Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants extended his hitting streak to three games, while Kim Ha-seong of the Atlanta Braves went hitless for a fifth straight game.
Lee went 1 for 2 with a walk while batting second and playing right field against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Uniqlo Field at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Monday, Korean time.
After flying out in the first inning and walking in the third, Lee singled to right in the sixth before being replaced on defense in the bottom of the seventh.
His season batting average stood at .276.
San Francisco lost 3-1.
Kim Ha-seong, batting ninth and playing shortstop against the Houston Astros on the road, went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts, a groundout and a flyout.
Atlanta beat Houston 4-2 to clinch its first National League East title in three years.
Meanwhile, the Boston Red Sox secured an American League wild-card berth, joining the Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees as three AL East teams headed to the postseason.
In the NL, Atlanta, the Milwaukee Brewers and the Dodgers secured postseason berths as champions of the East, Central and West divisions, respectively.
(This article was produced with the assistance of AI. — Ed.)
