Kim Hye-sung (Los Angeles Dodgers) and Lee Jung-hoo (San Francisco Giants) faced each other for the first time on the Major League Baseball (MLB) stage. In the match, Kim Hye-sung recorded 1 hit and 1 RBI, defeating Lee Jung-hoo, who only had 1 walk.
The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants met on the 14th (local time) at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California. The Los Angeles Dodgers won decisively, 11-5.
Kim Hye-sung and Lee Jung-hoo played together for the Kiwoom Heroes in the KBO League from 2017 to 2023. Both players started in the game that day. It was the first time Kim Hye-sung and Lee Jung-hoo faced off in the MLB regular season.
Batting ninth as a second baseman, Kim Hye-sung recorded 1 hit and 1 RBI in 4 at-bats. His season batting average is 0.382. In contrast, Lee Jung-hoo, batting first as a center fielder, went 0 for 4 with 1 walk and 1 Samjin. His season batting average is 0.266.
Kim Hye-sung simultaneously recorded a hit and an RBI in his second at-bat of the third inning. With two outs and a runner on third base, he hit a 5th pitch from San Francisco's second pitcher Spencer Bibens, dropping a 1-RBI single in front of center fielder Lee Jung-hoo. Lee Jung-hoo reached base with a walk off the Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw in the first inning.
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani hit a leadoff home run in the first inning and added a solo shot in the sixth inning, maintaining first place in the National League with his 24th and 25th home runs of the season. In the American League, Aaron Judge (New York Yankees) and Cal Raleigh (Seattle Mariners) are both at 26.