Los Angeles Dodgers' Kim Hye-sung only heated the bench to manager Dave Roberts' "left and right play."
The Dodgers lost 4-6 against the Los Angeles Angels in the 2025 Major League Baseball (MLB) regular season at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California on the 19th (Korea Standard Time).
Kim Hye-sung failed to make the starting lineup for the second consecutive day as the Angels put left-hander Yusei Kikuchi as the starting pitcher. The Dodgers set up batting order with Shohye Ohtani (designated hitter), Mookie Betts (striker), Will Smith (catcher), Freddie Freeman (first baseman), Andy Farggs (right fielder), Tommy Edman (center fielder), Kike Hernandez (third baseman), Michael Confoto (left fielder) and Miguel Rojas (second baseman).
Dodgers starter Tony Gonsolin (four hits, five walks, three strikeouts and four runs in four innings) allowed three runs in the first inning alone, hit by two home runs off Jack Neto (one run) and Taylor Ward (two runs). In the third inning, Travis d'Arnaud hit a timely hit, with runners on the first and second bases with two outs, and the score widened to 0-4.
Dodgers' lineup suffered as it was blocked by Japanese pitcher Yusei Kikuchi (three hits, seven strikeouts and one run during five ⅔ innings). Ohtani, Kikuchi's junior at high school, teased his senior with multiple hits, including a timely hit in the bottom of the fifth inning.
While cruising, Kikuchi induced Edman to hit a ground ball with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning and injured his ankle while going into the base cover. Due to the unexpected injury, he failed to finish the sixth inning and swung the baton over to the bullpen.
After Kikuchi went down, the Dodgers launched a counterattack. At the bottom of the seventh inning, when the score was 1-4, Confoto hit a pitch, and Chancellor Smith with two outs and runners on the first and second bases made by Ohtani, hit a tying three-run home run.
토토사이트 The Dodgers, which tied the game with difficulty, gave up the lead again in the top of the eighth inning when Anthony Banda hit a solo home run by Dano. In the top of the ninth inning, Luis Garcia, the first and third baseman, induced a ground ball to the second base, but Miguel Rojas, who was defending forward, gave up the home game because he couldn't catch the ball at once and chose to deal with a 4-6-3 double play, exchanging the score and two outs.
As the Angels put left-handed bullpen Brock Burke (two runs in ⅔ innings) on the mound following starter Kikuchi, left-handed batter Kim Hye-sung did not have a chance to play. The pitcher who took over the baton after one out in the seventh inning was right-hander Sean Anderson, who played for the KIA Tigers, but Roberts did not take out Kim Hye-sung's card. Edman, who returned from injury, was hitless in four at-bats, and Rojas, who played second base, was silent with two strikeouts in three at-bats, which was even more regrettable.
Kim Hye-sung, who played as a pinch runner in the 9th inning of the game the previous day (18th), failed to hit the ground on the 19th and maintained a batting average of 0.452 (14 hits in 31 at-bats) with one home run, five RBIs and three steals in 14 games.