LA Dodgers' Kim Hye-seong started and recorded his second multi-hit of the season, but the team lost.
The Dodgers lost 6-9 to the Colorado Rockies in an away game at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, on the 20th (Korea time) in the 2026 Major League Baseball (MLB) season. Kim Hye-seong, who started at shortstop and batted eighth that day, went 2-for-4 with one double and one run scored. His season batting average rose to 0.308.
The Dodgers put Sasaki Roki on the mound as the starter and set the opening lineup as Shohei Ohtani (designated hitter), Kyle Tucker (right field), Will Smith (catcher), Max Muncy (third base), Andy Pages (center field), Alex Cole (left field), Ryan Ward (first base), Kim Hye-seong (shortstop), Alex Freeland (second base).
The Rockies started Eduard Julien (second base), Mickey Moniak (left field), Hunter Goodman (catcher), Tyler Freeman (designated hitter), T. J. Rumfield (first base), Troy Johnston (right field), Willy Castro (shortstop), Kyle Caros (third base), Jace McCarthy (center field). Michael Lorenzen took the mound as the starting pitcher.
The first run belonged to the Dodgers. In the top of the third with one out, Kim Hye-seong lined Lorenzen's third pitch, a four-seam fastball, into center for a double and scored on a subsequent opposite-field single by Freeland. Freeland then scored on Ohtani's opposite-center double, giving the Dodgers a 2-0 lead.
In the top of the fourth with one out and runners on first and second, the Dodgers added another run on a run-producing hit by Ward. Kim Hye-seong, with runners still on first and second, hit a fly ball to center on the first pitch and was retired. At that time Cole tagged up to put Ward on second with two outs and runners on second and third, but Freeland struck out swinging and the Dodgers could not add to the lead.
While the Dodgers failed to extend the lead, the Rockies began their comeback in the bottom of the fourth. With one out and runners on first and second after Moniak's infield hit and Goodman reached on a hit by pitch, Rumfield's opposite-field single brought Moniak home. Trailing by one, the Rockies tied the game 3-3 in the bottom of the fifth with Caros' solo home run and consecutive hits by McCarthy and Julien.
The Dodgers retook the lead in the top of the fifth. After one out, Cole and Ward had consecutive hits to create a runners-on-first-and-second chance; on Kim Hye-seong's grounder to third, the runner at first Ward was put out but Cole advanced to third. With two outs and runners on first and third, Cole scored on an infield hit by Freeland to make it 4-3. With two outs and runners on first and third, Ohtani flew out to left field.
But the Rockies turned the game around in the seventh. Facing reliever Blake Treinen, Julien hit a double and Moniak followed with a two-run home run to give Colorado a 5-4 lead. Goodman added a double and Freeman an opposite-field single for another run, making it 6-4. In the top of the eighth, the Dodgers had two-out, runners on second and third after hits by Pages and Kim Hye-seong and a wild pitch by the pitcher, but they failed to score.
Meanwhile, in the bottom of the eighth against Edwin Diaz, Castro hit an opposite-field single and stole a base, Caros walked, and Brenton Doyle's infield hit loaded the bases, then Julien's run-producing hit drove in two runs, and Moniak added another run on a grounder to pull away from the Dodgers.
In the top of the ninth, leadoff Ohtani doubled and advanced to third on a wild pitch, scoring on Smith's opposite-field single; Muncy followed with an infield hit and Pages was walked to load the bases, and Rushing's grounder produced one more run, but the Dodgers could not score again and the game ended.
Meanwhile, Ohtani, who started as the No. 1 designated hitter, went 2-for-5 with one RBI and one run, extending his on-base streak to 51 games. He is one game shy of Choo Shin-soo's Asian record for consecutive games reaching base (52 games in 2018) and seven games short of Duke Snider's franchise record for consecutive games reaching base (58 games in 1954).
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