SF Lee Jung-hoo recovers confidence with a triple, multi-hit Jung Jo-joon will hit again as the sixth batter in 9 days

Jun 28, 2025

SF Lee Jung-hoo recovers confidence with a triple, multi-hit Jung Jo-joon will hit again as the sixth batter in 9 days



SF Lee Jung-hoo recovers confidence with a triple, multi-hit Jung Jo-joon will hit again as the sixth batter in 9 days
'Reclaim the missing multi-hitters'

San Francisco Giants outfielder Lee Jung-hoo, whose batting quality is improving, will start again as the sixth batter in 9 days. It is a batting order adjustment that contains San Francisco coach Bob Melvin's painstaking efforts. The goal is to break Lee Jung-hoo's batting slump, which has been frozen for nearly two months.

San Francisco will play the 2025 Major League Baseball (MLB) away game against the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA on the morning of the 28th (Korea time). It is the first edition of the 'Hell's 10th consecutive away games" against the Chicago White Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks and Athletics. Lee Jung-hoo started the game as the sixth center fielder.




In the home game against the Miami Marlins at Oracle Park in San Francisco the previous day, Lee Jung-hoo came out as the fifth center fielder and scored one hit and one run from four times at bat, including a triple. It was the first triple in 11 days since the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on the 16th. Through this, Lee Jung-hoo was able to regain some of his confidence.

SF Lee Jung-hoo recovers confidence with a triple, multi-hit Jung Jo-joon will hit again as the sixth batter in 9 days
In particular, he showed signs of escaping the slump by scoring two runs with two hits and three walks in eight at-bats against Miami in three consecutive home games. The rush at the plate has improved a little. The evidence is that he drew three walks.

Although the team has lost three consecutive games, Lee Jung-hoo has found some clues to recovering his batting sense. If he achieves a multi-hit in the away game in Chicago, he is likely to break the slump.




Coach Melvin adjusted the batting order to No. 6 again in consideration of Lee Jung-hoo. This is the card that first appeared in a home game against the Cleveland Guardians on the 19th. Coach Melvin is experimenting with a wide variety of batting orders this season only for Lee Jung-hoo. In the early days of the season, when the hitting was in full swing, they were placed in clean-up batting order starting with No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5. Then, it was raised in the order of batting first and second.

As the batting sense fell, it went down to No. 7 following No. 6. He played in center field No. 7 for the first time in a game against Cleveland on Tuesday. After that, he was re-arranged to No. 5 and then went back to No. 6 in the game against Chicago.

SF Lee Jung-hoo recovers confidence with a triple, multi-hit Jung Jo-joon will hit again as the sixth batter in 9 days
Coach Melvin is not only dealing with Lee Jung-hoo's batting slump, but also has to break the team's losing streak. San Francisco has now fallen to third place in the National League West with three consecutive losses. There is a whopping 6.5 games difference from the No. 1 Los Angeles Dodgers, who have won four consecutive games. If we don't narrow it down now, the postseason could be over the moon.




In the end, coach Melvin made a completely different batting order from the previous day. Not only Lee Jung-hoo, but almost all players' batting order has been readjusted.

Eliot Ramos (left fielder), who was No. 3 the day before, came out as a leadoff. The fourth batter of Rafael Devers (DH) and Wilmer Flores (first baseman) was Mike Yastremski (right fielder), who was the first hitter the day before. It is followed by Willie Adames (striker), Lee Jung-hoo (midfielder), Christian Cos (third baseman), Patrick Bailey (catcher) and Brett Weisley (second baseman). There are only two players like the day before the batting order: No. 2 Devers and No. 7 Course.

Right-hander Landon Loop is the starting pitcher who was tasked with escaping the San Francisco losing streak. He is 5-5 with a 3.67 ERA this season. The Chicago starter is Aaron Civale. He is not such a demanding pitcher with 1-3 losses and an ERA of 5.03 this season. Lee Jung-hoo, who has a sense of survival, deserves to make a multi-hit enough.



Reporter Lee Won-man wman@sportschosun.com



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.