"Thankfully, it's not a big injury."

Kim Ha-sung of the San Diego Padres of the Major League Baseball (MLB) was replaced by a pitch.
Kim Ha-sung started the game against the 2024 MLB LA Dodgers at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on the 13th as the ninth batter shortstop.

In the bottom of the fourth inning with one out and runners on the first and second bases, Kim Ha-sung, who faced Dodgers starting pitcher Walker Buehler, was hit hard on the left wrist by a 94.4 mph sinker for the second pitch. After being hit by the pitch, Kim Ha-sung grabbed his left wrist and complained of extreme pain. A trainer also ran out to check Kim's condition. After holding and stretching his hands, Kim walked out to the first base for now, and when Luis Aras hit an infield grounder, he was out at the second base and returned to the dugout.안전놀이터

However, he left the game at the beginning of the fifth inning due to severe pain. Tyler Wade filled Kim Ha-sung's vacancy. Before being hit by the pitch, Kim took the batter's box once. He hit a fly ball to the left field with one out and a runner on the first base in the bottom of the second inning.

Kim Ha-sung, who finished the game with no hit in one at-bats and one hit in the body due to injury, saw his batting average slightly drop from 0.209 to 0.208 (31 hits in 149 at-bats). Kim also ended his seven-game hitting streak, which continued from the Arizona Diamondbacks game on the 5th to the Dodgers game on the previous day.

San Diego manager Mike Shildt told local reporters after the game that Kim had an X-ray test and that the result was negative. Fortunately, he avoided serious injury.

Meanwhile, without Kim Ha-sung, San Diego won 4-0 and ended three consecutive games with two wins and one loss and a winning series (at least two of the three consecutive games). San Diego was inferior to the Dodgers with four wins and nine losses last season, but already surpassed last year's wins with five wins and three losses.