▲ Song Seong-mun (San Diego Padres)
Song Seong-mun (San Diego Padres) made a rare start and recorded a hit and an RBI, while Lee Jung-hoo (San Francisco Giants) and Kim Ha-seong (Atlanta Braves) remained silent at the plate.
In an away game against the Texas Rangers held at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on June 22, Song went 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
Marking his second double since entering Major League Baseball (MLB), Song collected his fifth RBI of the season, bringing his batting average to .200 (10-for-50).
Starting at second base and batting eighth, Song grounded out to third base in his first at-bat in the top of the third inning.
The long-awaited extra-base hit came in the top of the fourth.
With the Padres trailing 2-3 and two outs with runners on first and second, Song hit a ball that bounced off the right-field fence for a double, tying the game at 3-3.
It was Song's first double in 47 days since a game against San Francisco on May 6, and his first RBI in 37 days since a game against the Seattle Mariners on May 16.
Song flied out to right field in the top of the seventh and lined out to left field in the top of the ninth with one out and runners on first and second, with the team trailing 3-4.
The Padres lost the game 3-4.
Lee Jung-hoo went 0-for-3 with a walk in an away game against the Miami Marlins.
Batting fifth and playing right field, Lee drew a four-pitch walk after one out in the top of the second inning.
He flied out to center field in the top of the fourth and to right field in the top of the sixth.
In his final at-bat in the top of the ninth, he flied out to left field, failing to produce a hit.
Lee, who ranks second in batting in the National League (NL), saw his season batting average drop from .331 to .327 (86-for-263).
Miami's Otto Lopez, the league's batting leader, went 1-for-3 with an RBI, maintaining a .332 average.
The San Francisco Giants lost 1-2.
Kim Ha-seong started in a home game against the Milwaukee Brewers but again failed to record a hit.
Batting ninth and playing shortstop, Kim struck out swinging on a 148.7 km/h (92.4 mph) outside fastball from Milwaukee starter Robert Gasser with two outs and a runner on first in the bottom of the second.
He popped out to shortstop in the bottom of the fifth and struck out swinging again in the bottom of the eighth.
Kim, who has not recorded a hit in 18 days since a game against the Toronto Blue Jays on June 4, saw his season batting average fall to .081 (5-for-62).
The Atlanta Braves lost 4-9.
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