Dodgers' Kim Hye-seong hits 1st MLB home run

Kim Hye-seong of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits a solo home run against the Athletics during a Major League Baseball regular-season game at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles, Wednesday. Yonhap

Kim Hye-seong of the Los Angeles Dodgers has gone deep for the first time in his major league career.

Kim belted a solo home run to lead off the bottom of the fifth inning against the Athletics at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Wednesday (local time). It was Kim's first home run in Major League Baseball (MLB) in his 11th game.

The 26-year-old signed with the Dodgers in January and started the season in Triple-A before getting called up May 3.

Kim turned on a 0-1 fastball from starter Gunnar Hoglund and sent it 385 feet to right-center field to tie the game at 3-3. The ball left Kim's bat at 104.3 mph with a launch angle of 26 degrees.

Kim, who batted ninth and played second base, went 2-for-2 as the Dodgers prevailed 9-3.

He legged out an infield single in his first at-bat in the bottom of the second inning — his first hit at Dodger Stadium.

After that fifth-inning home run, Kim was due up with two outs and a runner at first in the sixth. Miguel Rojas came on for Kim and hit a pinch-hit double to put the Dodgers up 4-3.

The home team put up a five-spot in the eighth for the win.

Kim is now batting .360/.360/.480 with a home run, three RBIs and two steals.

Earlier Wednesday, Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants homered on back-to-back days for the first time in his MLB career.

Lee launched a two-run home run off Arizona Diamondbacks reliever Ryne Nelson in the bottom of the seventh inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco. It cut the Diamondbacks' lead to 8-6, though the Giants ended up losing by 8-7.

Lee had also homered Tuesday for his first long ball at Oracle Park this season.

He now has six home runs this year in 43 games, along with a .286/.330/.482 line.

With no outs and Wilmer Flores at first, Lee drilled a 1-2 changeup that came over the heart of the plate and sent it 393 feet into the seats in right. The ball left Lee's bat at 101.7 mph at 29 degrees.

The home run was the only hit Lee managed in five at-bats in this game. He popped out in the first inning and grounded out in the third inning before flying out to left in the fifth inning.

After the homer in the seventh, Lee flied out to left again to lead off the ninth.

The Giants had the bases loaded with one out in the inning but managed just one run to fall 8-7.

At Citi Field in New York, Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Bae Ji-hwan picked up his first hit of the season in a 4-0 win over the New York Mets.

Batting eighth, Bae got a bunt single back to pitcher Clay Holmes in the top of the fifth inning. Bae then scored on a two-run home run by Jared Triolo.

Bae flied out twice and struck out once in his three other at-bats. He has one hit in 11 at-bats this season, along with three runs and two steals.