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Kang Jung-ho gets first MLB hit

April 13, 2015

Pittsburgh Pirates’ Jung Ho Kang gets his first Major League hit off of Milwaukee Brewers’ Kyle Lohse during the seventh inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 12, 2015, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Tom Lynn)

(Yonhap) — South Korean infielder Kang Jung-ho picked up his first Major League Baseball (MLB) hit for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the Milwaukee Brewers on the road on Sunday, local time.

Kang hit a single up the middle off Brewers starter Kyle Lohse to lead off the top of the seventh at Miller Park. It was Kang’s first big league hit in seven at-bats.

He started the game at third base and batted seventh. He was 1-for-4 for the day. In his first two at-bats, Kang grounded out to third. Then in the ninth, he flied out to center. Kang is batting .125 in the young season.

The Pirates defeated the Brewers 10-2, thanks to a six-run outburst in the top of the ninth.

Kang is the first South Korean position player to jump from the domestic KBO League to the majors. He signed a four-year deal with the Pirates in January after playing for nine seasons in the KBO.

In 2014 for the Nexen Heroes, Kang belted 40 home runs, a single-season record for a shortstop in South Korea.

Kang had an up-and-down spring training in which he batted .200 with two home runs and five RBIs.