Did you see the quality of Lee Jung-hoo's batting? 155km → 157km → 171km ML's first hard hit 3 hits! SF's Best Batting Media

Jul 27, 2025

Did you see the quality of Lee Jung-hoo's batting? 155km → 157km → 171km ML's first hard hit 3 hits! SF's Best Batting Media
Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants settled on the base and raised his arms to send a signal to his teammates after hitting a double that hit the top of the right-center fence in the bottom of the ninth inning against the New York Mets at Oracle Park on the 27th (Korea time). ImagesYonhap News



Did you see the quality of Lee Jung-hoo's batting? 155km → 157km → 171km ML's first hard hit 3 hits! SF's Best Batting Media
Lee Jung-hoo hits a right-center double in the bottom of the ninth inning. ImagesYonhap News
If that had been passed, the game would have been different, and the result would have been different.

Lee Jung-hoo entered the batter's box after one out in the bottom of the ninth inning when the San Francisco Giants were trailing 1-2. As he hit two hits earlier, he was in the stands at Oracle Park and said, "Jung~Hoo~Lee~!" The chant came out.

Lee Jung-hoo pulled an 89.1-mile low slider toward his body on the third pitch in the ball count 1B1S with closing right-hander Edwin Diaz, who is proud of the New York Mets. At the moment of the hit, all 39,029 fans who visited Oracle Park stood up and expected the ball to cross the fence. However, the ball hit a red brick at the top of the right-center fence and fell.




Statcast measured the ball at a launch angle of 22 degrees, a batting speed of 106.3 miles (171 kilometers), and a distance of 399 feet, and estimated that it would have crossed the fence in 29 other stadiums. In other words, there was no home run because it was Oracle Park. Fans who expected the equalizer still applauded and shouted like deterioration when Lee Jung-hoo stopped at second base.

However, San Francisco's Mike Yastremski struck out and Patrick Bailey was out with a straight hit to the first baseman, failing to bring Lee Jung-hoo home in the end and kneeling down.

Did you see the quality of Lee Jung-hoo's batting? 155km → 157km → 171km ML's first hard hit 3 hits! SF's Best Batting Media
Lee Jung-hoo hits Edwin Diaz's low slider in the bottom of the ninth inning to hit a home run double to the right-center. ImagesYonhap News
It was a big game for Lee Jung-hoo. First of all, Lee Jung-hoo's three hits on the day were all hard hits of 95 miles or more. It is the first time since his big league debut that Lee Jung-hoo, who has an average batting speed of 87-89 miles, has had all three hits in a game with hard hits. Lee Jung-hoo played three-hit games only once last year, and this was his seventh three-hit game this season.




In the bottom of the second inning, Lee Jung-hoo pushed a sinker in the middle of Mets left-hander David Peterson's second pitch 90.8 miles to create a line drive hit that fell in front of left field at a speed of 96.3 miles (155 kilometers). After a left double in the sixth inning and a heavy hit in the ninth inning against the Mets the previous day, he hit three consecutive at-bats.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, trailing 1-2, in the third at-bat with two outs, he persistently pushed Peterson and pulled a slider that fell into the middle of 84.2 miles on the sixth pitch in the ball count 2B2S, hitting a fast-paced hit of 97.4 miles (157 kilometers) to the right.

And his direct double to the fence in the ninth inning was the fastest among Lee Jung-hoo's hits this season. Lee Jung-hoo's previous record for batting speed this season was 105.4 miles for a superior two-run home run that pulled over right-hander Colin Ray's 93.9-mile fastball in the top of the third inning against the Chicago Cubs on May 7. It was 0.9 miles faster than this. It would have been a home run if I had flown about three feet more.




Did you see the quality of Lee Jung-hoo's batting? 155km → 157km → 171km ML's first hard hit 3 hits! SF's Best Batting Media
Lee Jung-hoo scored five hits in two days from the 26th to the 27th (Korea time) to boost his batting sense. AFP Yonhap News
The San Francisco Chronicle, a local media outlet, said of the hit, `The Giants' best hit to tie the score came out only in the ninth inning. Lee Jung-hoo hit a double that hit the top of the right fence, but pinch hitter Mike Yastremski struck out with a check swing, and Patrick Bailey's straight hit was caught by first baseman Pete Alonso.

Another media outlet, Mercury News, 'San Francisco, had a chance to tie the score in the bottom of the ninth inning when Lee Jung-hoo hit a double that hit the top brick of the right-center fence. Statcast estimated that Lee Jung-hoo's double would have been a home run in all other major league stadiums. After two outs, Mets first baseman Patrick Bailey caught a hit that would be tied with a jump catch, and the game ended.'

Lee Jung-hoo made two hits in four at-bats against the Mets the previous day to set up an opportunity for a turnaround, and then completely recovered his hitting sense by hitting a sharper and faster-flying hit on the day. In the fourth inning, he hit a ground ball to the second base to hit an RBI single with one out. With this, Lee Jung-hoo raised his batting average to 0.254 (95 hits in 374 times at bat) and his OPS to 0.722, respectively, and raced to the normal track. He has six home runs, 42 RBIs, 50 runs, six steals, a on-base percentage of 0.318, and a slugging percentage of 0.404.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.