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Kim serving as piston for charged-up offense
- Updated: June 4, 2016
BALTIMORE — As Spring Training wound to a close, it didn’t look like Hyun Soo Kim would be a member of the Orioles let alone participating in a June rally that helped the O’s regain a share of first place in the American League East. But in Friday’s 6-5 win over the Yankees, Kim’s 3-for-4 night was instrumental to Baltimore’s success.
With the game knotted at 5 in the seventh inning and Adam Jones on first, Kim came to the plate against hard-throwing reliever Dellin Betances. He had talked to hitting coach Scott Coolbaugh before his at-bat, and Coolbaugh told him he couldn’t fall behind. So he needed to jump on either a curveball or a fastball. Kim decided he’d look for a fastball.
Kim sent a 1-0 …
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