Relegated as the first 6th hitter → 0-for-4 hit Lee Jung-hoo 0.260 degrees is on the verge of collapse, SF 24 CLE for the second time this season and four consecutive losses
Jun 19, 2025
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Lee Jung-hoo started as the sixth center fielder and recorded no hits in four at-bats in the second game of the three-game home series against the Cleveland Guardians at Oracle Park on the 19th (Korea time). San Francisco lost 2-4, falling into a four-game losing streak.
It is the first time that Lee Jung-hoo has been placed in the starting sixth batting order since his Major League debut. Manager Bob Melvin moved him to the lower batting line to ease the burden on Lee Jung-hoo, whose batting sense has fallen further since June, and to increase the structure of the batting line. But it didn't work.
Lee Jung-hoo, who played hitless for the fourth time in 13 games he started in June, saw his batting average fall from 0.265 the previous day to 0.261 (72 hits in 276 at-bats).
Lee Jung-hoo, who entered his first at-bat with one out and a runner on first base in the bottom of the second inning when trailing 0-1, struck out swinging by opposing left-hander Logan Allen. He turned his bat weakly to 89-mile sinker, who dug into his body for the fourth time in the ball count 1B2S.
In the fourth inning, when the score gap was 0-4, he entered the batter's box with two outs and a runner on the first base, but was withdrawn with a pitcher fly. Allen's fifth pitch gave the bat to a sweeper that fell 78.8 miles outside, but when it missed, it floated high over the mound.
In the sixth inning with two outs and a runner on the first base, which was followed 2-4, he was also out with a bum. He hit right-hander Matt Festa's 91.8 mph fastball on the fourth pitch, but it spilled onto a grounder to shortstop.
Lee Jung-hoo, who entered as a leadoff hitter in the bottom of the ninth inning, which was losing 2-4, drew a slider in the middle of 86.8 miles on the sixth pitch in the ball count of 2B2S against Cleveland closer Emmanuel Clase, but failed to hit a hit in the end due to a ground ball to the second base.
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Verlander gave up a double to Kyle Manzardo on the left and a timely hit to Jose Ramirez on the right after one out in the top of the first inning.
In the fourth inning, he allowed three runs due to errors. After one out, Carlos Santana was grounded out, but second baseman Tyler Fitzgerald made a catch-and-miss error and the runner went out. Verlander, who was then hit by Lane Thomas and was on the first and second bases with one out, was then hit by left-handed batter Daniel Schniman with three points in the left-center, widening the gap to 0-4. The third pitch, 94.1 miles of fastball thrown from the advantageous count of two strikes, became a real pitch to the center, leading to a long shot.
However, San Francisco followed with a two-run homer by Eliot Ramos, who has emerged as the team's leading hitter this season, 2-4 in the bottom of the fifth inning. After two outs, when Patrick Bailey made the opportunity with a heavy hit, Ramos pulled a low sweeper in the middle of Allen and crossed the left-center fence well. 12th home run of the season with a distance of 420 feet.
However, San Francisco was no longer able to chase and lost four straight for the second time this season, marking 41-33. The gap with the Los Angeles Dodgers, the leader of the NL West, widened to 4.5 games.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
