"The lucky guy who came in to roll"
The San Francisco Giants produced a solid hit product earlier this season. There was some expectation, but I didn't expect to do this well. Indeed, it is a blessing in disguise. With outfielder Lee Jung-hoo (27), who became a star player at once, he won two consecutive games to finish 'Hell's 17th consecutive series'
Lee Jung-hoo's performance was certain. After continuing his five-game hitting streak with one hit in four at-bats, he achieved his third Bodhisattva of the season by catching a runner who was running to second base with an accurate and fast throw in defense.
Lee Jung-hoo started as the third center fielder in an interleague home game against the Texas Rangers at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on the 28th (Korea time) and recorded one hit in four at-bats. Lee's batting average for this season is 0.324 (35 hits in 108 times at bat). It fell slightly from the previous day, but it is important that it is a hit in five consecutive games. The sense of hitting has been maintained.
Instead, he made a great scene in defense and contributed to making one hit. It was a defense in the top of the fourth inning. Texas catcher Jonah Haim, who came to the batter's box after two outs, hit a single that fell to left-center. If his feet were a little slow or his judgment was slow, it would have rolled deep into the outfield and become a double.
However, Lee Jung-hoo was quick and had a faster batting judgment. He ran quickly and caught the ball no longer rolling far. He then caught Haim, who ran to second base, with a bullet throw. Haim had to look down on Lee Jung-hoo's shoulders and return to the bench in vain, and Texas' offensive inning ended as it was. With this, Lee Jung-hoo showed enough one-hit performance.
Lee Jung-hoo also hit 'real hit' from his first at-bat in the bottom of the first inning. Lee Jung-hoo, who came to the batter's box in the bottom of the first inning with one out and a runner on the first base, met the opposing ace starter Jack Leiter. Right-hander Leiter appeared in three games this season, showing a terrifying power with two wins and a 0.87 ERA.
Lee Jung-hoo, who met a tricky opponent, succeeded in targeting the lighter with his unique physical fight. The first slow curve (79 miles) stuck in the ground. Lee Jung-hoo watched calmly. The lighter who threw a ridiculous breaking ball had no choice but to throw a strike on the second pitch. The 94.3 mph (about 151.8 km) four-seam entered the strike zone.
It was the game Lee Jung-hoo wanted. Lee Jung-hoo quickly pulled the ball and made a hit to the right. It was a hard hit created by the fighting and bat speed. While Lee Jung-hoo went to the first base, first baseman Willy Adames went to the third base, creating a scoring chance with one out and runners on the first and third bases. San Francisco then scored on back-to-back walks by Matt Chapman and Wilmer Flores. However, with the bases loaded with one out, Elliott Ramos and Ramonte Wade Jr. failed to score additional points as they only hit consecutive hits. Lee Jung-hoo also went to third base but failed to score.
Lee Jung-hoo, who had a hit in his first at-bat, took the lead in the bottom of the third inning and again took the lead in the second at-bat after the lighter's first pitch ball. He hit a 95-mile sinker, but he stepped away with a fly ball to left field. The movement of the ball slightly missed.
However, Lee Jung-hoo showed off his presence by succeeding in the third Bodhisattva of the season in the top of the fourth inning.
In his third at-bat after one out in the bottom of the fifth inning, he met left-hander bullpen pitcher Jacob Latz and grounded out to shortstop. At the bottom of the eighth inning with a 2-2 score, he came out as the leadoff hitter and was out with a fly ball to left field.
San Francisco achieved its fifth walk-off victory early in the season in the bottom of the ninth inning with a lucky walk-off victory thanks to back-to-back errors by its opponent's infield. Ramos, who came out as the leadoff hitter in the bottom of the ninth inning, hit Texas bullpen pitcher Luke Jackson's first slider.
The ball bound forward was headed to the left of the pitcher. Jackson caught it with his bare hands and threw it straight to first base. But the direction is completely wrong. The ball rolled to the foul area of the outfield. In the meantime, Ramos ran around second base to third base.
There was another ridiculous throwing error. Texas first baseman Jake Berger, who chased the foul area and caught the ball, threw a strong throw to catch Ramos running to third base. But again, the direction was wrong. The throw curved to the right of Ramos, who was running, and flew to the foul area on third base.
As soon as Ramos confirmed that the throw was missing, he rushed home without delay. Then, he blew himself about 2 meters from the home plate, hit the home base with a head first sliding and finished the game. It was a home base touch that makes the Winning Series. Lee Jung-hoo was the first to run out and hugged Ramos and rejoiced. It was a scene where Lee Jung-hoo was able to confirm that he was a 'hackinssa' of the dugout.
Reporter Lee Won-man wman@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
