How long has it been, triple → double explosion! Lee Jung-hoo's hit came to an endA complete victory against Kelly
Jul 03, 2025
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Lee Jung-hoo started in center field No. 5 in an away game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on the 3rd (Korea time), and exploded a triple and a double in his first two at-bats.
San Francisco scored the first run in the top of the first inning when lead Mike Yastremski hit a solo home run. Arizona right-hander Merrill Kelly's 92.1-mile four-seam fastball that flew into the middle of the second pitch was pulled into an arch over the right-center fence. He hit his eighth homer of the season with a batting speed of 97.4 miles and a driving distance of 379 feet.
Wilmer Flores then walked with two outs and one base after Willy Adames and Rafael Devers struck out in a row.
Lee Jung-hoo then hit a fastball in the middle of Kelly's 92.6-mile first pitch, connecting it to a triple to the right-center to bring Flores home.
The ball, which flew at 23 degrees and 101.3 miles, went over the height of right fielder Jake McCarthy and fell 387 feet in front of the fence. It was Lee Jung-hoo's seventh triple of the season, and it was his first hit in five games and 18 at-bats since his right triple in the bottom of the fourth inning against the Miami Marlins on the 27th of last month.
However, subsequent Luis Matos hit a ground ball to the third base and did not reach home.
Lee Jung-hoo's bat also exploded in his second at-bat. Lee Jung-hoo, who took the lead in the top of the fourth inning with a 2-0 lead, hit a changeup that fell into the middle of Kelly's sixth pitch of 88.5 miles with a ball count of 2B2S to lead to a double that fell in the middle of the right.
It was a hard hit with a launch angle of 12 degrees and a batting speed of 102. However, he failed to advance further due to the failure of the follow-up.
Lee Jung-hoo, who had his worst month with a batting average of 0.143 in June, missed the game against Arizona the previous day. The move was taken as a consideration for resting under coach Bob Melvin. He set the stage for the recovery of his batting sense by hitting line drives of more than 100 miles in two consecutive at-bats against Kelly, who he also faced during his KBO days.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
