The feared scoring position was 13 consecutive at-bats without hits, once at 40%, but the number of Oracle Park Jung~Hoo~Lee! also decreased

Jul 08, 2025

The feared scoring position was 13 consecutive at-bats without hits, once at 40%, but the number of Oracle Park JungHooLee! also decreased
Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants hits a ground ball to the first base with one out and runners on first and third in the bottom of the eighth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at Oracle Park on the 8th (Korea time). ImagesYonhap News



The feared scoring position was 13 consecutive at-bats without hits, once at 40%, but the number of Oracle Park JungHooLee! also decreased
Lee Jung-hoo is striking out swinging with the bases loaded with no outs in the bottom of the second inning. AFP Yonhap News
San Francisco Giants Lee Jung-hoo is not getting out of the lethargic hit. I can't even remember when I hit a timely hit in the scoring position.

Lee Jung-hoo started as the seventh center fielder in a home game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Oracle Park on the 8th (Korea time) and recorded 1 hit and 1 RBI in 4 at-bats. Lee Jung-hoo contributed 3-1 by hitting a ground ball to bring in the runner in the second half of the game, when the thin ice game continued, but he was humiliated by striking out with a bases-loaded chance.

A very disappointing hit came in the first at-bat. San Francisco had a bases-loaded chance with no outs in the bottom of the second inning, when it was 0-0. Matt Chapman's heavy hit, Wilmer Flores' right-handed hit, and Casey Schmidt's walk.




Lee Jung-hoo, who then entered the batter's box, misled the bat on an 86.2 mile changeup that fell outside the sixth pitch of opponent left-hander Christopher Sanchez at the ball count of 2B2S. The change-up of the 5th and 6th pitches was a ball that fell below the strike zone in a row, but all the bats went out.

Lee Jung-hoo will have two hits, three strikeouts, one out and one sacrifice fly in eight at-bats with the bases loaded this season. Three strikeouts stand out. Lee Jung-hoo, who had an infield hit in the fourth inning and continued his hit for two consecutive games, hit an infield grounder in the sixth inning with one out and one on the first base, and the leadoff runner was out.

The feared scoring position was 13 consecutive at-bats without hits, once at 40%, but the number of Oracle Park JungHooLee! also decreased
Lee Jung-hoo hits a ground ball to the first base in the bottom of the eighth inning and sprints. AP Yonhap News
And in the eighth inning with a 2-1 lead, Lee Jung-hoo pulled right-hander O'Ryan Kirkering's 87-mile body sweeper and hit a ground ball toward first base to bring third baseman Chapman home. Opponent first baseman Bryce Harper caught Lee Jung-hoo's strong ground ball while collapsing and threw it home in a sitting position, but it was not properly tagged by Chapman due to catcher JT Realmuto's right side. Lee Jung-hoo was given an RBI by the fielder's choice. An RBI is an RBI, but not a timely hit.




Lee Jung-hoo is in the middle of this season, ranking 81st out of 158 players who surpassed the prescribed batting average with a batting average of 0.266 (17 hits in 64 times at bat). However, hits have rarely been made in the scoring position since June.

Lee Jung-hoo's monthly batting average was 0.400 (10 hits in 25 at-bats) between March and April and 0.278 (5 hits in 18 at-bats) in May. However, after June, he had only two hits (0.095) in 21 at-bats.

The feared scoring position was 13 consecutive at-bats without hits, once at 40%, but the number of Oracle Park JungHooLee! also decreased
Lee Jung-hoo and Willy Adames. EPA Yonhap News
The most recent hit in the scoring position was against the Los Angeles Dodgers on June 16. At the time, he hit a triple with two outs and runners on first and second in the top of the fourth inning, trailing 1-2, bringing second baseman Logan Porter home. With a ball count of 2B1S, Dodgers starter Dustin May pulled a sinker in the middle of 94.5 miles on the fourth pitch and hit a triple on the right field line.




However, he remained silent with no hits in 11 at-bats in 13 at-bats until the game against Milwaukee on the same day. Like this day, he recorded RBI by fielder's choice and RBI by fly, but he couldn't hit the runner with a timely hit that separates the outfield for more than three weeks.

Naturally, the batting order was jagged from built-in No. 3 to No. 4, No. 2, and No. 1, and since the game against Cleveland Guardians on June 19, it has been going back and forth to No. 6, No. 7, and No. 5.

As the batting is sluggish, they are pushed to the bottom line, and they are unable to concentrate even in the scoring position that they have been hit for the first time in a long time. As a result, the echo of Oracle Park "Jeong~Hoo~Lee!" Chant also appears to have decreased significantly.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.