It exploded when I pushed it. SF Lee Jung-hoo made his 21st double of the season in 5 days!
Jul 26, 2025
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Lee Jung-hoo started as the seventh center fielder in a home game against the New York Mets at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on the morning of the 26th (Korea time). Lee Jung-hoo has recently been in a slump with no hits in seven consecutive at-bats. On the 22nd, when he had one hit in five at-bats, he failed to get a hit from his last at-bat in the eighth inning of the away game in Atlanta.
On the 23rd, he had no hits and only one walk in four at-bats against Atlanta. In the end, he was completely excluded from the starting lineup in the game on the 24th. As Lee Jung-hoo fell into a slump with a batting average of 0.190 (4 hits in 21 at-bats) in five games in the second half of the year, manager Bob Melvin gave the extreme remedy to exclude him from playing. Since the 25th is Lee Dong-il, Lee Jung-hoo was able to take a good rest for two days and buy time to reorganize his batting and confidence. Resting can be a good opportunity to get out of the slump.
Lee Jung-hoo, who came out as the seventh batter against the home Mets on the 26th, had no hits in seven consecutive at-bats, failing to get a hit in the previous two at-bats.
However, he finally broke his silence in his third at-bat in the bottom of the sixth inning when he was trailing 1-6. Lee Jung-hoo, who came to the batter's box with two outs and runners on second base, hit a double in front of left field by lightly pushing an outside sinking fastball (99.2 miles) on the third pitch in the ball count 2S against the Mets' second pitcher, Juasca Brazovan. It was his 21st double of the season, which came five days after the game against Toronto on the 21st.
The batting speed was not very fast at 82.5 miles, but the course was very good. He passed by the third base and rolled slowly in front of left field. Mets left fielder Brandon Nemo then fumbled a ground ball catch once, giving Lee Jung-hoo time to go to second base. Lee Jung-hoo did not miss the opponent's poor defense and quickly settled on second base. Second baseman Mike Yastremski advanced to third.
However, as follow-up hitter Casey Schmitz struck out, San Francisco failed to take advantage of Lee Jung-hoo's golden opportunity to score.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
