the top of the first inning, did not budge from the ball outside the strike zone and only aimed at the ball coming inside. After two strikes, he succeeded in removing two fastballs, but he touched a slider that caught him off guard and stepped down as a catcher pop flyout.

He hit a grounder to third base in the third inning and a low 94.2 mph four-seam fastball by changed pitcher Slide Chechnya in the fourth inning with one out, but was sucked into the glove of right fielder Jake McCarthy. a stroke of 99 mph.

Kim Ha-sung, who preheated his batting sense, paid off in his next at-bat. At the start of the sixth inning, Joe Mantiefly was on Arizona's mound. Mantifly struck out Garrett Cooper and Gary Sanchez, respectively, before giving up a walk to Trent Grisham.

Here, the Arizona bench replaced the mound with Luis Prias, and Kim Ha-sung faced an unfamiliar pitcher. But Arizona's strategy was also useless. After Grisham stole the second base, he hit a 94.9-mile four-seam fastball for the next four pitches to shoot a timely RBI to the left. His 16 consecutive hits, which began at home against the Pittsburgh Pirates on the 25th of last month, is tied to Choo Shin-soo's record of the most consecutive hits in Korean major leaguers in 2013 when he was in Cincinnati. One more game will be the first Korean big leaguer to write a new history.

In the last at-bat, he showed his trademark helmet being taken off and sprinting, making San Diego away fans enthusiastic. Kim Ha-sung came out as the leadoff hitter in the top of the ninth inning with San Diego leading 7-5, and rolled up Scott McGuff's vaguely fallen splitter in the third pitch to score a double that separates the left-center. At that time, Kim Ha-sung sprinted to second base even though his helmet was taken off as he passed the first base. In the end, this sprint led to Tatis Jr.'s timely double, creating an extra point.

Soto and Bogatsu then added timely hits, widening the gap to 10-5. It was a valuable big inning to save closer Josh Hader.

Meanwhile, San Diego showed the power of the waterwheel lineup that A.J. Freeler planned for this season for the first time in a long time. Juan Soto stepped down with a double play in the first inning with one out and runners on first base, but Xander Bogartz fired a two-run shot over the middle in the second inning with no outs and runners on first base.
In the third inning with one out, Fernando Tatis Jr. stole second base following a heavy hit, and Soto made up for his first at-bat regret by hitting an RBI triple that cuts through the right-center outfield. San Diego ran away 6-1 as Manny Machado hit an RBI timely hit to the right and Jake Cronenworth drew a two-run arch to the right.

However, it was regrettable that Choi Ji-man did not play a role in the process. Choi Ji-man, who started as the seventh and designated hitter, struck out with a ground ball to first base in his first at-bat in the second inning and a swing strikeout in his second at-bat in the third inning. In the end, he was replaced by Garrett Cooper ahead of the attack in the sixth inning and finished the game. Choi Ji-man, who has yet to report a hit since moving to San Diego, saw his batting average drop sharply from 0.205 to 0.179 before joining.

San Diego allowed a last-minute chase with one point in the sixth and three points in the eighth, but won 10-5 with three points in the ninth. Starting pitcher Blake Snell won his ninth win 8 losses of the season with two hits one home run, four walks, seven strikeouts and two runs in six innings. In the batting lineup, Bogartz played well for the first time in a long time with four hits one home run and two RBIs and one run scored by Kronenworth with two hits one home run in five at-bats.

San Diego Padres: Kim Ha-sung 2nd baseman-Fernando Tatis Jr. right fielder, Juan Soto left fielder, Manny Machado 3rd baseman, Xander Bogartz shortstop, Jake Cronenworth 1st baseman, Choi Ji-man nominated hitter, Gary Sanchez catcher - Trentsham center fielder. The starting pitcher is Blake Snell.
Arizona Diamondbacks Ketel Marte 2nd baseman-Corbin Carroll center fielder-Tommy Fan nominated hitter-Christian Walker 1st baseman-Raudes Guriel Jr. left fielder-Emanuel Rivera 3rd baseman-Jake McCarthy right fielder-Nick Ahmed shortstop-Carson Kelly fourth baseman. The starting pitcher is Ryan Nelson.