Lee Jung-hoo's instinct for leadoff explodes! Walk → score, triple → score, walk → score, and SF 107 COL for a big upset

Jun 12, 2025

Lee Jung-hoo's instinct for leadoff explodes! Walk → score, triple → score, walk → score, and SF 107 COL for a big upset
Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants hits a triple in the top of the third inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on the 12th (Korea time) and tags up during Willy Adames' sacrifice fly to right field to avoid catcher Hunter Goodman. AP Yonhap News



Lee Jung-hoo's instinct for leadoff explodes! Walk → score, triple → score, walk → score, and SF 107 COL for a big upset
Lee Jung-hoo warms up with a ball before the game. AP Yonhap News
San Francisco Giants Lee Jung-hoo took the leadoff for two consecutive days, leading the team to victory by getting on base three times with active hitting.

Lee Jung-hoo started the leadoff center fielder in Game 2 of the three away games against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on the 12th (Korea time) and scored one hit, two walks and three points in three at-bats. San Francisco won 10-7 in the second half of the game, with its batters exploding and turning the tables for two consecutive days.

Lee Jung-hoo, who continued his hit in five consecutive games, marked a batting average of 0.275 (69 hits in 251 at-bats), six home runs, 32 RBIs, 40 runs, 21 walks, and an OPS of 0.778. It can be said that he has settled down as he recently returned to the leadoff from his slump in May.




Lee Jung-hoo, who was the first hitter in two consecutive games, got on base by walking the fifth pitch from the opponent's left-hander Kyle Freeland in his first at-bat in the top of the first inning. Willy Adames then homered with a two-run home run to the middle wall and scored. Fryland hit a fastball in the middle of Fryland's 92.5 miles to go wide of the middle fence. It was his seventh homer of the season with a 452-foot distance.

Lee Jung-hoo's instinct for leadoff explodes! Walk → score, triple → score, walk → score, and SF 107 COL for a big upset
Lee Jung-hoo walks a walk in the top of the first inning and comes home when Willy Adames hits a two-run homer to the middle of the first inning, rejoicing in an embrace with Adames, AP Yonhap News
Lee Jung-hoo then entered as the leadoff hitter in the third inning with a 2-0 lead, hit a triple on the right-wing line and homered again. In the two-ball, he pulled a 92.1-mile fastball that dug into Freeland's third pitch, hit a ball on the right-field line, and advanced to third base with ease. The ball, hit at a speed of 104.6 miles, flowed down the right line.

In the same game the previous day, he hit a 415-foot big triple in the top of the first inning that went over the center field height, followed by a triple in two consecutive games. his fourth triple of the season.




Lee Jung-hoo then jumped home and was safe when Adames' sacrifice fly to right field. Adames' ball was a relatively short fly with a flying distance of 266 feet in right-center, but Lee Jung-hoo quickly rushed in and homered in standing to avoid catcher Hunter Goodman's tag. San Francisco's 3-0 lead.

However, San Francisco starter Robbie Ray, who pitched well without allowing a run until the second inning, gave up four hits and one walk in the bottom of the third inning, and allowed four runs due to the first baseman's error.

Colorado recovered one run with Goodman's left-center double with one out and runners on first and second bases in the third inning, and while Tyler Fitzgerald's throw was missed by first baseman Gerard Encarnacion when Tyro Estrada grounded out to second base, two runners homered and tied the game 3-3. Keston Hira's timely hit with two outs and runners on the first and second bases turned the tide 4-3.




Lee Jung-hoo, who took the lead in the fifth inning, trailing 3-4, received a cutter that penetrated the 88.4-mile strike zone on Freeland's third pitch, but was caught by left fielder Jordan Beck as he rose to 55 degrees.

In the seventh inning, when the team was 3-6 underdogs, he was out with a pitcher's straight hit. After one out, Daniel Johnson walked to base. Lee Jung-hoo then hit opposing pitcher Juan Mejia's 95.2 mile fastball on the second pitch for a straight hit.

However, Mejia caught the ball and dropped it at the moment of throwing to first base, and caught it again and threw it to first base. Lee Jung-hoo was declared to be out of the straight line, and first baseman Johnson was out because he was late to return. I didn't apply for the challenge in San Francisco. It is a double play based on a straight hit. In other words, Lee still has a "zero" double play due to a ground ball this season.

Lee Jung-hoo's instinct for leadoff explodes! Walk → score, triple → score, walk → score, and SF 107 COL for a big upset
Mike Yastremski roars after hitting a two-run triple to the right-center with the bases loaded with one out in the top of the eighth inning. ImagesYonhap News
However, San Francisco will make a reversal in the top of the eighth inning. Casey Schmidt followed by a two-run leadoff walk in a bases-loaded chance made by consecutive hits by Adames and Elliott Ramos, and Dominic Smith's left-handed hit after one.

Mike Yastremski then hit a triple to right-center and called in two players to tie the game 6-6. During Fitzgerald's continued bunt on the third base with one out and runners on the second and third bases, third baseman Schmidt became safe at home and turned the tide 7-6. Schmidt was ruled out and reversed through the challenge.

Lee Jung-hoo entered as the leadoff hitter in the ninth inning and drew a walk from the full count, followed by Adames' left double to third base and Wilmer Flores' sacrifice fly to right field to widen the gap to 8-6. San Francisco sealed the game with a 10-6 run on consecutive timely hits by Casey Schmidt and Yastremski.

San Francisco, which won seven consecutive games, marked 40 wins and 28 losses and trailed the NL West's leading Los Angeles Dodgers (41 wins and 28 losses) by 0.5 games.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.