Los Angeles Dodgers Korean player Kim Hye Sung served as the starting 9 second baseman today, knocking out the first hit of his major league career in the fifth inning, and then hitting the first hit in the sixth inning, Shohei Ohtani jumped and high-fived Kim Hye Sung and slapped his helmet in celebration, Kim Hye Sung revealed that Shohei Ohtani told him, "Congratulations".
Kim Hye-sung started for the first time in his major league career today, the first hitter in five innings to play, hit a 96.6-mile speedball, knocked out a hit in the opposite direction to the left field, and made the first start of his major league career, using Shohei Ohtani to successfully steal second base.
After Ohtani Shohei blasted out the 9th bomb of the season and sent back Kim Hye Sung, when the two returned to the rest area, Ohtani Shohei raised his hands and kept jumping to welcome Kim Hye Sung, the two happily high-fived their hands, Ohtani Shohei slapped Kim Hye Sung's helmet several times, and Kim Hye Sung showed a happy smile.
Kim Hye-sung was interviewed by American reporters after the first match, how special was this career starter? Kim Hye Sung said: "We are a very strong team and we are playing very well. I just wanted to contribute to the team and then the results came out. So I think I really helped today."
When asked about knocking out the first hit of his major league career, he said, "My thinking is, I have to go to base because I have a lot of great hitters behind me. Luckily, I made it to base."
And what is Shou Anqiu going to do with it? "It would be a very good memory for me, so I'll keep it at home," he said.
Shohei Ohtani celebrated his first peace in the lounge, and Kim Hye-sung said, "I was happy that he hit a home run, but he said 'congratulations' to me, and he was really happy for me."
In an interview with the American media before the game, Kim Hye-sung mentioned the biggest change in the swinging action, and he said that the entire striking mechanism has been changed. The reporter asked, "Is it a change in the upper body or the lower body?" He said, "All."