Lee Jung-hoo's 3 at-bats, 3 hitless balls, and San Francisco also lost 5 consecutive games

Jul 30, 2025

Lee Jung-hoo's 3 at-bats, 3 hitless balls, and San Francisco also lost 5 consecutive games



'It's so hard to get over the inside line."

The hit by San Francisco Giants center fielder Lee Jung-hoo (27) was hardly out of the infield. He only hit a ground ball in the infield and never survived to the first base. At the same time, San Francisco also fell into the abyss of five consecutive losses and seven consecutive home losses. The 'Autumn Baseball' has also gone that far.

Lee Jung-hoo was also silent with no hits and stopped getting on base in four consecutive games.




Lee Jung-hoo started as the seventh center fielder in a home game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on the 30th (Korea time), but had no hits in three times at bat. It repeated the chronic 'ground ball concentration' As a result, Lee Jung-hoo's batting average for the season fell from 0.253 to 0.251 (96 hits in 383 times at bat), jeopardizing even his maintenance of 250.

In addition, San Francisco lost 1-3 to Pittsburgh pitchers in the game, only allowing two hits. Willy Adames managed to avoid the Youngbong defeat thanks to his solo home run in the bottom of the fourth inning. San Francisco, which lost five consecutive games, maintained its third place (54-54, winning percentage of 0.500) in the National League West. His chances of reaching the postseason have become even slimmer.

There are nine games against the world's leading Los Angeles Dodgers. In the wild card competition, the game was 8.5 games against the Chicago Cubs and 7.5 games against the Philadelphia Phillies. It will be difficult to advance to the postseason unless there is a 'miracle' in the remaining 54 games.




Lee Jung-hoo's 3 at-bats, 3 hitless balls, and San Francisco also lost 5 consecutive games
Lee Jung-hoo, who came to the batter's box in the bottom of the second inning with two outs, watched Pittsburgh starter Bailey Poulter's strike outside the first pitch and pushed Sinker (91.9 miles) who came in high on the second pitch. The batting speed was 97.4 miles, which was on the right side. However, he was out at first base rolling in front of the third baseman who was in the normal defensive position.

Then, in the bottom of the fourth inning, he only grounded out in his second at-bat, which came out of an extra point chance with two outs and second base that continued after the leadoff hitter Adames' solo shot. It was similar to the first at-bat. Lee Jung-hoo, who watched the slider in the middle of the first pitch, hit a sinker (92.4 miles) that came into the middle of the second pitch, but it was another ground ball. This time, he was caught by second baseman Nick Gonzalez.

In his third at-bat after two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, he faced his second pitcher, Brexton Ashcraft. This time, he once again pushed a high curve (84.4 miles) outside the fifth pitch at the ball count 2B2S. As expected, it was a ground ball in front of the third baseman.




Lee Jung-hoo's 3 at-bats, 3 hitless balls, and San Francisco also lost 5 consecutive games
In all three at-bats, the batting speed exceeded 90 miles. It was a pretty powerful hit, but the ball failed to float and became a ground ball, and all of them were hit. None of the San Francisco hitters produced good pitches on the day. There were a total of 16 hitouts against three Pittsburgh pitchers, with the ratio of groundout and flyout being 5-5. In the process, two double plays (Matt Chapman in the bottom of the first inning and Rafael Devers in the bottom of the third inning) came out. Pittsburgh's defense also blocked hitters with airtight defense.

San Francisco veteran pitcher Justin Verlander, who barely won his first win of the season against Atlanta on the 24th after eight consecutive losses since the opening, pitched relatively well with six hits, seven strikeouts and one run in five innings, but failed to win. It is fortunate that he escaped defeat. It was a complete defeat for San Francisco.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.