Song Sung-mun of the San Diego Padres runs on the field during a Major League Baseball regular-season game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helu in Mexico City, Sunday (local time). Reuters-Yonhap
Song Sung-mun of the San Diego Padres has made his major league debut as a pinch runner.
Song came on to run for Luis Campusano at second base with two outs in the top of the eighth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the second game of their Mexico City Series at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helu in Mexico City on Sunday (local time).
With the Padres trailing 8-7, Song represented the tying run, with Campusano having reached base on an error by shortstop Jose Fernandez.
A wild pitch by Juan Morillo pushed Song to third base, but Jake Cronenworth failed to cash him in, grounding out first instead.
The Diamondbacks then put the game out of the Padres' reach by scoring four runs in the bottom eighth, en route to a 12-7 win.
Song, a former All-Star in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), signed a four-year contract with the Padres in December 2025. He began the season on the injured list while dealing with an oblique strain and spent weeks in the minors in rehab before getting his call-up prior to Saturday's Mexico Series opener as the extra, 27th player.
After Song's pinch-running appearance, Freddy Fermin took over from Campusano at catcher to begin the bottom eighth.
Song is the third Korea in Major League Baseball (MLB) this season, joining his two former KBO teammates — Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants and Kim Hye-seong of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants runs to third base after hitting a triple against the Miami Marlins during the clubs' Major League Baseball regular-season game at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Sunday (local time). AP-Yonhap
Source: Korea Times News
