Kim Hye Sung flew again! Hit + interference with hit + 2 points + steal 'hitting rate of 40%' → All-game hitting streak 'great'

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Kim Hye-sung (27, LA Dodgers), who is in his second year in the big league, does not know how to stop. He continued the fervor of the 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC) to the exhibition game of the U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB) and staged a show of force to enter the opening entry.

Kim Hye-sung started as the eighth batter and shortstop in the 2026 MLB exhibition game against the Kansas City Royals at Surprise Stadium in Arizona on the 18th (Korea time), and scored one hit, scored two runs and stole one hit in two at-bats, helping his team win 10-4.

Kim Hye-sung, who added a hit on the day, returned to his team from the WBC stage and succeeded in hitting for three consecutive games.

Above all, Kim Hye-sung continued his hit streak (seven games) before this year's exhibition game. Kim Hye-sung's performance in the exhibition game after the game was 0.429 (9 hits in 21 at-bats), one home run, five RBIs and eight runs, one walk, seven strikeouts, and five steals (0 failed) with a 0.478 on-base percentage, a slugging percentage of 0.571 and an OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage) of 1.049 in seven games.

Kim Hye-sung's concentration shone from his first at-bat. The top of the second inning when both teams faced 0-0. a situation in which there are no runners with two outs. Kim Hye-sung just watched the first pitch slightly on the body borderline against Kansas City starter Aaron Sanchez. The second ball is a ball. He then hit a four-seam fastball of 94.3 miles (152 kilometers) into the middle of the third pitch, creating a clean hit to the left. Kim Hye-sung, who settled on third base when Mike Sirota's recognition double, scored with Sirota when Andy Paz's two-run timely hit.

Kim Hye-sung faced his second at-bat in the top of the fourth inning with no runners with one out when the Dodgers took a 3-0 lead. The opposing pitcher is Bailey Falter. Kim Hye-sung just sent a splitter in the middle of the first pitch and picked out three balls in a row. Kim Hye-sung missed the bat on a four-seam fastball high on the fifth ball of the borderline. He then struck out on a four-seam fastball of 94.1 miles (151.4 kilometers) outside the sixth pitch.

Kim Hye-sung's third at-bat came in the seventh inning when the two teams were tied 3-3. Kim Hye-sung got on base with a ball hit by a first-pitch sweeper against Kansas City bullpen John Shriver.

Kim Hye-sung played the game completely without replacement on the day. The Dodgers led 5-4 in the top of the ninth inning. Kim Hye-sung, who took his fourth at-bat in the absence of an out count, got on base due to obstruction of the catcher's batting. At the ball count 2-2, he swung the bat for the fifth time and was fouled, and catcher Mitt touched the bat and was declared to interfere with the batting. Kim Hye-sung then stole second base at Damon Case's at-bat and scored his second point of the day when Logan Wagner hit a timely hit to the left.

Kim Hye-sung also showed off her versatility in defense. On this day, Kim Hye-sung started as shortstop, not his original position as second baseman. And in the second half of the game, he moved to center field and showed that he did not cover both inside and outside.

Meanwhile, the Dodgers beat Kansas City 10-4 in the top of the ninth inning by tying up Sebi Zavala's grand slam. Roki Sasaki, who started for the Dodgers, showed signs of shaking with three runs in three ⅓ innings. Sasaki's ERA soared to a whopping 13.50. In addition, Shohei Ohtani, who returned to the Dodgers after being eliminated from the quarterfinals of the WBC, took a rest on the day. Ohtani is scheduled to take the mound as a starting pitcher against the San Francisco Giants on the 19th. Attention is also focusing on whether he will face "Korean Major Leaguer" Lee Jung-hoo.

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