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San Diego Padres infielder Song Seong-moon (30) appeared as a pinch hitter but failed to add an extra hit, resulting in a slight dip in his season batting average. His team, San Diego, also could not overcome heavy scoring in the late innings and suffered a heartbreaking one-run defeat.
On the 23rd (Korea time), Song Seong-moon appeared as a pinch hitter in the bottom of the 9th inning during an away game against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, in the "2026 Major League Baseball (MLB)" season, recording one at-bat with no hits.
With no hit produced, Song Seong-moon's season batting average fell from 0.231 to 0.228.
On this day, San Diego trailed 0-1 until the bottom of the 7th inning when Jackson Merrill's solo home run tied the game at 1-1, maintaining a tight contest. However, the mound began to crumble rapidly in the top of the 8th inning, allowing six runs and completely surrendering control of the game.
Trailing 1-7 by six runs in the bottom of the 9th inning, San Diego brought in Song Seong-moon as a pinch hitter instead of leadoff batter Luis Campusano to spark a comeback. Song drew two balls against the opposing pitcher to gain a favorable count but hit the third pitch as a fly ball to right field for an out.
However, immediately after Song's at-bat, San Diego batters displayed fierce resilience. Jander Bogatz walked, Jake Cronenworth doubled, and Fernando Tatis Jr. tripled in succession, followed by Luis Rengifo's two-run home run, narrowing the gap to 6-7, just one run behind. Yet, Manny Machado and Tai Franks struck out consecutively, ultimately failing to turn the game around.
With this loss, San Diego finished with a season record of 50 wins and 52 losses, remaining in third place in the National League West Division and falling three games behind in the race for the National League Wild Card spot. Meanwhile, Atlanta, which secured victory at home, improved to 59 wins and 42 losses, firmly holding first place in the National League East Division. They led Philadelphia, which lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers that day, by four games.
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