Lee Jung-hoo posted a multi-hit + walk = OPS 1.073 againA superstar appeared in SF
Apr 19, 2025
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Lee Jung-hoo played as the third center fielder in the first of three consecutive away games against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium on the 19th (Korea time) and hit two hits and one walk in three at-bats. Despite Lee Jung-hoo's three on-base hits, San Francisco kneeled 0-2.
However, Lee Jung-hoo marked a batting average of 0.361 (26 hits in 72 at-bats), three homers, 14 RBIs, 19 points, eight walks, 12 strikeouts, three steals, a on-base percentage of 0.420, a slugging percentage of 0.653 and an OPS of 1.073 after hitting four consecutive games against the Philadelphia Phillies on the 16th.
In the NL, he ranked second in batting average, fourth in hits, fourth in runs scored, seventh in on-base percentage, and second in slugging percentage and OPS, respectively. The 10 doubles are still No. 1 in both leagues.
Lee Jung-hoo has 26 hits in his team's 20 games, making 211 hits this season.
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Lee Jung-hoo, who then walked Matt Chapman to second base, was unable to advance further as Wilmer Flores stepped down with a fly to center field.
In his second at-bat in the top of the third inning, trailing 0-2, he made a clean hit to complete his eighth multi-hit game of the season in two at-bats.
After one out, Eliot Ramos hit a right-center hit, Willy Adames was out with a fly ball to center field, with two outs and a runner on first base. Lee Jung-hoo then targeted Anderson's first pitch again this time. When an 89.4-mile fastball came into the outside strike zone, he pushed it lightly and hit a single that fell in front of left field.
However, San Francisco, which had a chance with two outs and runners on the first and second bases, failed to score a comeback point because Chapman struck out.
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In the last at-bat after two outs in the eighth inning, he picked up four balls in a row and reached base after being driven to a two-strike against right-hander Ryan Zephyrzan.
San Francisco suffered a young Bongbong defeat as its batters did not explode despite starter Logan Webb striking out 12 in six innings and giving up four hits and two runs (one earned run). Angels starter Tyler Anderson won his second game of the season with three hits and no runs in six innings.
San Francisco, which marked 13 wins and 7 losses, maintained its third place in the NL West. It is two games behind the first San Diego Padres (15 wins and five losses) and 1.5 games behind the second-place Los Angeles Dodgers (15 wins and six losses).
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Journalist Anthony Castrovins, who wrote the article, introduced that his father, Lee Jong-beom, was called the Son of the Wind for his overwhelming leadoff presence with two-time MVP in the KBO, six-time Golden Gloves, 13-time All-Star, and two-time Korean Series MVP. Lee Jung-hoo, who joined the team for $113 million in six years, was recognized as an overpaid player due to the Giants' desperation for focusing on contact heating rather than power and experiencing ankle surgery, but this year we began to wonder if the Giants had the long-sought superstar," he said.
The reporter then commented that `Lee Jung-hoo, who is fully back in shape, is reigning as an MVP candidate in the Giants, which is making the most pleasant sensation at the beginning of the season' and that he is in the spotlight as a batting king candidate with a swing and miss rate and an improved barrel rate among the lower ranks in the MLB, and that his power is being exercised more than it is known.'
San Francisco manager Bob Melvin said, `It's amazing for a lot of pitchers, given that he's never played before. It is well known how the technique of hitting the ball is working. He praised Lee Jung-hoo's contact heating ability.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
