You got a home run from me! SF Lee Jung-hoo has a chance to escape the slump. No. 6 center field selection against Arizona. I'm meeting a pitcher who hit a home run a month and a half ago

Jul 01, 2025

Lee Jung-hoo points to the sky and celebrates after hitting a two-run home run against Arizona bullpen pitcher Line Nelson in the bottom of the seventh inning at home against Arizona on May 15.

'Fast the slump out of the fence.'

San Francisco Giants' Lee Jung-hoo (27) finally has a chance to get out of the deep slump that has been going on for about two months. At a time when the hitting slump was just beginning, I met the pitcher who hit a home run again. I think I can be more confident at bat because I have good memories.

San Francisco will play the 2025 Major League Baseball (MLB) away game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona on the morning of the 1st (Korea time).

In this game, Lee Jung-hoo was placed in center field No. 6. Coach Bob Melvin, who lost back-to-back games after one win in three consecutive away games in Chicago, adjusted his batting order again. Christian Kos (third base), Rafael Devers (DH), Eliot Ramos (left fielder), Dominic Smith (first baseman), Willie Adames (striker), Lee Jung-hoo (middle fielder), Tyler Fitzgerald (second baseman), Patrick Bailey (catcher) and Daniel Johnson (second baseman). Numbers 1 through 5 are the same as against the Chicago White Sox on the 29th. There has been a change since number six.

Lee Jung-hoo runs to first base after hitting a two-run home run off Arizona bullpen pitcher Line Nelson in the bottom of the seventh inning against Arizona on May 15. Lee Jung-hoo hit a home run for two consecutive days with this home run.

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It is a game in desperate need of a losing streak. San Francisco lost two consecutive games after one win in the Chicago White Sox away game. As a result, the team ranked third in the NL West behind the San Diego Padres. Currently, the National League West is becoming increasingly solidified by the LA Dodgers' dominance. There are as many as seven games between the Dodgers and San Diego. San Francisco is 7.5 games behind the Dodgers.

If San Francisco wants to advance to the postseason, it should start rebounding now. There is a long way to go to the top of the western district, but the wild card is a little different. It is 2.5 games apart from the New York Mets, who are currently ranked first in the wild card. If the winning rate is raised a little more, there is a possibility of leading the wild card competition.

To this end, it is urgent to escape the sluggishness of the batting line led by Lee Jung-hoo. San Francisco currently has a team batting average of just 0.230. It is 14th in the NL overall. Lowest except Colorado Rockies (0.227).

This is because all the key hitters are experiencing a hitting slump. Lee Jung-hoo, who signed a 6-year-$113 million contract in December 2023, is the worst. Lee Jung-hoo, who had maintained a batting average of 300 until early May, had no hits in four at-bats against Minnesota on May 10th, collapsing his batting average of 300. Since then, he has been in a slump. In the last 30 games, he has a batting average of 17.1 and three RBIs.

Rafael Devers, who also made a shocking acquisition during the season, also had 11 strikeouts with a .231 batting average in the last seven games. Willy Adames, who San Francisco signed as one of the FA's biggest fish last winter, is also performing disastrous with a batting average of 2.10 and 34 strikeouts in the last 30 games.

Lee Jung-hoo shares a high-five with Flores after hitting a two-run homer off Arizona bullpen pitcher Line Nelson in the bottom of the seventh inning at home against Arizona on May 15. Lee Jung-hoo hit a home run for two consecutive days with this home run.

Coach Melvin is adjusting the batting order in various ways to solve these problems, but it does not have much effect. In order for San Francisco to rebound, the revival of batters is urgently needed first.

If it's a good thing, the Arizona starter is right-handed pitcher Line Nelson. Nelson has been a relief pitcher until May, but has been in charge of one of the starting rotations since June, with a 4-2 record and a 3.71 ERA this season.

Lee Jung-hoo has already faced Nelson once this year. It was a home game in San Francisco on the 15th. At that time, Nelson took the mound as Arizona's third pitcher from the fifth inning and pitched three innings, striking out five (one home run) and walking two earned runs. Lee Jung-hoo scored a home run against Nelson.

It was first base with no outs in the bottom of the seventh inning when San Francisco was trailing 4-8. Lee Jung-hoo pulled a changeup (86.5 miles) on the fourth pitch from 1B-2S against Nelson to hit the right fence. This is the moment when Lee Jung-hoo made a strong impression by hitting a home run at Oracle Park for two consecutive days following the previous day. Therefore, a confident swing is expected against Nelson.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.