Was I in a hurry after Lee Jung-hoo who played 5 games.. The 4th batter made a surprise bunt → And to Kelly, who was a close friend of .400 when he was in KBO

May 13, 2025

Was I in a hurry after Lee Jung-hoo who played 5 games.. The 4th batter made a surprise bunt → And to Kelly, who was a close friend of .400 when he was in KBO
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - MAY 12: Jung Hoo Lee #51 of the San Francisco Giants bunts the ball against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the bottom of the first inning at Oracle Park on May 12, 2025 in San Francisco, California. Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)



Was I in a hurry after Lee Jung-hoo who played 5 games.. The 4th batter made a surprise bunt → And to Kelly, who was a close friend of .400 when he was in KBO
May 12, 2025; San Francisco, California, USA; San Francisco Giants ceter fielder Jung Hoo Lee (51) lays down a bunt against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the first inning at Oracle Park. Mandatory Credit: Neville E. Guard-Imagn Images
Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants tried a rare 'Sudden Bunt' in the major leagues. The opposing pitcher drew more attention because he was Merrill Kelly, who had faced off in the KBO League.

Lee Jung-hoo started as the fourth batter and center fielder at the Arizona Diamondbacks match of the 2025 Major League Baseball held at Oracle Park in San Francisco on the 13th (Korea time).

Lee Jung-hoo went one for four. He succeeded in hitting for two consecutive games, but did not prevent his team's 1-2 defeat.




Lee Jung-hoo has been sluggish with two hits in 20 at-bats in the last five games and a batting average of 0.100.

The season's batting average, which once rose to 0.361, plummeted to 0.285. May's batting average is only 0.190.

Perhaps that's why Lee Jung-hoo tried to bunt from the first at-bat in the bottom of the first inning.




First, with two outs and no runners, Heliot Ramos got on base with an infield hit on the third base. Lee Jung-hoo appeared on first base with two outs. Lee Jung-hoo buntted the second ball in the advantageous count of one ball. He buntted a 93-mile fastball into the middle and ran to first base.

Lee Jung-hoo's ball lost power in front of the catcher. Arizona catcher Gabriel Moreno caught it and calmly threw it to first base to end the inning.

Lee Jung-hoo singled in his second at-bat. He hit a clean right-handed hit with one out and one on the first base. This time, it was a disadvantageous count by watching one strike first. On the second pitch, he rolled up a changeup that fell to a low strike zone course and dropped it in front of right field.




Was I in a hurry after Lee Jung-hoo who played 5 games.. The 4th batter made a surprise bunt → And to Kelly, who was a close friend of .400 when he was in KBO
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - MAY 12: Geraldo Perdomo #2 of the Arizona Diamondbacks completes a double play as he throws to first base over the top of Jung Hoo Lee #51 of the San Francisco Giants in the bottom of the fourth inning at Oracle Park on May 12, 2025 in San Francisco, California. Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Was I in a hurry after Lee Jung-hoo who played 5 games.. The 4th batter made a surprise bunt → And to Kelly, who was a close friend of .400 when he was in KBO
San Francisco Giants' Jung Hoo Lee runs to first base on his single during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks in San Francisco, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Was I in a hurry after Lee Jung-hoo who played 5 games.. The 4th batter made a surprise bunt → And to Kelly, who was a close friend of .400 when he was in KBO
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - MAY 12: Jung Hoo Lee #51 of the San Francisco Giants catches a fly ball at the wall hit by Eugenio Suarez #28 of the Arizona Diamondbacks in the top of the fourth inning at Oracle Park on May 12, 2025 in San Francisco, California. Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
The Arizona starter Lee Jung-hoo played against was Merrill Kelly. Kelly was a former KBO League player and wrote the success story of reverse export to the Major League. It is a familiar pitcher to Korean fans as well.

Kelly played for the SK Wyverns (now SSG Landers) from 2015 to 2018. He recorded a career-high 48 wins and 32 losses with a 3.86 ERA in 119 games.

Lee Jung-hoo made his KBO League debut in 2017, so he overlapped with Kelly for two seasons.

Lee Jung-hoo was strong with a batting average of 0.467/on-base percentage of 0.526 with seven hits (two doubles) and three walks in 15 at-bats against Kelly.

However, Kelly is also not 'Kelly as it used to be'. Kelly came to the Major League in 2019 and has a career-high 57 wins, 46 losses and a 3.81 ERA until this season. He is throwing better than he was in the KBO League. Lee Jung-hoo is also believed to have recently suffered a hitting slump and tried to create variables.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.