Home run + double Lee Jung-hoo's birthday was hot, batting average of 0.262OPS of 0.742 It would have been better if it had been close to expectations
Aug 20, 2025
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Lee Jung-hoo played as a leadoff center fielder in Game 2 of the four consecutive away games against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park on the 20th (Korea time), and swung two hits, one RBI and one run from four times at bat, including a home run and a double. However, San Francisco's other hitters stepped down weakly from the chance and knelt 1-5.
Lee Jung-hoo, who succeeded in hitting in eight consecutive games, marked a batting average of 0.262 (118 hits in 451 at-bats), seven home runs, 47 RBIs, 61 runs, an on-base percentage of 0.325, a slugging percentage of 0.417 and an OPS of 0.742. The batting average has reached its highest since June 18 and the OPS since June 20.
Lee Jung-hoo blasted a home run in his first at-bat in the top of the first inning.
Against San Diego right-hander Nick Pivetta, he lightly pulled a 94.6-mile fastball that flew to a slightly high course in the middle of the second pitch on Onestrike and slightly over the right-center fence.
He hit his seventh homer of the season with an angle of launch of 27 degrees, a batting speed of 101.8 miles and a flying distance of 400 feet. It is the first time in 97 days, 77 games and 315 at-bats that Lee Jung-hoo hit a home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks on May 15 since his two-run shot to the right in the seventh inning.
Pivetta, who took away Lee Jung-hoo's home run, is San Diego's ace this season. Until the previous day, he threw 141 ⅓ innings in 24 games, recording 12 wins and 4 losses with a 2.87 ERA, 144 strikeouts, and a WHIP of 0.948. He is competing with the Pittsburgh Pirates Polskins, Philadelphia Phillies Christopher Sanchez and Milwaukee Brewers Freddie Peralta for the NL Cy Young Award, and Lee Jung-hoo did not miss the actual pitch in an aggressive manner.
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However, he hit a long ball again in his third at-bat, showing off his peak hitting sense. Lee Jung-hoo, who entered the batter's box after one out in the fifth inning with the game up to 1-3, hit a line drive that fell in the middle of Pivetta's third pitch of 93.9 miles without missing a fastball.
The ball, which flew at a launch angle of 12 degrees and 102.7 miles, fell next to center fielder Ramon Lauriano, and Lee Jung-hoo settled on second base with a comfortable standing. With his 29th double of the season, he tied for 12th overall in this category and tied for 6th in the NL. Figures and rankings in each sector are now approaching expectations.
It is the first time in three days that Lee Jung-hoo has made a multi-hit since the game against Tampa Bay on the 17th. It is the first time in 48 days that he has recorded multiple long balls since the game against Arizona (double, triple) on July 3.
Lee Jung-hoo, who advanced to third base when Eliot Ramos made a fly to right field, was then unable to step home after Rafael Devers stepped down with a fly ball to left field. Lee Jung-hoo grounded out to the first base in his fourth at-bat after two outs in the seventh inning.
In the second half of the year, Lee Jung-hoo mainly played as a 6th or 7th player, then went into the leadoff for the first time in a long time against the Tampa Bay Rays on the 18th and hit 1 hit (double) in 4 at-bats, and showed off his slugging power to his heart's content by taking the lead in the lineup again in two days.
San Francisco failed to chase after starter Deng Kai-wei allowed a timely hit to Jose Iglesias to turn the tables after getting the bases loaded with one out with a hit and two pitches in the bottom of the fourth inning when the score was 1-1.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
