WATCH: Ha-Seong Kim’s tournament leading 3-home runs in pool play includes the Grand Slam to break WBC single-game scoring record

Ha-Seong Kim goes deep again

Like his new double-play partner, Ha-Seong Kim is headed back to Padres camp.

He made sure to help make a little history first.

The 27-year-old infielder homered for the third time in two days, this time a grand slam as Korea set a World Baseball Classic for runs scored in a 22-2, run-rule victory in five innings over China early on Monday.

Korea’s effort bested the previous WBC record, 18 runs scored by Japan against China in 2006 but it was all for naught as Australia’s earlier victory had already sealed Korea’s first-round exit.

Kim went 1-for-4 with a walk on Monday. He went 3-for-16 at the plate, with all three hits leaving the yard for a tournament-best three homers thus far.

Kim’s first homerun of the tournament,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO1A4GB2row

Kim’s 2nd homerun,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgyYw0iGhZY

Kim’s 3rd Home run is a Grand Slam that broke the WBC single-game scoring record,

Ha Seong Kim of Team Korea hits a grand slam at the top of the 5th inning during the World Baseball Classic Pool B game between Korea and China at Tokyo Dome on March 13, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan.

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