Padres' Kim Ha-seong hits 3rd homer of season, tops 100 career RBIs

San Diego Padres' Ha-Seong Kim hits a three-run home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds in San Diego, May 1. AP-Yonhap

Kim Ha-seong of the San Diego Padres has ended his homerless drought at 18 games.

Kim belted a three-run home run to help the Padres past the Cincinnati Reds 8-3 at Petco Park in San Diego on Monday (local time).

Kim's blast off Reds reliever Alex Young in the bottom of the fifth inning broke a 3-3 tie. The ball left Kim's bat at 101.2 miles per hour and traveled 353 feet over the left field fence.

Kim even took a curtain call from Padres faithful after the go-ahead shot.

The homer also gave Kim 102 RBIs for his big league career, now in Year 3.

Batting seventh, Kim went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs in the game. He's now batting .222/.307/.378 for the season.

"I had an opportunity with two outs. The pitcher threw a mistake, and I was able to capitalize on that," Kim said. "I thought the ball was going to go off the wall, but luckily, it cleared the fence."

Kim Ha-seong of the San Diego Padres, left, has a sombrero placed on him by teammate Fernando Tatis Jr. after hitting a three-run home run against the Cincinnati Reds during the bottom of the fifth inning of a Major League Baseball regular season game at Petco Park in San Diego, May 1. Reuters-Yonhap

The Padres have now won three in a row to move back above .500 at 16-14.

"We want to win a championship here, and we have to keep moving forward," Kim said. "We'll all do our best to play even better." (Yonhap)