The tunnel of slump, when to get out of it, SF Lee Jung-hoo, collapsed by 206%. No.7 relegation. No. 1 prescription. Tears in the lake rain again

Jun 20, 2025

The tunnel of slump, when to get out of it, SF Lee Jung-hoo, collapsed by 206%. No.7 relegation. No. 1 prescription. Tears in the lake rain again



The tunnel of slump, when to get out of it, SF Lee Jung-hoo, collapsed by 206%. No.7 relegation. No. 1 prescription. Tears in the lake rain again
"When will the wind blow again?"

There is no end to the slump. San Francisco Giants' Lee Jung-hoo (27) slump is getting longer. He pulled down the batting order to 7th, but he went hitless again and finally collapsed to 260. Again, there was also bad luck that a well-hit ball was blocked by the opponent's defense.

Lee Jung-hoo started as the seventh center fielder in an interleague home game against the Cleveland Guardians of the 2025 Major League Baseball (MLB) at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, the U.S. early on the 20th (Korean time). The batting order was pushed one step back from No. 6 the day before.




Whether it's No. 6 or No. 7, it's Lee Jung-hoo's first batting order since his MLB debut. San Francisco coach Bob Melvin used a method of relocating to the bottom of the lineup to help ease the burden on Lee, who has been in an extreme slump for nearly a month.

However, 'Move 7' was also not a solution. Lee Jung-hoo was hitless again on the day. It is worth consoling that he contributed to the team's victory by walking in the bottom of the seventh inning and scoring a come-from-behind score.

Lee Jung-hoo entered the batter's box for the first time in the bottom of the second inning with one out and a runner on the first base. He hit Cleveland right-hander Gavin Williams on the fourth pitch with a ball count of 2B1S, but he only grounded out to second base. Fortunately, it became a bases-loaded walk that sent first baseman Casey Schmidt to second base.




The tunnel of slump, when to get out of it, SF Lee Jung-hoo, collapsed by 206%. No.7 relegation. No. 1 prescription. Tears in the lake rain again
Bad luck swallowed Lee Jung-hoo's hit in the second at-bat after two outs in the bottom of the fourth inning when it was 0-1. Lee Jung-hoo, who met Williams again, picked out the first ball and pulled it without missing the second four-seam (94.7 miles) to the center. The ball spread like a bullet between 1-2 bases, and Cleveland first baseman Carlos Santana blocked the ball with a good defense. In the end, the hit ball ended up hitting a ground ball to the first base.

In Lee Jung-hoo's recent slump, there are many cases where such a well-hit ball goes straight to the fielder or is blocked by the defense. These are unfortunate scenes typical of slumps.

In his third at-bat, he managed to get on base. Lee Jung-hoo practiced the baseball legend that `When the bat doesn't explode, you have to live with your eyes.' And the on-base made in this way became a valuable stepping stone for the reversal.




Lee Jung-hoo, who faced opposing bullpen pitcher Matt Festa at the bottom of the seventh inning when he was trailing 0-1, drew a straight walk. This is the result of not calmly putting his hand on the bad ball.

After Lee Jung-hoo's walk to the base, Melvin found a clue to escape consecutive losses with 'Operational Baseball'. When he reached the first and second bases with no outs, he ordered Patrick Bailey, the eighth batter, to make a sacrifice bunt and succeeded. This time, Wilmer Flores was put in as a pinch hitter when he had a chance to get on the second and third bases with one out. The opponent's bench also moved. Changed the pitcher to Nick Enright.

The tunnel of slump, when to get out of it, SF Lee Jung-hoo, collapsed by 206%. No.7 relegation. No. 1 prescription. Tears in the lake rain again
San Francisco won the battle of operations. Flores hit the sixth pitch in 2B2S against Enright, sending a two-run, timely double that flowed over the left-field line. Second baseman Lee Jung-hoo scored a come-from-behind score. San Francisco, which had a hard time turning the tide, won 2-1 in the top of the eighth and ninth innings without allowing a run, and succeeded in escaping four consecutive losses.

Lee Jung-hoo no longer came to the plate as San Francisco did not have to attack in the bottom of the ninth inning. In the end, Lee Jung-hoo's batting average, who had no hits and one walk in two at-bats, became 0.259 (72 hits in 278 at-bats) from the previous 0.261. It is the lowest batting average since the opening two games.



Reporter Lee Won-man wman@sportschosun.com



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.