Lee Jung-hoo, 56 days without a home run? I don't know what to say, but 24 days without this is the lesson of the big hit
Jul 10, 2025
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Lee Jung-hoo played as the seventh center fielder in the final game of the three consecutive home games against the Philadelphia Phillies at Oracle Park on the 10th (Korea time) and recorded no hits and one walk in two at-bats. San Francisco suffered a crushing 0-13 defeat.
He walked one and got on base for four consecutive games, but failed to get a hit for four consecutive games. His batting average dropped to 0.245 (82 hits in 335 at-bats).
Lee Jung-hoo, who took his first at-bat in the bottom of the second inning when he was trailing 0-1, struck out swinging. In the first and second base chances hit by Wilmer Flores' left-handed hit and Casey Schmidt's walk, Lee Jung-hoo misled Philadelphia left-hander Jesus Luzardo's 5th pitch, 86.4 miles outside sweeper with a ball count of 1B2S.
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In the third at-bat of the eighth inning, when Lee Jung-hoo was losing 0-11, he showed a persistent trail and walked to get on base. He missed two strikes first to opposing right-hander Seth Johnson, but later picked up four high-course balls with consecutive balls. However, he failed to advance further due to the failure of the follow-up.
Lee Jung-hoo caught Bryson Start's deep fly with no outs in the defense at the top of the eighth inning, trailing 0-6, and threw it to third base to block the second baseman's tag-up, but a review of the opponent's challenger overturned the decision to be safe, leaving a regret.
San Francisco starter Justin Verlander failed again in his first win of the season even though he had his sixth quality start of the season with seven hits, seven strikeouts and four runs (two earned runs) in six innings. He has lost seven games and an ERA of 4.70 in 15 games this season. The previous seven games were the most for Verlander to continue his starting position without a victory. This year, he wore a San Francisco uniform and played more than twice that period without a victory.
San Francisco suffered a crushing defeat in the top of the eighth inning when right-hander Tristan Beck, who took the mound as the team's third pitcher, gave up five hits and one walk for seven batters, allowing six runs. San Francisco's batters struggled with four hits and failed to score a point.
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Only two San Francisco hitters, Lee Jung-hoo and Luis Matos, were hit in the scoring position on the day, and both hitters struck out consecutive swings and misses in the golden chance they faced at the plate in the bottom of the second inning.
Lee Jung-hoo's batting average in scoring this season is 0.258 (17 hits in 66 at-bats), but he has been in a severe slump with 0.087 (2 hits in 23 at-bats) since June. Lee Jung-hoo had a batting average of 0.400 (10 hits in 25 at-bats) between March and April and 0.278 (5 hits in 18 at-bats) in May.
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 14 hits in 14 at-bats in 16 at-bats until the match against Philadelphia. After July, he has no hits in eight at-bats for nine at-bats. Lee Jung-hoo hit a home run in the bottom of the seventh inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks on May 15. He has been staying in season six for 56 days since then.
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Suzuki had a batting average of .300 for the month of April 2022, his first major league season, and then fell into a slump from the end of April, and then struggled with a batting average of .100 for the month after that After spending more than a month on the IL due to a finger injury, he returned and succeeded in adapting. It is true that Suzuki, a big mid- to long-distance player with a different style from Lee Jung-hoo, showed adaptability with extraordinary efforts.
San Francisco, which ended its four-game winning streak, maintained its second place in the NL West with 51 wins and 43 losses. It is still five games behind the leading Los Angeles Dodgers.
Now, San Francisco will play the last three consecutive games of the first half against the Dodgers at home from the 12th to the 14th. Starting matchups are scheduled in the order of Logan Webb-Dustin May, Landon Loop-Otani Shohei, and Robbie Ray-Yamamoto Yoshinobu.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
