Promise number 7, one more time! San Francisco's Lee Jung-hoo, who has found customized batting order, will make 7 appearances for 6G in a row. No. 7 center field against Pittsburgh
Aug 06, 2025
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For Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants, the seventh batting order is exactly the same position. The batting order, which had been on and off throughout the season, has finally been fixed. The key to the revival in the second half of the season was '7th batting order'. Lee Jung-hoo will start as the seventh batter in six consecutive games.
Lee Jung-hoo was listed in the starting lineup as No. 7 center field once again in the interleague away game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, USA, early on the 7th (Korean time). This is because San Francisco coach Bob Melvin has finally discovered 'After Lee Jung-Hoo optimization batting order'. Lee Jung-hoo has been placed as the seventh batter in six consecutive games since the game against the New York Mets on the 2nd.
This means that Lee Jung-hoo is definitely fixed to the 7th position. There is only one reason. This is because he has the most high-sensitivity batting average in the seventh batting order this season. He recently hit in all five games as the seventh batter. This year, Lee Jung-hoo appeared in 15 games as the seventh batter and has a batting average of 0.346 (18 hits in 52 times at bat) in 14 games as the seventh batter until the previous day's game against Pittsburgh.
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As the sense of hitting has declined since mid-May, Lee Jung-hoo was placed in the bottom batting order to save him this time. But it wasn't very good. It began to revive in the second half of July, as a result, he showed signs of recovery in his batting sense when he took over No. 7.
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San Francisco's batting order was Eliot Ramos (left fielder), Rafael Devers (designated hitter), Willie Adames (striker), Matt Chapman (third baseman), Case Schmidt (first baseman), Herar Encarnacion (right fielder), Lee Jung-hoo (middle fielder), Christian Cos (second baseman) and Andrew Kisner (catcher). The starting pitcher is veteran left-hander Robbie Ray, who has a 9-5 record and a 2.85 ERA this season.
The Pittsburgh starter that Lee Jung-hoo and other San Francisco batters should face is also left-hander Andrew Heaney. Heaney is 5-9 with a 4.89 ERA this year. Attention is focusing on whether Lee Jung-hoo will continue his hit streak in six consecutive games in the seventh batting order against left-handed starters.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.