In scoring position, three strikeouts → three strikeouts → three strikeouts, Lee Jung-hoo homered twice on 5G consecutive hits, but disappointed stat management SF 158 BAL

Aug 30, 2025

In scoring position, three strikeouts → three strikeouts → three strikeouts, Lee Jung-hoo homered twice on 5G consecutive hits, but disappointed stat management SF 158 BAL
Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants enters the batter's box as a leadoff hitter in the bottom of the second inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Oracle Park on the 30th (Korea time). ImagesYonhap News



In scoring position, three strikeouts → three strikeouts → three strikeouts, Lee Jung-hoo homered twice on 5G consecutive hits, but disappointed stat management SF 158 BAL
San Francisco Luis Matos hits a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth inning and steps home with a ceremony looking up at the sky. AP Yonhap News
San Francisco Giants Lee Jung-hoo led the team's rise at the end of the pennant race with a decisive blow to the team's victory for two consecutive days.

Lee Jung-hoo played in center field once in the first of three consecutive home games against the Baltimore Orioles at Oracle Park on the 30th (Korea time) and played one hit, two runs and one walk in five at-bats to lead the team to a 15-8 victory. San Francisco has won five consecutive games.

Lee Jung-hoo, who hit Daniel Palencia's body slider in the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs and runners on the first and second bases against the Chicago Cubs the previous day, hit his first walk-off hit in his major league debut, and became the leadoff five days after the Milwaukee Brewers match on the 25th.




He took the lead in the batting line for the first time in a long time when his opponent threw a right-handed pitcher. Lee Jung-hoo, who succeeded in hitting in five consecutive games, recorded a batting average of 0.260 (126 hits in 484 at-bats), seven home runs, 48 RBIs, 63 runs, 42 walks, 10 steals, and an OPS of 0.730.

However, in the scoring chance hit after the gap widened, it was only three out of three at-bats, leaving a regret. His batting average in scoring this season fell to 0.235 (23 hits in 98 at-bats). It's 25 percent below the season's batting average.

In scoring position, three strikeouts → three strikeouts → three strikeouts, Lee Jung-hoo homered twice on 5G consecutive hits, but disappointed stat management SF 158 BAL
Baltimore Orioles starter Dean Kremer. ImagesYonhap News
Lee Jung-hoo walked Baltimore right-hander Dean Kremer to the full count in the bottom of the first inning, trailing 0-1. The 7th pitch was a 93.1 mile four-seam fastball that went deep into the body.




Lee Jung-hoo, who stepped on the second and third bases with Willy Adames' left-handed hit and Rafael Devers' walk, then dug home and tied the score 1-1 when Matt Chapman had an infield hit to shortstop. San Francisco continued to turn the game around 2-1 on Dominic Smith's sacrifice fly to center field, then added two more runs on Luis Matos' left-handed hit with one out to widen the gap to 4-1.

In the second inning, Lee Jung-hoo hit a hit as a leadoff hitter and homered. In one ball, he lightly pushed a 91.4 mile fastball that dug into Kremer's second strike zone outside, leading to a clean left-handed hit. A ball that flew at a batting speed of 100.4 miles (161.6 kilometers) fell in front of left fielder Dylan Beaver.

Lee Jung-hoo then advanced to second base with Adames' left-handed hit and dug home with Devers' right-handed hit to score his second point of the day. San Francisco widened the gap to 6-1 on Chapman's sacrifice fly with no outs and runners on first and third.




In scoring position, three strikeouts → three strikeouts → three strikeouts, Lee Jung-hoo homered twice on 5G consecutive hits, but disappointed stat management SF 158 BAL
Lee Jung-hoo, who got on base with a left-handed hit in the bottom of the second inning, is rushing home when Rafael Devers makes a timely hit. AFP Yonhap News
Lee Jung-hoo struck out in the scoring position with two outs and a runner on second base in the third inning with a 7-4 lead. On the full count, Kremer's 7th pitch on a 93.3 mile fastball that went into his body for a miss.

San Francisco went on a 9-4 run in the bottom of the fourth inning with Smith's superior two-run shot, but Baltimore followed 6-9 with Ryan Mountcastle's two-run timely hit in the top of the fifth inning, leading to tension.

However, San Francisco widened the gap again to 10-6 in the bottom of the fifth inning when lead Matos hit a solo home run over the left-center wall. However, Lee Jung-hoo, who took the fourth batter's box after two outs, pulled a 94.9-mile fastball in the middle of the full count against right-hander Corbin Martin and grounded out to second base.

In the bottom of the seventh inning, when the 10-6 lead continued, he struck out left-hander Grant Wolfram for a chance to score with one out and runners on the first and second bases. He let slip a sinker who dug into the strike zone outside 96.6 miles on the third pitch. And he also struck out in the bottom of the eighth inning, with one out and second base, and the third score of the day.

San Francisco won the most points this season by hitting 18 hits in both games. San Francisco, which has won six consecutive games, maintained its third place in the NL West by marking 67 wins and 68 losses and leaving one win with a winning percentage of 50%. In the wild card, he remained in fifth place and maintained a six-game win over the third-place New York Mets (73-62).





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.