Cody Bellinger (28) of the Chicago Cubs of the Major League (MLB) put a dagger into his home team.
Bellinger started as the 7th batter and center fielder in the 2023 Major League (MLB) match against the Los Angeles Dodgers held at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA on the 17th (Korean time), shooting a wedge solo shot in the top of the 6th inning and hitting 1 at 4. He played an active part with 1 hit, 2 runs scored.
With Bellinger’s performance at the forefront,메이저사이트 the Cubs defeated the Dodgers 3-2 and ended their three-game series against the Dodgers with a winning series.
In the top of the 5th inning when the Cubs were trailing 0-1, with no runners on the first run, Bellinger succeeded in getting on base due to an error by opposing second baseman Miguel Vargas, and immediately stole second base.
Bellinger, who had advanced to third base on Jan Gomes’ shortstop grounder, homered on Lewis Torrens’ infield hit to tie the game.
The Cubs turned the score around 2-1 in the top of the 6th inning with no runners out and Patrick Wisdom hit a solo home run left.
Bellinger, who entered the plate afterwards, hit a 94.2 mph (about 152 km) fastball from Dodgers starter Julio Urias on the second pitch and fired a wedge solo gun that went over the right fence. It was Bellinger’s third home run of the season.
Bellinger showed off a bat flip when the ball went over the fence and turned around the ground.
The Cubs gave the Dodgers a run in the bottom of the 7th inning, but they did not allow further pursuit and took the win.
Bellinger only played for the Dodgers from 2017 when he made his big league debut until last year.
Bellinger, who won the Rookie of the Year title with a batting average of 0.267, 39 homers and 97 RBIs in the first year of his debut, won the National League Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2019 with a batting average of 0.305, 47 homers and 115 RBIs.
However, it went downhill from the following year.
In the aftermath of Corona 19, Bellinger, who played a shortened season of 60 games per team in 2020, with a batting average of 0.239, 12 home runs and 30 RBIs, suffered extreme sluggishness with a batting average of 0.165, 10 home runs and 36 RBIs in 2021 due to overlapping injuries such as a left shin fracture, left hamstring injury, and rib fracture. seemed
Last year, Bellinger, who had a batting average of 0.210, 19 home runs and 68 RBIs, was eventually released from the Dodgers after the 2022 season.
Bellinger signed a one-year, $17.5 million contract with the Cubs.
This three-game series against the Dodgers was Bellinger’s first outing with his parents.
Bellinger went 3-for-11 (0.273 batting average), 1 homer, 1 RBI and 3 runs in 3 consecutive matches against the Dodgers.