Kim crushes first homer of career in O’s win

CLEVELAND — With the score deadlocked at 4 in the seventh, Orioles left fielder Hyun Soo Kim launched a 2-2 fastball from Indians reliever Jeff Manship over the right-field wall to put his team up for good in the 6-4 win on Sunday.

However, as he rounded third base and peered into the dugout, Kim noticed something unusual.

When he finally trucked back to the dugout, his suspicions became a reality. Rather than getting mobbed by his teammates, the rookie received the polar opposite response. Not a single player or staff member acknowledged him in the dugout — not even his own translator.

“I hate that,” Showalter said. “He’s a pretty sharp guy. I think he had it figured out about halfway to home. But he handled it well.”

After several moments of giving him the silent treatment, Kim’s teammates finally began to swarm him, congratulating him on the first home run of his Major League career. Several players started to dump sunflower seeds on him.

It may have taken him until his 47th big league at-bat, but Kim had finally put the ball over the wall. Per Statcast™, Kim’s blast had an exit velocity of 108 mph and it traveled an estimated 377 feet into the seats past the right-field wall …

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