One hitless game is enough! Lee Jung-hoo took away a hit from Darvish in two days, 0.342SF in August for the third consecutive time

Aug 12, 2025

One hitless game is enough! Lee Jung-hoo took away a hit from Darvish in two days, 0.342SF in August for the third consecutive time
Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants misses the bat while hitting at the plate in the bottom of the fifth inning against the San Diego Padres at Oracle Park on the 12th (Korea time). AP Yonhap News



One hitless game is enough! Lee Jung-hoo took away a hit from Darvish in two days, 0.342SF in August for the third consecutive time
Center Lee Jung-hoo, second baseman Christian Kos and right fielder Drew Gilbert miss a fly hit by San Diego Gavin Sheets during defense in the top of the fifth inning to make a hit. AP Yonhap News
San Francisco Giants Lee Jung-hoo resumed hit production in two days.

Lee Jung-hoo played in center field six times and recorded one hit in three at-bats in the first of three consecutive home games against the San Diego Padres at Oracle Park on the 12th (Korea time). San Francisco lost 1-4, struggling with five hits.

Lee Jung-hoo, who had no hits in three at-bats against the Washington Nationals the day before and ended his eight-game hitting streak in August, was a hit in two days with an infield hit.




This resulted in a batting average of 0.256 (109 hits in 425 at-bats), six home runs, 46 RBIs, 58 runs, and an OPS of 0.727.

The starting pitcher for San Diego is Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish. Lee Jung-hoo first met Darvish in his Big League debut last year and recorded one hit in three at-bats. On this day, he got a hit in his first at-bat.

One hitless game is enough! Lee Jung-hoo took away a hit from Darvish in two days, 0.342SF in August for the third consecutive time
San Francisco Giants Lee Jung-hoo. ImagesYonhap News
At the bottom of the second inning, when it was 0-0, Dominic Smith got on base with a heavy hit, and Matt Chapman stepped down on an outfield fly, one out and one out. Lee Jung-hoo hit an infield hit to the left on an 86.3-mile slider that fell outside Darvish's third pitch in the two strikes.




Third baseman Manny Macha also caught a slow-flowing ball at a speed of 74.1 miles, but Lee Jung-hoo had already taken the first base.

However, San Francisco failed to score with Patrick Bailey striking out and Christian Kos out with a fly ball to the second base with one out and runners on the first and second bases.

Lee Jung-hoo entered the batter's box for the second time as the leadoff hitter in the fifth inning of the 0-0 tight pitching match. However, he struck out swinging on an 86.9-mile splitter that fell slightly outside Darvish's sixth pitch on the ball count of 2B2S. His career performance against Darvish was two hits in five at-bats.




In the seventh inning, trailing 1-4, he hit a ground ball to the second base with one out and runners on the first base, leading runner Chapman was out. After a full-count battle with right-hander Jeremiah Estrada, he pulled an 87.4-mile slider that curled into the middle of the eighth pitch, but second baseman Jake Cronenworth caught it and tossed it to shortstop Xander Bogaerts. The batting speed is 94.16 miles.

San Francisco gave up the winning run in the top of the seventh inning when starter Logan Webb gave up a double and a right-handed hit to Gavin Sheets and Cronenworth, respectively, and was hit by Freddie Permin for a three-run home run to the left.

Darvish pitched six innings of four hits, six strikeouts and one run to win his second win (three losses) of the season. 112 wins in total.

San Francisco was mired in a three-game losing streak, marking 59-60. The gap between the third-place New York Mets and sixth-place NL wild card widened to 4.5 games. On the other hand, San Diego has won three consecutive games and narrowed its gap with the Los Angeles Dodgers, the leader of the NL West, to one game.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.