No hits in 5 at-bats. It's difficult if you already do it twice, but how many multi-hits did Lee Jung-hoo rank No. 1 in the batting average team and No. 10 overall
Apr 21, 2025
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Lee Jung-hoo entered the batter's box five times in an away game against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium on the 21st (Korea time) and retired with all of his mistakes, including one strikeout. In addition, the team lost 4-5 in the bottom of the ninth inning with a 4-1 lead, with closing pitcher Ryan Walker hitting hard.
It is the fourth time this season that Lee Jung-hoo has been silent without a hit and six days since the game against the Philadelphia Phillies on the 15th. As a result, the hit streak, which had continued for five consecutive games, also stopped.
As a result, Lee Jung-hoo's batting average for the season fell from 0.355 to 0.333 (27 hits in 81 at-bats), and his OPS also plunged from 1.043 to 0.982, collapsing the one-point range.
No-hit games in five at-bats are fatal to batting average, on-base percentage, and OPS. Lee Jung-hoo had two hits, including a home run, against the New York Yankees on the 12th, raising his OPS to the one-run level for the first time. Since then, he has consistently maintained the one-run range by making consecutive hits, multi-hits, and home runs, but the one-run OPS collapsed in an instant as he remained silent with no hits in five at-bats.
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If Lee Jung-hoo, who is mentioned as a candidate for batting king, thinks that batting average management is necessary, nothing like this day should happen.
Lee Jung-hoo and Elliott Ramos are the only San Francisco hitters who went more than five at-bats in one game and recorded no hits in five at-bats twice. Ramos has a batting average of 0.231 (21 hits in 91 at-bats), which is no match for Lee Jung-hoo. In addition, Matt Chapman and Luis Matos recorded once.
Nevertheless, Lee Jung-hoo's overwhelming batting average in the team is because he played many multi-hit games. Lee Jung-hoo has had two or more hits in eight of 21 games so far, and only four hitless games. The second highest batting average in San Francisco after Lee Jung-hoo is Tyler Fitzgerald, who is .302 (19 hits in 63 at-bats).
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Lee Jung-hoo, who started as the third center fielder, stepped down with a fly ball to right field in the top of the first inning with one out and a runner on first base. He hit Kikuchi's 6th pitch in the middle of 93.7 miles with a ball count of 2B2S, but the high-flying ball was caught by center fielder Joe Adele at 312 feet from the distance.
In the third inning, when the 0-0 balance continued, he stepped down with a mistake over the runner. Lee Jung-hoo, who took the batter's box for the second time with two outs and runners on the first and second bases, drew Kikuchi's 95.6-mile fastball at the first pitch, but became a ground ball to the first base.
San Francisco struck out swinging in the fifth inning with one out and a runner on first base, when Willy Adames scored the first run with a timely hit with one out and third base. At the ball count of 2B2S, Kikuchi's lower body fell out on an 86.2 mile slider flowing outside his sixth pitch, turning the bat in vain.
This is the first time Lee Jung-hoo has faced Kikuchi. Despite being a left-handed hitter, Lee Jung-hoo had a strong batting average of 0.480 (12 hits in 25 at-bats) against left-handers until the previous day. However, on this day, he was overwhelmed by Kikuchi with no hits in three at-bats.
Lee Jung-hoo then went as the leadoff hitter in the seventh inning with a 3-1 lead and hit a hit after a tough game, but was blocked by the opponent's diving catch. A 9th pitch outside 87.8-mile changeup against right-hander Ian Anderson extended to the left foul line, but left fielder Taylor Ward blew himself up and snatched it, so he bowed his head with a regret.
In the eighth inning with a 4-1 lead, the well-hit ball headed in front of the fielder with two outs and runners on the first and second bases. Opponent right-hander Michael Darrell-Hicks' second pitch, 88.3-mile body cutter, was pulled correctly, but the 101.1-mile line drive sucked into first baseman Nolan Shanuel's glove.
It is safe to say that two of the five at-bats were unfortunate.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
