But the team failed to win four games in a row

Kim Ha-sung (San Diego Padres) will play as the eighth batter shortstop in the 2024 Major League Colorado Rockies' showdown at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado on the 17th

Kim Ha-sung hit a home run against the Milwaukee Brewers on June 23 and hit a home run for the first time in 55 days. It was his 47th home run in the big league in his career. He beat Kang Jung-ho (retired, 46 home runs) to rank third as the lone Korean in the history of the biggest number of home runs in the big league. Choo Shin-soo (SSG Landers), who hit 218 home runs, came in first, and Choi Ji-man (67 home runs) came in second.
However, the team lost to Colorado 3-7. The winning streak ended with a three-game winning streak.

▲ Selection line-up

Colorado: Charlie Blackmon (designated hitter) - Ezekiel Toba (striker) - Brenton Doyle (centre) - Ryan McMahon (third baseman) - Brendan Rodgers (second baseman) - Michael Toglia (first baseman)-Jake Cave (right fielder) - Jacob Stallings (catcher) - Jordan Beck (left fielder), starting pitcher Carl Quantrill.

San Diego: Luis Aras (designated hitter) - Jurickson Profar (left fielder) - Jake Cronenworth (first baseman) - Manny Machado (third baseman) - Xander Bogaerts (second baseman) - Jackson Merrill (center fielder) - David Peralta (right fielder) - Kim Ha-sung (striker) - Kyle Higashioka (catcher), starting pitcher Matt Waldron.

San Diego had a chance to load the bases with no outs in the top of the first inning with an Araes hit, a propa hit and a Cronenworth walk. However, Machado struck out and Bogaerts had a double play, failing to score a point.

After overcoming the crisis, Colorado immediately took the lead. With a walk by Blackmon and a hit by Toba, the runners were on the first and second bases with no outs. Doyle sent a grounder to third baseman Machado, but the leadoff runner was caught at third base, but after McMahon's timely RBI single to gain the upper hand, Rogers' three-run homer widened the gap.

The San Diego Padres also launched counterattack. Peralta hit a hit in the top of the second inning with one out and no runners on base. Then, Kim Ha-sung entered the batter's box. Kim hit a 94.8-mile sinker approaching his body from 1B1S to hit the homer over the left fence.

However, the Colorado Rockies stopped the flow of the San Diego Padres. Beck hit a hit with one out in the bottom of the second inning. Then Blackmon's two-run homerun went off. The gap widened to four again.

In the top of the fourth inning, San Diego narrowed the gap to three runs due to a one-run home run by leadoff hitter Bogaerts. Later, Merrill created a chance with a fly ball to right field, a Peralta double and a walk by Kim Ha-sung, but Higashioka struck out and Araes was grounded out to third base, failing to score additional points.

With one out in the top of the sixth inning, he made a chance to hit the first and third bases with a Meryl triple and a Peralta walk. Then Kim Ha-sung entered the batter's box. Kim Ha-sung pulled Angel Chivili's first pitch sinker of 96.1 miles (154.6 km/h), but headed for third baseman McMahon. He failed to take advantage of his chance with a double play.

After overcoming the crisis, Colorado successfully ran away in the bottom of the sixth inning. He started the offense with a double by leadoff hitter Toglia. With Cave's walk-through and starlet strikeout, Beck hit a timely RBI single.

Kim Ha-sung came to the batter's box with two outs and runners on the first base in the top of the eighth inning. However, he swung and missed at 91.4 miles (147 kilometers per hour) slider that was falling from the outside in 3B2S, and struck out. Since then, he has expressed regret.

San Diego Padres' pinch hitter Donovan Solano, who was the leadoff hitter at the top of the ninth inning, got on base due to shortstop Tova's error, and Araes hit a hit to make it to the first and second bases with no outs. However, Profar was out due to a double play. Cronenworth walked to first base with two outs and runners on the first and third bases. The game ended with Machado grounded out to the first base.

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