He went out twice with eyes, but Lee Jung-hoo's leadoff batting average of 0.174 and a ground ball. SF's three consecutive losses
Jul 28, 2025
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Lee Jung-hoo played as a leadoff center fielder in the last of three consecutive home games against the New York Mets at Oracle Park on the 28th (Korea time) and recorded no hits and two walks in three at-bats. San Francisco lost 3-5.
Lee Jung-hoo, who had three hits against the Mets the previous day and raised his hitting sense with multiple hits for two consecutive days, was at the forefront of the attack on the day. San Francisco has no built-in first hitter in the second half of the year. Lee Jung-hoo, who has a good on-base percentage recently, was set up as a leadoff again. In other words, manager Bob Melvin is using Lee Jung-hoo as the first hitter the next day, and the sixth or seventh hitter if not.
But it doesn't work. Until this day, Lee Jung-hoo played in 11 games as a top hitter and hit a batting average of 0.174 (8 hits in 46 times at bat).
On this day, the hit to the center of the bat was not noticeable, with two ground balls to the first baseman. He picked up one walk each from opposing starter Senga Godai and closer Edwin Diaz, but it had nothing to do with his team's score.
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In his second at-bat in the third inning, trailing 0-1, he walked from a full count. The situation was unusual. Senga getting declared a ball for a pitch timer violation while preparing for the sixth pitch. However, the next batter, Eliot Ramos, hit a ground ball to the third base, and Lee Jung-hoo was forced out of the second base.
In the fourth inning, when the score was tied at 1-1, he was withdrawn with an infield fly ball in the fourth inning with two outs and runners on the first and second bases. In ball count 1B2S, Senga's 4th pitch hit a fork ball 83.8 miles outside was caught by shortstop Francisco Lindor as it floated high at 58 degrees.
In the seventh inning, trailing 3-4, he was the leadoff hitter and grounded out to the first base to the opponent's left-hander Gregory Soto. He pulled the slider in the middle of 82.8 miles on the second pitch, but it fell in front of the first baseman when it was missed.
He drew a walk to closer Edwin Diaz in his last at-bat after one out in the ninth inning, when the score gap widened to 3-5. At ball count 1B1S, all three of Edwin's balls were out of the strike zone. Lee Jung-hoo hit Diaz's slider the previous day and hit a home run double that hit the top of the right-center fence.
The next batter, Ramos, drew a dune and Rafael Devers walked, and Lee Jung-hoo advanced to third base. However, No. 4 Willy Adames and No. 5 Matt Chapman struck out consecutively, and Lee Jung-hoo failed to home and the team lost.
Lee Jung-hoo's batting average fell from 0.254 the previous day to 0.252 (95 hits in 377 times at bat).
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But San Francisco's lead didn't last long. In the top of the seventh inning, right-hander Randy Rodriguez was beaten by Ronnie Morisio and Juan Soto, respectively, and turned the tables 3-4. The Mets sealed the game in the top of the ninth inning by adding one consecutive double run by Morisio and Brandon Nimmo.
Mets starter Senga allowed four hits, five walks, three strikeouts, and three runs in five innings, leaving without a loss.
San Francisco, which lost all three consecutive home games against the Mets, marked 54-52 and maintained its third place in the NL West, but failed to narrow its gap with the second-place San Diego Padres (57-49). The winning rate of the 50% range is also on the verge of being worried.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
