Kim Ha-seong went 1-for-5 with a walk against the Washington Nationals on Thursday (April 24) at Nationals Park in Washington, DC. His batting average dropped from 2-for-3 to 2-for-5 on the season.
Starting at second base, Kim grounded out to third base in the first inning, struck out in the second, flied out to left field in the fifth, and flied out to center field in the 먹튀검증 sixth. With a 7-3 lead, Kim led off with a single to right. He advanced to second on a Juan Soto single, but was stranded at third on a wild pitch.
The game ended in a 7-4 San Diego victory. They pounded the opposing mound with four home runs. San Diego got on the board first with two outs in the first inning when Juan Soto singled up the middle and Xander Bogaerts followed with a towering two-run arch. In the fourth inning, leadoff hitter Brandon Dixon hit a solo home run over the center field wall. The Nats fought back to tie the game at 3-3 in the fifth on back-to-back homers by CJ Abrams and Lane Thomas.
San Diego had runners on first and second with no outs in the sixth when Lugned O’Dowd singled to right and Trent Grisham walked. Austin Nola grounded to third, but Trent Grisham was thrown out at second. With runners on first and third, Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a sacrifice fly to right field to regain the lead at 4-3. A spirited San Diego extended its lead to 7-3 in the seventh on Juan Soto’s two-run homer to center and Jake Cronenweth’s two-run shot to right. Washington got one more run in the eighth on Joey Meneses’ RBI double.
San Diego starter Darvish earned his third win of the season, allowing three runs (two earned) on six hits with one walk and four strikeouts in six innings. The offense was led by Juan Soto (4-for-3 with one home run, one RBI and two runs scored) and Xander Bogaerts (2-for-5 with one home run, two RBI and two runs scored). Jake Cronenworth and Brandon Dixon also had a handful of hits.