Bad Ji-hwan's bat, which raised expectations for his return to the Major League with two consecutive hits in the Minor League, was silent. He was tied up by Aaron Wilkerson, a name familiar to Korean fans as he played in the KBO League.

Bae Ji-hwan, a member of the Indianapolis Indians, a Triple-A team under Pittsburgh, started the game against the Cincinnati Triple-A Louisville Betts of the 2025 U.S. Major League Baseball (Triple A) at Louisville Slugger Field in Louisville, Kentucky on the 13th (Korea time), and finished the game with no hits and one strikeout in four times at bat. His batting average for the season, which rose to 0.250 with two consecutive hits, fell to 0.188.
The Louisville starter Bae Ji-hwan faced was Wilkerson. He played for the Lotte Giants in the KBO League in the 2023 season and last season. He signed a minor league contract with Cincinnati ahead of this season.

Wilkerson's average fastball speed of 143.7 kilometers in the KBO league last season has not changed much. He is facing Bae Ji-hwan, who took his first batter's box with a 90-mile fastball.

Wilkerson only threw fastballs at Bae. Bae picked out three balls and turned the bat on two balls that entered the strike zone, but all of them were fouls.

In the full count, Bae Ji-hwan struck out swinging on a high fastball of 89.9 miles per hour that exceeded the strike zone in the sixth pitch.

In the second at-bat in the third inning, he hit an 84.9-mile cutter at the first pitch, but was caught with a ground ball to the second base.

Wilkerson also failed to overcome his third at bat, which he encountered with runners on the first and second bases with two outs in the fifth inning. He was out after hitting an 89.2 mile fastball to left field.

Bae also failed to get on base at his last at-bat. He had a full count against Josber Zulueta in the seventh inning when his team was losing 2-7, but was out by striking out on a fastball 95.9 miles on seven pitches. According to MILB GameDay, however, Bae's performance as if hitting a strike zone could be disappointing.

Up until the exhibition game before the season's opening, Bae was in full swing. At the exhibition game, he displayed a batting average of 0.381 (16 hits in 42 at-bats) and an on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) of 1.017.

Pittsburgh also has an eye on Bae. Bae has joined the regular season opening roster of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Since then, however, the team has been completely sidelined in the competition to become a starting member. Since the season's opening, he has played in two consecutive games. However, he was sluggish with three strikeouts in four at-bats against the Miami Marlins on March 30, and failed to steal a base as a pinch runner in the game on March 31.

Since then, Bae Ji-hwan has disappeared from the Pittsburgh game. The aftermath of missing limited opportunities was huge. He was not given a chance to play as a substitute as well as a starter, and was relegated to the minor league on the 4th. 바카라

Bae Ji-hwan, who had no hits in the first three games after going down to the minor leagues, exploded with multiple hits along with a home run on the 10th. In the game on the 12th, he continued his batting sense by going up to one hit and one walk from four times at bat.

In the game, which lasted until the seventh inning, Indianapolis fell to its knees 2-7.

Wilkerson became the winning pitcher by pitching four hits, four strikeouts and no runs in five innings. After six scoreless innings in the last game, Wilkerson continued his hope to win the Major League call-up by winning two consecutive games by pitching no runs in two consecutive games.