Padres’ Kim Ha-seong extends hitting streak to 16 games

                                                                                                 Teoscar Hernandez, right, of the Seattle Mariners is tagged by Kim Ha-Seong of the San Diego Padres during the sixth inning at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington, Aug. 9. AFP-Yonhap

Kim Ha-seong of the San Diego Padres has pushed his hitting streak to 16 games with a two-hit effort.

Kim batted 2-for-5 with an RBI to help the Padres defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-5 at Chase Field in Phoenix on Friday (local time).

Kim raised his batting average to .290, tied for the sixth-highest in the National League.

Kim’s 16-game run is the longest active hitting streak in Major League Baseball (MLB).

Batting leadoff, Kim popped out in the first, 스포츠 grounded out in the third and lined out in the fourth.

Kim then kept his streak alive with a single in the top of the sixth, driving in Trent Grisham to give the Padres a 7-1 lead.

He opened the ninth inning with a double and came around to score on a follow-up double by Fernando Tatis Jr.

Kim is batting .414 (24-for-58) during this hitting streak.

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