When Lee Jung-hoo hits and runs, he wins! He woke up hot with three hits of exhausting silence, escaping four consecutive SF losses to the winning score
Jul 03, 2025
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Lee Jung-hoo started as the fifth center fielder in an away game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on the 3rd (Korea time), and was the main player of the 6-5 victory by swinging three hits, one RBI and two runs from five times at bat with cycling hits minus home runs.
Lee Jung-hoo, who remained silent until the 1st against Arizona with no hits in four games and 17 consecutive at-bats, missed the game against Arizona on the 2nd. It was manager Bob Melvin's consideration for rest as he had his worst month with a batting average of 0.143 in June.
It is the fifth time this season that Lee Jung-hoo has had three hits, and it is the first time in 57 days since the game against the Chicago Cubs on May 7.
With this, Lee Jung-hoo raised his batting average to 0.246 (77 hits in 313) and OPS to 0.721, respectively, and recorded six home runs, 18 doubles, seven triples, 35 RBIs, 48 runs, and six steals. Lee Jung-hoo tied for second place with LA Dodgers Shohei Ohtani in the NL triple category and tied for 14th place in the double category.
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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.
Wilmer Flores walked after Willy Adames and Rafael Devers struck out consecutively, with two outs and a runner on first base. 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.
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His 18th double of the season was a hard hit with a 12 degree launch angle and a 102-mile batting speed. However, he failed to score due to a failed follow-up.
Lee Jung-hoo, who re-entered as a leadoff hitter in the sixth inning when he was trailing 2-3, hit Kelly's 89.3 miles low sinker on the first pitch, but was withdrawn with a short fly to right field.
However, Lee Jung-hoo added a hit in the fourth at-bat to complete the three-hit game. After one out, the opponent right-hander Jake Woodford pulled a 90.2 mile cutter on the second pitch to create an infield hit to the first base. Arizona first baseman Tim Tawa was hit by a glove and spilled into the foul area while trying to handle it shortbound.
Lee Jung-hoo, who advanced to second base with Matos' walk, then homered on Patrick Bailey's heavy hit to widen the gap to 4-2. San Francisco added one more point with Brett Weisley's timely hit to the right with two outs and runners on first and second bases, widening the gap to 5-2.
Lee Jung-hoo sought a cycling hit in the fifth at-bat with two outs and a runner on second base in the ninth inning with a 5-3 lead, but Woodford's 5th pitch, 90.7 miles of body sinker, floated high in the middle of the right.
However, San Francisco allowed a 5-5 tie in the bottom of the ninth inning when Camilo Doval was hit by a superior two-run shot by Ketel Marte, and the game went into overtime.
San Francisco placed Lee Jung-hoo at second base in the top of the 10th inning of extra time, and leader Eliot Ramos hit an infield hit toward second base to create a chance for first and third bases with no outs. Bailey's sacrifice fly in center field then homered Lee Jung-hoo to take the lead again 6-5. The provocation in the bottom of the 10th inning of extra time prevented additional runs and managed to keep the victory.
San Francisco, which lost its fourth consecutive game with Lee Jung-hoo, maintained its third place in the NL West with 46 wins and 41 losses.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
