Lee Jung-hoo is back! Oracle Park Appears After 10 Months, 20,114 Home Fans Are Enthusiastic, No Hit in 3 At-bats, One Walk
Mar 25, 2025
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Lee Jung-hoo started as the third center fielder in Game 1 of the final exhibition series against the Detroit Tigers at Oracle Park on the 25th (Korea time) and scored no hits, one walk, and one point in three at-bats.
It is the first time in 11 days that Lee Jung-hoo has played in an exhibition game since the game against the Texas Rangers on the 14th. Lee Jung-hoo was urgently excluded from the lineup due to biliary symptoms in his upper back before the game while trying to play against the Seattle Mariners on the 16th. The San Francisco club described Lee Jung-hoo's back tightness as `because I didn't sleep well at night.'
Lee Jung-hoo, who was waiting for his symptoms to subside while taking a rest, underwent an MRI examination on the 18th when his condition rarely improved. However, after hearing that there was no structural damage, he began full-fledged return training. And in a practice game against the Triple-A Sacramento Rivercats on the 24th, he checked his condition with one hit, one RBI, one run and one walk in two at-bats, hitting a line drive double to the right-center.
Coach Bob Melvin said of Lee Jung-hoo after the game against Sacramento, `If you can play in two games against Detroit at Oracle Park, your chances of playing in the opening game will be very high.'
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Lee Jung-hoo was grounded out in his first at-bat.
San Francisco scored the first run in the bottom of the first inning with Eliot Ramos' solo home run to the center. Then, after Willy Adames stepped down with a fly ball to center field, Lee Jung-hoo entered the batter's box.
Lee Jung-hoo vigorously pulled the sinker in the middle of Detroit left-hander Tyler Holton's fifth pitch 90.8 miles with a ball count of 3B1S, but headed in front of second baseman. However, it was a hard hit with a batting speed of 98.6 miles. A hit that hit the center of the bat properly.
After one out in the third inning, he missed a hit due to the opponent's defense. Lee Jung-hoo pulled right-hander Jason Foley's 3rd pitch, 88.9 miles outside slider. The 83.3-mile-speed ball seemed to fall into the right foul area on the first base line, but the opponent's first baseman Spencer Tokelson caught it with a diving catch and tossed it to Foley, who came through the base cover.
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Lee fouled out Briskie's 7th pitch, a 95.3-mile fastball that flew 95.3 miles outside the strike zone, and picked out a 96.7-mile fastball that slightly crossed the corner of the strike zone outside the 8th pitch. An accurate trailblazing plan led to one on-base hit.
San Francisco's batrick Bailey hit a double with two outs and runners on the first and second bases, and Ramos and Lee Jung-hoo homered one after another, turning the tide 4-2.
However, he hit another ground ball to the first base in his last at-bat as a leadoff hitter in the seventh inning, leaving a regret. Lee Jung-hoo was replaced in defense in the top of the eighth inning, and San Francisco won 6-4.
As a result, Lee Jung-hoo had a batting average of 0.273 (9 hits in 33 at-bats), two homers, five RBIs, 10 runs, five walks, seven strikeouts, and an OPS of 0.900 in 13 spring training games.
San Francisco will wrap up its spring training schedule with the second exhibition game against Detroit on the 26th and play the opener against the Cincinnati Reds on the road on the 28th.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
