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| ▲ In this Associated Press photo, Bae Ji-hwan of the Pittsburgh Pirates rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run against the Boston Red Sox during the top of the second inning of a Major League Baseball regular season game at Fenway Park in Boston on April 4, 2023. (Yonhap) |
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| ▲ In this Associated Press photo, Bae Ji-hwan of the Pittsburgh Pirates (R) is congratulated by Canaan Smith-Njigba (L) after hitting a two-run home run against the Boston Red Sox during the top of the second inning of a Major League Baseball regular season game at Fenway Park in Boston on April 4, 2023. (Yonhap) |
MLB player-home run
Pirates' Bae Ji-hwan belts 1st MLB home run
By Yoo Jee-ho
SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- The Pittsburgh Pirates' South Korean infielder Bae Ji-hwan has gone deep for the first time in his major league career.
Bae launched a two-run home run over the famed Green Monster at Fenway Park in Boston on Tuesday (local time), giving the Bucs a 2-1 lead in the top of the second inning.
Bae, batting eighth and playing second base, smoked a 1-1 fastball from Nick Pivetta to flash some opposite field power, as the ball just cleared the top of the wall in left field.
This was Bae's 14th career big league game. He made 10 appearances as a late-season callup in 2022, and then made the Opening Day roster at the start of this season.
The ball left Bae's bat at 102 miles per hour and traveled 359 feet at a launch angle of 26 degrees, according to Statcast.
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