Korean masterpiece! Three hits, three RBIs, including the final hit, Lee Jung-hoo's delightful rebound, three hits and two steals, Kim Hye-sung's wasteful counterattack SF87 LAD
Jul 12, 2025
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San Francisco Giants' Lee Jung-hoo and LA Dodgers' Kim Hye-sung, two KBO players, faced off for the second time at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on the 12th (Korea time). San Francisco won 8-7 after a fierce batting battle with the two players exchanging three hits side by side.
Lee Jung-hoo led San Francisco's attack. He continued his upward trend even steeper in July, swinging three hits in four at-bats and three RBIs, including a come-from-behind final triple. Kim Hye-sung was also applauded for showing off his brilliant play in defense with three hits, one run and two steals from four times at bat.
Lee Jung-hoo, who played his second three-hit game in July following the Arizona Diamondbacks on the 3rd (five hits in five at-bats), raised his batting average to 0.251 (85 hits in 339 at-bats) and returned to the .250 level for the first time in 16 days since the 27th of last month. In addition, the OPS increased to 0.720, scoring 40 RBIs and 49 points.
Kim Hye-sung, who played his second big league three hits after the Athletics match (3 hits in 3 at-bats) on May 16, also hit 0.349 (37 hits in 106 at-bats), two home runs, 12 RBIs, 36 points, 11 steals, and an OPS of 0.870.
Kim Hye-sung gained the upper hand. First of all, Kim Hye-sung was applauded by his teammates by chasing Casey Schmidt's ground ball when it flowed toward center field after two outs during the defense in the bottom of the second inning.
In the top of the third inning, Kim Hye-sung hit a heavy hit by hitting a 90.3-mile high cutter on San Francisco ace Logan Webb's first pitch. A perfect hit with a batting speed of 92.7 miles. Kim Hye-sung, who succeeded in stealing second base at No. 9 Tommy Edman's at-bat, advanced to third base when Edman grounded out to first base.
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However, Lee Jung-hoo's counterattack soon took place. Lee Jung-hoo, who struck out swinging by Dodgers starter Dustin May's body sweeper in his first at-bat in the bottom of the second inning, turned the tide to 3-2 by hitting a superior triple in the second at-bat with one out and runners on first and second bases in the bottom of the fourth inning, trailing 1-2.
At the ball count of 2B2S, May's fifth 96.6-mile fastball on the body was pulled and flew at a 98.6-mile batting speed to hit his eighth triple of the season, which exceeded the height of right fielder Teoscar Hernandez, bringing both Rafael Devers and Matt Chapman home.
However, he was tagged out while digging home on Schmidt's short fly to left field. There was a challenge request from San Francisco, but the decision did not change.
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San Francisco then added five points in the bottom of the fifth inning, widening the gap to 8-2. In the process, Lee Jung-hoo added an RBI with an infield hit. San Francisco, which ran away 4-2 with a solo shot by lead Dominic Smith, added a point when Bailey homered and added a point when Chapman grounded out to second base with a bases loaded with Patrick Bailey's right-handed hit, Mike Yastremski's walk, and Devers' walk after one out, Willy Adames hit a two-run right-center triple to run away 7-2, and Lee Jung-hoo called Adames with a first-base infield hit to widen the gap to 8-2.
However, the Dodgers scored four points in the top of the sixth inning to quickly narrow the gap to 6-8. He added four runs at once with Teoscar's two-run double to right-center and Michael Confoto's two-run homer to center in the second and third base chances made by Mookie Betts' dune and Will Smith's two-run double to center. In the absence of a runner with two outs, Kim Hye-sung got on base with a shortstop infield hit and stole second base again at Edman's at-bat, continuing his successful 11th consecutive stolen base of the season, but no follow-up hit occurred.
The Dodgers then followed one more point in the top of the seventh inning. After the first base, Betts hit a double to left-center, center fielder Lee Jung-hoo caught it and advanced to third base at a missed opportunity, and Smith called in a heavy hit after the second base and narrowed it to 7-8.
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Kim Hye-sung also hit a left-handed double after two outs in the top of the eighth inning, but Edman stepped down as a mistake and failed to advance further. After that, the Dodgers failed to catch up and eventually fell to their knees and fell into a swamp of seven consecutive losses.
San Francisco, which played the first game of the last three consecutive games in the first half, marked 52 wins and 43 losses to keep second place in the NL West, narrowing its gap with the leading Dodgers (56 wins and 39 losses) to four games.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
