Ground ball → Ground ball → Ground ball, Lee Jung-hoo, the most hitless streak of eight consecutive at-bats this season, SF22 MIL (5th inning)
Apr 22, 2025
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Lee Jung-hoo started as the third center fielder in the first game of a four-game home series against the Milwaukee Brewers at Oracle Park on the 22nd (Korea time) and failed to hit in the first three at-bats.
In the bottom of the first inning, Mike Yastremski walked to get on base, but immediately after Willy Adames struck out swinging, he failed to steal second base, leaving no runners. Lee Jung-hoo, who then entered the batter's box, hit an 86.1-mile slider on the fourth pitch in the ball count of 1B2S against Milwaukee right-hander Keen Priest, but was grounded out to second base.
He also hit an infield grounder in his second at-bat in the third inning, trailing 1-2. Friester's second pitch hit a sinker outside 91.9 miles, but it spilled in front of the shortstop.
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After the first baseman was forced out of the second base when Adames grounded out to third base with no outs and runners on the first and second bases, which were made with the infield hit of the leadoff Tyler Fitzgerald and Yastremski's walk, Fitzgerald homered and tied it 2-2.
However, Lee Jung-hoo, who continued to bat with one out and a runner on the first base, hit a ground ball to the second base, and Adames, the front runner, was out at second base.
Lee Jung-hoo's latest hit is a left-handed hit in the eighth inning against the Los Angeles Angels on the 20th. He had no hits in five at-bats against the Angels on the 21st, then withdrew from his first three at-bats and was sluggish with no hits in eight consecutive at-bats.
The previous record of most consecutive hits this year was no-hit in seven consecutive at-bats, including no hits in five at-bats against the Philadelphia Phillies on the 15th and no hits in the first two at-bats against Philadelphia on the 16th. Lee Jung-hoo's batting average fell further from 0.333 to 0.321.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
