Park Chan-ho's nephew roughed up in exhibition vs. Dodgers

The Kiwoom Heroes, in red, pose with the Los Angeles Dodgers after playing an exhibition game at Gocheok Sky Dome in western Seoul on Sunday. [NEWS1]

Kim Yun-ha, a teenage pitcher for the Kiwoom Heroes and nephew of former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Park Chan-ho, got his "welcome to professional baseball" moment against his uncle's former team on Sunday.

The 19-year-old right-hander was charged with five earned runs on four hits and three walks in 1 1/3 innings, as the Dodgers eased to a 14-3 victory in an exhibition game at Gocheok Sky Dome in western Seoul.

This was the first of two exhibitions that the Dodgers are scheduled to play in Korea, before facing the San Diego Padres in a two-game Seoul Series on Wednesday and Thursday. Those will be the first two MLB regular season games in Korea.

Kim was drafted ninth overall by the Heroes at last year's KBO draft. Against the Dodgers, he came on to start the top of the sixth inning, with the Heroes already down 8-1.

After getting Austin Barnes to pop out to catcher, Kim hit Miguel Vargas.

Kim got Jason Heyward to pop out to catcher but then gave up a double to Gavin Lux.

A walk to Chris Taylor loaded the bases, but Kim wiggled his way out of that jam as Hunter Feduccia flied out to right field.

The bottom fell out for Kim in the seventh inning, though.

The right-hander gave up a single and a walk, and then Miguel Rojas singled in a run for a 9-1 Dodgers lead.

Barnes hit a sacrifice fly for a 10-1 lead. Kim issued his second walk of the inning, and Heyward made him pay with a two-run double, knocking Kim out of the game in the process.

Kim Yeon-ju came on in relief but allowed Heyward to score on a single by Taylor, with the run being charged to Kim Yun-ha.

Park became the first Korean player in MLB history when he made his debut with the Dodgers in 1994. He went on to play for six other clubs and had a second tour of duty with the Dodgers in 2008. His best years were during the first run in Los Angeles, when he went 84-58 with a 3.77 ERA. He earned his lone All-Star selection as a Dodger in 2001.

Park owns the major league mark for the most wins by an Asian-born pitcher with 124.

Park, who also played for the Padres, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the opening game of the Seoul Series on Wednesday.

Yonhap