San Diego won 7-6 against the Milwaukee Brewers at Petco Park on the 21st (Korea time) thanks to Jake Cronenworth’s walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Having won two consecutive games, San Diego has firmly stuck to its mark of 39 wins and 40 losses, ranking second in the National League West and third in the wild card. After a bloody battle, San Diego ended the day with a walk-off home run.
San Diego led 4-1 with Manny Machado’s superior three-run home run and Jackson Merrill’s superior solo shot in the bottom of the first inning when they were trailing 0-1. As Milwaukee followed with a one-run lead on Willie Adames’ two-run shot to the middle in the top of the fifth inning, San Diego ran away with a two-run homer on Fernando Tatis Jr.’s left-center solo home run in the bottom of the fifth inning. 사설 토토사이트
In the seventh inning, Jurickson Profar’s left-handed double widened the gap to 6-3 with one out, but Wandy Peralta was chased by two runs in the top of the eighth inning after a timely hit by Milwaukee Bryce Turang, and in the top of the ninth inning, Jeremiah Estrada gave up two hits, one walk and even committed a wild pitch, allowing a 6-6 tie.
However, with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, Cronenworth pulled a slider at 82 miles from the full count against right-hander Joelle Piamps and hit a walk-off home run to the inside of the right foul pole to secure the team’s dramatic victory. It was the third consecutive game of the season that San Diego hit a walk-off home run.
San Diego won the home game against the Oakland Athletics on the 12th and 13th, with Kyle Higashio and Merrill hitting walk-off cannons, respectively. It is the first time in Major League history to record a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning in three consecutive home games. Including walk-off home runs, the Los Angeles Dodgers is the first. The Dodgers won the game against the Colorado Rockies on June 22-24, 2019, with walk-off home runs by Matt Beatty in the bottom of the ninth inning, Alex Verdugo in the bottom of the 11th inning, and Will Smith in the bottom of the ninth inning, respectively.
Cronenworth said after the game, “I’m very happy. Everyone is amazing to win at home like this. Players are hugging each other and congratulating each other. We won today thanks to our team’s efforts. It’s amazing,” adding, “(A walk-off home run for three consecutive games) is our identity and resilience. This is our team. Home runs for three consecutive games are truly amazing,” he said.
However, in such a festive mood, Kim remained silent again with no hit. He expressed dissatisfaction with the central batter’s decision on strike. Entering his first batter’s box as a lead-off man in the bottom of the second inning with a 4-1 lead, Kim struck out rookie on Milwaukee right-hander Bryce Wilson’s fourth pitch on the ball count of 1B2S. Judging that he was out of the strike zone, Kim questioned the central player Andy Fletcher, but he didn’t even bother to listen. A graphic on MLB.com showed that he was clearly out of the strike zone, and local broadcasters said he was out of the zone.
Kim was out after hitting a fly to the left field at his second at bat in the fourth inning and a grounder to the shortstop in the sixth inning, respectively. In the eighth inning, he got on base with a walk and managed to steal second base, but failed to reach home as Luis Arraez hit a grounder to the first base. As he failed to have a hit in two consecutive games, his batting average fell to 0.214 (55 hits from 257 times at bat) and his OPS fell to 0.706. He tied for fifth and ninth in the NL with 44 walks and 15 steals, respectively.