Kim Hye-seong's Multihit Game Leads Dodgers to Shutout Win Over Giants
Quick Look
- Kim Hye-seong went 2-for-4 with an RBI while Lee Jung-hoo went 0-for-3 as the Dodgers beat the Giants 3-0 at Oracle Park.
- Kim raised his batting average to .324 while Lee dropped to .253 in the first MLB meeting between the two South Korean players this season.
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Why It Matters
This was the first meeting between Kim Hye-seong and Lee Jung-hoo, the only two South Koreans in Major League Baseball at the moment, of the 2026 season. The Giants had won the first two games of the series before the Dodgers salvaged the final game.
Kim Hye-seong of the Los Angeles Dodgers put up his third multihit game of the season, while his fellow South Korean for the San Francisco Giants, Lee Jung-hoo, was held without a hit for the first time in three games. Kim batted 2-for-4 with an RBI to help the Dodgers beat the Giants 3-0 at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Thursday (local time). The Dodgers had lost the two previous games against their National League West foe by a combined score of 6-1 but gave the Giants a taste of their own medicine by holding them to just one hit in the shutout win this time. Starting at shortstop and batting eighth, Kim drove in the Dodgers' third run with a single in the fourth inning. Kim got his second hit with a single in the ninth inning and raised his batting average from .300 to .324 in the process. Lee, on the other hand, was 0-for-3. With a man at first in the bottom of the second, Lee hit a grounder at Kim for a 6-4-3 double play. Lee then flied out to center in the fifth and popped out to first in the eighth. His batting average is now .253. The Giants took two out of three games of this series, which was the first meeting between Kim and Lee, the only two South Koreans in Major League Baseball at the moment, of the 2026 season.
Open Questions
- Will either player be traded before the season ends?
- How will their head-to-head matchups affect their performance throughout the season?
