What's wrong with Lee Junghoo? SF 68 Arizona (7th inning) for the first time in two consecutive games
May 15, 2025
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Lee Jung-hoo started as the third center fielder in the final game of the three consecutive home games against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Oracle Park on the 15th (Korea time) and exploded a superior two-run shot in the fourth at-bat.
Leader Wilmer Flores went out with a hit to the right-center and hit first base with no outs. Lee Jung-hoo, who then entered the batter's box, pulled the opponent's right-hander Ryan Nelson's 86.5-mile changeup in the middle of the fourth pitch at the ball count 1B2S and connected it with a two-run home run over the right-center fence. He hit his sixth homer of the season with an angle of launch of 29 degrees, a batting speed of 101.7 miles and a driving distance of 393 feet.
After hitting a superior three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning against Arizona the previous day, he had a thrilling cannon taste for two consecutive days. It is the first time that Lee Jung-hoo has hit a home run in two consecutive games since his Major League debut. In addition, he drew a two-day burn arch at his home stadium, where home runs are difficult to come out.
Lee Jung-hoo, who returned as the third batter in three days after the Minnesota Twins match on the 12th, was out with a fly ball to the third baseman in the bottom of the first inning, trailing 0-1. Arizona left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez hit the sinker in the middle of the 89.2 miles of the first pitch, but he couldn't get out of the infield by flying high at 62 degrees.
In the third inning, when the score gap was 2-6, he entered as the leadoff hitter and grounded out to third base. Rodriguez's 84.3-mile outside slider headed for third base.
Lee Jung-hoo, who took the lead in the fifth inning, trailing 4-8, was caught by left fielder Luerdes Gurriel Jr. when right-hander Ryan Thompson's 5th pitch, 89.6 miles outside sinker, floated high.
The game was decided in the beginning of the day. San Francisco starter Jordan Hicks got seven hits in two innings and allowed five runs to take the lead, while Ryan Budsong, who took the mound, was also sluggish with four hits and three runs in three innings.
Arizona scored the first run with Ketel Marte's superior solo home run in the top of the first inning, and in the second inning, with runners on the second and third bases with no outs, added two runs with Heraldo Perdomo's right-handed hit and Alec Thomas' left-handed hit to lead the game 3-0.
When San Francisco recovered two runs in the bottom of the second inning with Christian Kos' timely hit and Elliott Ramos' sacrifice fly, Arizona ran 6-2 in the top of the third inning with Euhenio Suarez hitting a three-run home run to the left with no outs and runners on the second and third bases.
Arizona also widened the gap to 8-2 in the fourth inning when Marte hit a two-run shot to right-center. San Francisco followed by Ramos' two-run double in the bottom of the fourth inning, and Lee Jung-hoo's home run in the seventh closed the gap to 6-8.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
