San Diego Padres Jake Cronenworth hit four hits and four RBIs to help San Diego win its first regular season.
San Diego won 15-11 after a slugfest in the opening game of the Major League Baseball’s regular season against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the “MLB World Tour Seoul Series 2024” held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 21st. San Diego won its first game of the season. Cronenworth, who had no hit in four times at bat in the opening game, started as the first baseman and third hitter, and scored four hits, four RBIs and two runs.
Cronenworth entered the batter’s box for the first time with no outs and runners on first and second bases in the top of the first inning. He hit a triple off Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto who made his Major League debut, and garnered two RBIs. He added a run on Kim Ha-sung’s sacrifice fly. In the top of the second inning, he got on base with a pitch that hit Tom Grove.
San Diego added one more RBI with a sacrifice fly in the top of the third inning when the Dodgers widened the score to 8-2. In the top of the fifth inning when Dodgers allowed pursuit with the score 9-6, San Diego made a timely hit to the right and scored an RBI.
Cronenworth added one more hit off Ryan Yarbrough in the top of the seventh inning, and completed his four-hitter by hitting a right-handed hit off J. P. Firereisen in the top of the ninth inning. Manny Machado hit a home run and even added a run.
In an interview after the game, Cronenworth said, “Not only me, but the whole team had a good sense of hitting. I’m happy to finish the series with a win,” adding, “It’s an honor to be here, and I’m glad to win again to be able to play in front of so many fans. It was a great experience.” 핑크알바
On the previous day, it was Cronenworth who unfairly recorded an error. The San Diego Padres allowed Cronenworth to turn the game around due to Cronenworth’s error when Gavin Lux hit an infield grounder with one out and runners on the first and second bases in the top of the eighth inning, when the game was tied 2-2, but it was hard to say that it was Cronenworth’s fault. It was because he had a glove problem.
Cronenworth even managed to hit the bound of Lux’s ball and put the ball in the first base mitts, but the glove strap was released. The Dodgers’ second base runner scored as the ball went through Cronenworth’s first base mitts and crossed the infield. San Diego failed to overcome this crisis, and was eventually defeated after consecutive hits by Mookie Betts and Shohei Ohtani.