# Kim Ha-sung and Choi Ji-man, both of 'Korean Leaguer's Silence'

Kim Ha-sung (San Diego Padres) was silent without a hit.

Kim Ha-sung started as No. 5 third baseman in an away game against the San Francisco Giants of the 2023 Major League Baseball at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, on the 26th and recorded no hits in four at-bats and two strikeouts. His batting average for the season dropped to 0.264.

San Diego lost 1-2. The loss brought them 77 wins and 80 losses.

San Diego formed its lineup in the order of Xander Bogaerts (striker), Fernando Tatis Jr. (right fielder), Juan Soto (left fielder), Manny Machado (designated hitter), Kim Ha-sung (third baseman), Choi Ji-man (first baseman), Matthew Batten (second baseman), Trent Grisham (center fielder), and Brett Sullivan (catcher). The starting pitcher is Blake Stell.

San Francisco has Ostini Slater (center fielder), Tyro Estrada (second baseman), Luis Matos (left fielder), J.D. Davis (first baseman), Marco Luciano (shortstop), Mitch Hanniger (designated hitter), Patrick Bailey (catcher), and Elliott Ramos (right fielder). Logan Webb is the starting pitcher.

He succeeded in getting the first run in San Diego on the day. Bogaerts' hit in the top of the first inning and Tatis Jr.'s double gave him a chance to take second and third bases with no outs. Soto stepped down as a mistake, but Machado's timely hit led the game 1-0. Kim Ha-sung then entered the batter's box. Took a good pull on Webb's first 93-mile sinker and headed straight to left field. At that time, the inning ended when second baseman Tatis Jr. was out at second base.

Kim Ha-sung entered his second at-bat in the top of the fourth inning with one out with his team leading 1-0. He was struck out swinging on the 86.1 mile changeup on the fourth pitch, which fell low from the ball count 1-2.

Kim Ha-sung also stepped down as a criminal hit in his third at-bat. He came out as the leadoff hitter in the seventh inning and hit fouls in a row with the ball count 1-1, but was hit by an 85.8-mile changeup in his sixth pitch. He struck out swinging.

San Diego allowed a turnaround in the eighth inning. San Francisco's pinch-hit operation. He walked pinch-hitter Lamonte Wade Jr. with one out and gave Luciano a double. Pederson, a pinch-hitter that followed, was sent out to four pitches automatically to load the bases. First baseman Choi Ji-man caught Bailey's ball and threw it home to prevent a run, but he gave up a 1-2 turnaround after another two-run timely hit by pinch hitter Michael Confoto.

San Diego didn't back down until the end. Kim Ha-sung appeared in the top of the ninth inning with no outs and runners on first and second bases made by Soto and Machado's consecutive hits. Still Webb on the mound. Kim Ha-sung hit an 87.6-mile changeup on the second pitch, but it was a grounder to third base. Both runners advanced and had to be satisfied with the base hit.

Choi Ji-man has no hit in 12 games since moving to San Diego. However, he failed to make a hit in the game. He went 0 for 4.

Choi Ji-man hit his first at-bat as a leadoff hitter in the second inning. He played a full-count match to the 7th ball. He hit an 86.1-mile changeup, but grounded out to third base. In his second at-bat in the fourth inning, he hit Webb's fifth 87-mile changeup with the ball count 3-1, but it was an infield grounder again this time. He grounded out to first base. In the third at-bat with one out in the seventh inning, he hit an 86.3 mile changeup well on the fourth pitch and headed straight to the fielder. It was a fly ball to left field. [스포츠토토](https://www.betmantoto.org)

In the top of the ninth inning, Choi Ji-man was judged doubtful with one out and runners on second and third bases. He was called a strike on the second fast ball that came in high. He hit an 88.8-mile changeup in the fourth pitch at the ball count 1-2, but it became a ground ball to first base and was out at home, failing to tie the game. In the end, it ended with San Diego's 1-2 defeat.

San Diego starter Snell went one step further toward the Cy Young Award with six innings, four hits, two walks, seven strikeouts and no runs, and quality start pitching. Against this backdrop, Webb won nine innings, nine hits, no outs, seven strikeouts, and one run. He pitched 110 pitches.