He hit well in May, but after Lee Jung-hoo, 9G consecutive hits frustrated by strikeout pitchers, and a batting average of 260,000 won

Aug 11, 2025

He hit well in May, but after Lee Jung-hoo, 9G consecutive hits frustrated by strikeout pitchers, and a batting average of 260,000 won
San Francisco Giants Lee Jung-hoo's streak of hits stopped in eight games. ImagesYonhap News



He hit well in May, but after Lee Jung-hoo, 9G consecutive hits frustrated by strikeout pitchers, and a batting average of 260,000 won
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San Francisco Giants Lee Jung-hoo met a powerful left-hander and the hit streak in consecutive games stopped.

Lee Jung-hoo started as the seventh center fielder in a home game against the Washington Nationals at Oracle Park on the 11th (Korea time) and recorded no hits and two strikeouts in three at-bats. San Francisco was crushed 0-8.

Lee Jung-hoo, who was put on the brakes by hitting in eight consecutive games in August, marked a batting average of 0.256 (108 hits in 422 times at bat), six home runs, 46 RBIs, 58 runs and an OPS of 0.727.




Washington's starting pitcher on the day was 26-year-old McKinsey Gore, who has grown into an ace pitcher this season.

Lee Jung-hoo struggled against Gore. Lee Jung-hoo previously targeted Gore with one hit and one walk from two times at bat in his first face-off on May 24, but he met twice and struck out all of them. At that time, Lee Jung-hoo walked a walk in the seventh inning against Gore, who threw well without allowing a run until the sixth inning.

He hit well in May, but after Lee Jung-hoo, 9G consecutive hits frustrated by strikeout pitchers, and a batting average of 260,000 won
Washington Nationals starter McKinsey Gore. AP Yonhap News
Lee Jung-hoo, who entered the batter's box with one out and a runner on the first base in the bottom of the second inning when his team was trailing 0-4, misled his bat on a 95.6-mile four-seam fastball that fell outside the third pitch on the two-strike. He struck out three pitches after letting go of a slider that penetrated the edge of the outer strike zone for the first and second consecutive pitches.




In the fifth inning, trailing 0-5, he was the leadoff hitter and struck out swinging again. At ball count 1B2S, he misplayed the bat on an 84-mile outside curve on the fourth pitch. Gore played a thoroughly outside course in both matches against Lee Jung-hoo.

He pulled a 94.3 mile fastball that flew into the middle of right-hander Cole Henry's fourth pitch well in the third at-bat after falling behind 0-8, but it became a ground ball flowing straight to second base. Since then, Lee Jung-hoo's at-bat has not returned.

Lee Jung-hoo also showed a good defense in the top of the ninth inning by sliding the opponent's leader Riley Adams' deep right-center hit. He calmly handled the flying ball with a 106.2 mile line drive at 370 feet from the distance. Infielder Christian Kos almost took the mound and gave up a hit to the first batter, but when Lee Jung-hoo caught it, he raised his right hand to express his gratitude.




He hit well in May, but after Lee Jung-hoo, 9G consecutive hits frustrated by strikeout pitchers, and a batting average of 260,000 won
Justin Verlander takes off his hat and reciprocates to cheering fans after striking out Washington's Nathaniel Law in the top of the first inning and achieving a career-high 3,500 strikeouts. AP Yonhap News
Gore silenced San Francisco's batters with a brilliant pitch of 10 strikeouts in six innings, winning his fifth win (12 losses) of the season with three hits and no runs. He lowered his ERA to 4.09 and increased his strikeouts to 158. The NL strikeout ranking rose to fifth place.

On the other hand, San Francisco starter Justin Verlander lost the game by allowing 11 hits, one walk, and five runs in five innings, including one home run. He is 1-9 with a 4.53 ERA in the season.

However, Verlander struck out six, marking a total of 3503 strikeouts, and achieving a milestone of 3,500 innings (3515). After the game, Verlander said, "I'm happy to have the milestone with the fans. I think it's a great record. I'm grateful to have come this far."

Verlander, who is ranked 10th in the strikeouts list, will rise to 9th, beating Walter Johnson (3509).

San Francisco, which had its second consecutive winning series against the New York Mets and Pittsburgh Pirates last week, has put a brake on its rise with one win and two losses in three consecutive home games against Washington. With 59 wins and 59 losses, he ranked third in the NL and fifth in the wild card, maintaining a four-game ride with the New York Mets (63 wins and 55 losses). The Mets came from behind to lose to the Milwaukee Brewers 6-7 on the day, losing to the Milwaukee Brewers for the seventh consecutive game.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.