Kim Ha-seong pushes hitting streak to 8, scores go-ahead run

In this Getty Images photo, Atlanta Braves shortstop Kim Ha-seong scores a run in the eighth inning against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan, USA, Saturday. Reuters-Yonhap

Atlanta Braves shortstop Kim Ha-seong has extended his hitting streak to eight games while also scoring the team's go-ahead run in the ninth inning for a road victory.

Kim batted 1-for-4 and scored the team's final run in the Braves' 6-5 win over the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit on Saturday (local time).

After flying out in the top of the second inning and grounding out in his next two at-bats, Kim kept his hitting streak alive in the top ninth.

With Ozzie Albies at first and the Braves trailing 5-4, Kim singled to right field to push the tying run to second base.

The next two Braves batters struck out but then Nacho Alvarez Jr. singled to drive in Albies to knot the score at 5-5.

And then Jurickson Profar's single brought Kim home for a 6-5 Braves lead. They hung on to win by the same score to hand the Tigers their fifth consecutive loss.

Kim is batting a robust .311 in 17 games in September since joining the Braves off the waivers, after batting only .214 in 24 games with the Tampa Bay Rays.

Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants singles against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the clubs' Major League Baseball regular-season game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Sept. 20, in this Imagn Images photo via Reuters. Yonhap

Also in the majors Saturday, Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants snapped out of a seven-game hitless funk with a multihit effort against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Lee batted 2-for-4 in a 7-5 loss at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

The South Korean center fielder had gone 0-for-20 in his seven previous games and lost 10 points off his batting average.

The average ticked back up from .261 to .263 after his first multihit game since Sept. 8

Lee singled in the top of the first and again in the top of the third. He struck out in the top fifth before grounding out into a fielder's choice in the top seventh.

The Dodgers' South Korean utility player Kim Hye-seong was benched for the third straight game of this four-game series. He has not played since last Sunday.