Bae Ji-hwan, active with the Pittsburgh Pirates, received his first starting opportunity of the season but remained silent with no hits.
Bae Ji-hwan, who recorded a high batting average of .381 (16 hits in 42 at-bats) in the spring games, took on the leadoff role in an away game against the Miami Marlins at Londepo Park in Miami, Florida, on the 30th (Korea time). However, he went 0-for-4 with 3 strikeouts.
Pittsburgh arranged the lineup of Bae Ji-hwan, Bryan Reynolds, Oneil Cruz, Joey Bart, Jack Suwinski, Ke'Bryan Hayes, Jared Triolo, Adam Frazier, and Isaiah Kiner-Palefa. The starting pitcher was Bailey Falter.
Miami started Valentin Velazquez as the pitcher and set the lineup of Xavier Edwards, Otto Lopez, Jonah Bride, Eric Waiderman, Dane Myers, Derek Hill, Kyle Stowers, Nick Fortes, and Javier Sano.
In his first at-bat in the 1st inning, Bae Ji-hwan was retired on a foul fly to third base and struck out in the 3rd inning with one out and no runners on base. In his third at-bat in the 5th inning, he was disappointed, striking out on three pitches. In the 7th inning, despite having a scoring chance with no outs and a runner on second, he struck out swinging, lowering his head.
Bae Ji-hwan was replaced by pinch hitter Andrew McCutchen in the 9th inning.
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