Bae Ji-hwan, who plays for the Pittsburgh Pirates of the Major League Baseball (MLB), was named to the starting lineup again after a day. Pittsburgh played a home game against the Chicago Cubs at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA on the 28th (Korean time).
Bae Ji-hwan, who came out as a pinch hitter the previous day (27th), started as the second baseman and first hitter that day. He went 4-for-4 with 1 hit and 1 run. His batting average for the season slightly increased from 2.36 to 2.37 (57 hits in 241 at-bats).
The hit came in the first at-bat. Bae Ji-hwan turned the second pitch thrown by Cubs starting pitcher Javier Assad. The ball broke through the right middle of the outfield.먹튀검증
Bae Ji-hwan sprinted around 1st base and went to 2nd base. In the process, he took off his helmet like Kim Ha-seong (San Diego Padres). It was his 12th double all season.
He went all the way to third base on Brian Reynolds’ first base grounder and homered on second base hitter Ki Brian Hayes’ grounder. Pittsburgh balanced 1-1 with Bae Ji-hwan’s goal.
He did not achieve multiple hits (two or more hits in one game) or multiple on-base. Bae Ji-hwan appeared at the plate three times afterwards and struck out all of them.
Pittsburgh lost to the Cubs 1-10. No points were scored after Bae Ji-hwan scored. The Cubs turned 3-1 in the top of the 4th inning with Jamiere Candelario’s two-run four, and in the top of the 5th, Cody Bellinger’s 2-RBI double and Sehiya Suzuki’s double tied the score to 6-1.
In the second half of the game, in the beginning of the 8th inning, the Pittsburgh defense scored one more point by fielder selection, and in the top of the 9th, Bellinger’s 2 RBIs and a timely double came out again, putting a wedge in the game.
Bellinger went 5-for-5 with 3 hits and 5 RBIs, and became the number one contributor to the Cubs’ victory. Javier Assad, who took the mound as a starter, pitched well with 7 innings and 1 run.