For two consecutive days, Korean major leaguers were judged somewhat unfair. After Bae Ji-hwan (Pittsburgh Pirates) was sent off for protesting against the strike zone decision the previous day (28th), Kim Ha-sung (San Diego Padres) was ruled ambiguous and had no hits the next day (29th).
Kim Ha-sung started as the first batter and second baseman in a visit game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB) at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on the 29th (Korea Standard Time) and had no hits and two strikeouts in four at-bats.
The highly anticipated second Korean major leaguers did not face off. On the previous day (28th), Kim Ha-sung and Bae Ji-hwan (Pittsburgh) started side by side, but Bae Ji-hwan was absent in the next day (29th). On the previous day, Kim Ha-sung had three hits and two RBIs, and Bae Ji-hwan had the bad luck of being sent off for an unfair decision on no hits.
The five balls in question that led to a strikeout decision with a strike. Kim Ha-sung left the batter's box after making an absurd expression. MLB Dotcom Game Day Capture
However, Kim Ha-sung was ruled an unfair strike this time. Kim Ha-sung, who started as the leadoff hitter in the top of the first inning, struck out standing on the slider outside the fifth pitch of opposing starter Mitch Keller. Kim Ha-sung did not swing his bat because he judged that he was out of the strike zone, but a strikeout call from the umpire came out. Kim Ha-sung briefly looked absurd, but left the batter's box without protesting. In Game Day of MLB, the ball was also shot outside the zone.
There was a similar situation the day before. Bae Ji-hwan was sent off after appealing to the referee when the ball that came close to his body was ruled a strike in the bottom of the sixth inning. Excited by this, Bae Ji-hwan spread three fingers to the referee and protested that it was "the third time already." According to Game Day, Bae Ji-hwan left the zone with the second high ball in the third inning, the third high ball in the fifth inning, and the body ball in the sixth inning, but he was ruled strike, leading to no hits. Bae Ji-hwan fell into a no-hit bog for nine consecutive games due to his sluggishness. 토토
Kim Ha-sung, who suffered bad luck in judging, also faced a hitless ordeal. Kim Ha-sung, who stepped down with a fly ball to left field in the second inning and an infield fly ball in the fifth inning, finished the batter's box with a swing strikeout after the outer sweeper was ruled strike out in the seventh inning. Kim Ha-sung entered the batter's box in the ninth inning with two outs and a full base, but after cutting five balls, he stepped down with a ground ball and finished the game without a hit in five at-bats. With no hits on the day, Kim Ha-sung's season batting average fell slightly to 0.254.
