San francisco: Kim Hye-seong of the Los Angeles Dodgers knocked in a key run to help his team beat their rivals and snap their season-worst losing streak. Batting seventh and starting at second base, the South Korean rookie batted 1-for-4 with an RBI in the Dodgers' 2-0 win over the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Saturday.

According to Yonhap News Agency, that lone RBI came with two outs and runners on first and second in the bottom of the sixth inning, with the Giants nursing a 1-0 lead. Down 0-2 against starter Landen Roupp, Kim punched a single to left field to cash in Michael Conforto from second for a 2-0 Dodgers lead. Although Kim was thrown out at second trying to stretch the hit to a double, his RBI proved to be the difference in the Dodgers' narrow win, ending their seven-game slide-their longest losing skid since 2017.

The Giants' South Korean center fielder Lee Jung-hoo went 0-for-3 with a walk. Kim and Lee, former teammates on the Kiwoom Heroes in the Korea Baseball Organization, will close out the first half of the season with the series finale Sunday. In Friday's opener, both players had three hits apiece.

Also in Major League Baseball on Saturday, Kim Ha-seong of the Tampa Bay Rays went 0-for-4 with a strikeout as his team fell to the Boston Red Sox 1-0 at Fenway Park in Boston. Red Sox starter Garrett Crochet threw his first complete game shutout and held the Rays to only three hits.