If LEE finished the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs and runners on the second and third bases! One hit in five at-bats for scoring rights before the opening of the home game, RBI + scoring + stealing, but did everything he could

Apr 05, 2025

Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants runs to first base with a critical hit in the bottom of the fourth inning against the Seattle Mariners 3-3 in the home opener at Oracle Park on the 5th (Korea time). AP Yonhap News

Lee Jung-hoo raises his arms and cheers when Willy Adames' timely hit comes out in the bottom of the 11th inning of extra time. ImagesYonhap News

San Francisco Giants' Lee Jung-hoo hit a timely hit in his first home game in about 11 months, wowing fans.

Lee Jung-hoo started as the third center fielder in the home opener against the Seattle Mariners at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on the 5th (Korea time) and marked one hit, one RBI, one run and one stolen base in six at-bats. San Francisco won a thrilling 10-9 victory after extra time, winning five consecutive games.

It is the first time in 327 days that Lee Jung-hoo went to Oracle Park since the game against the Cincinnati Reds on May 13 last year. At that time, he injured his left shoulder when he hit the fence while trying to catch Jaymer Candelario's right-center hit in the top of the first inning and ended the season early after surgery.

Lee Jung-hoo, who emerged as a sign of San Francisco, appeared and cheered at Oracle Park with 48,665 full spectators. For the first game of the weekend's three consecutive home games, the San Francisco club designated the stands behind the right-center fence as the Jung-Hoo Crew Section as planned, and provided a Jung-Hoo Crew T-shirt to fans who purchased tickets and entered the place.

The San Francisco club's T-shirt to fans. Photo =SF Giants Club X Account

Lee Jung-hoo is preparing to bat in the bottom of the ninth inning. ImagesYonhap News

Lee Jung-hoo, who played after taking two days off, hit a ground ball to the first base with one out and a runner on second base in the bottom of the first inning, sending second baseman Lamont Wade Jr. to third base. Wade homered on the next batter Matt Chapman's infield hit to tie the game 1-1.

In the second inning with a 3-1 lead, he hit a ground ball and unfortunately failed to score an RBI. Third baseman Tyler Fitzgerald was tagged out at home when Seattle right-hander Luis Castillo's pull on an 80.7-mile slider outside the fifth pitch became a grounder to first base. Lee Jung-hoo, who went out as a first baseman, succeeded in stealing second base at the next Chapman at-bat, but failed to advance further due to the failure of a follow-up hit.

Lee Jung-hoo's timely hit came in the third at-bat in the fourth inning when the score was tied 3-3. After one out, Willy Adames got on base with a shortstop infield hit and stole second base to create a scoring position. Lee Jung-hoo then hit left-hander Taylor Saucedo's fourth pitch, 80.9 miles outside sweeper in 2B1S, connecting him with a clean heavy hit with a batting speed of 97.2 miles to bring Adames home. a 4-3 lead.

San Francisco continued to take a chance with one out and runners on first and second bases with Chapman's walk, and Eliot Ramos fired a right-handed hit to bring in Lee Jung-hoo for a two-run lead of 5-3.

Lee Jung-hoo enters the batter's box in the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs and runners on the second and third bases. ImagesYonhap News

However, Lee Jung-hoo failed to add a hit afterward. In the fifth inning with a 6-5 lead, Eduardo Bazardo was struck out by a 95.4-mile fastball outside the sixth pitch of the pitcher, Eduardo Bazardo, and in the seventh inning when he faced again 8-8, he struck out with a two-out swing and miss.

Then, in the bottom of the ninth inning, when the balance continued 8-8, he only hit a ground ball to the second base in the closing chance with two outs and runners on the second and third bases. Right-hander Gregory Santos's 88.9-mile slider on the sixth pitch of the ball count 1B2S was pulled well, but it ended with a ground ball to first base. The batting speed was 103.7 miles, but the direction was in front of first baseman Dylan Moore.

Lee Jung-hoo went to second base in the bottom of the 10th inning of extra time. However, with two outs and runners on the first and third bases, Wilmer Flores was forced out of the third base when he grounded out to the third base, and the inning ended as it was.

San Francisco won a thrilling 10-9 come-from-behind victory with Adames' two-run finishing right-handed hit in the bottom of the 11th inning with two outs and runners on the second and third bases, trailing 8-9.

Lee Jung-hoo showed his presence in the home opening match, but it remains regrettable that he had one hit in five scoring positions. With this, Lee Jung-hoo marked a batting average of 0.250 (6 hits in 24 at-bats), three RBIs, seven runs, three walks, five strikeouts, two steals, and an OPS of 0.708 in six games of the season. It is a five-game hitting streak since the game against Cincinnati on the 30th of last month.

San Francisco remained third in the NL West with a 6-1 record. It is one game behind the first LA Dodgers (8-1), and 0.5 game behind the second-place San Diego Padres.