"Hyesung express" Kim Hye-seong has risen as the Los Angeles Dodgers' hit machine.
Kim Hye-seong started at shortstop batting eighth in the second game of the three-game weekend series against the Chicago Cubs of the 2026 Major League Baseball at Uniqlo Field at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on the 26th (Korean time), and recorded multiple hits in just two plate appearances.
Kim Hye-seong came to his first plate appearance in the bottom of the second with two outs and no runners, trailing 0-1. Although he fell behind in the count at 0B-2S, he targeted Cubs starter Colin Rea's third pitch, a 79.5-mile-per-hour (128km) curve that dropped to a low slot, and connected for a clean single to center. It was his third straight game with a hit. The following batter, Alex Freeland, was retired on a fly ball to center field and the opportunity to score did not materialize.
Kim Hye-seong's hitting display continued. In the bottom of the fourth, with one out and no runners and the Dodgers trailing 2-3, he worked a 0B-2S count into a full count and then barreled up Colin Rea's seventh pitch, a 92.8-mile-per-hour (149km) four-seam fastball left over the middle, for a single to center. It was his third straight multi-hit game.
Kim Hye-seong became the hero of the tying run when he passed second and third and reached home on a double by the following batter, Freeland, that struck the upper left-field wall.
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