SF Lee Jung-hoo's batting sense, the master of pushing, achieved a hit in eight consecutive games by pushing in the bottom of the ninth inning
Aug 10, 2025
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Lee Jung-hoo continued his hot hitting in August with an exquisite hit at-bat in the ninth inning with luck and skills. He has had hits in all eight games he played in August.
Lee Jung-hoo started as the sixth batter center fielder in a home game against the Washington Nationals at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on the morning of the 10th (Korea time) and recorded one hit in four at-bats. Perhaps because it was not the seventh batting order with the best batting sense, he did not have a hit until the middle of the game.
Lee Jung-hoo, who came to the batter's box after two outs in the bottom of the second inning, faced Washington right-handed starter Brad Rod and pushed the slider hard in the fifth pitch with a ball count of 2B1S. The batting speed was 99.4 miles. However, the direction was somewhat bad. Originally, the ball was supposed to be a left-handed hit after dividing the gap between three times, but Lee Jung-hoo's defensive shift made it to the front of the third baseman, who was moving to the right. In the end, his first at-bat was grounded out to third base.
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When two groundball hits failed, Lee Jung-hoo changed the trajectory of the swing and made a floating ball. Lee Jung-hoo, who came out as the leadoff hitter in the bottom of the seventh inning, scooped up a curve thrown by the opponent's left-hander, Canner Pilkington, with a ball count of 2B2S to the fifth pitch. Again, the batting direction is left. As expected, it was a push ball. However, this time, it flew straight to the left field and became a simple outfield fly.
The August hit march is on the verge of being suspended. However, the last at-bat in the bottom of the ninth inning came back, and here, he blew all his bad luck.
Lee Jung-hoo faced left-hander Jose A. Pere. Pere threw the ball aggressively. It became 2S in an instant. A 99-mile sinker on the third pitch came into the high course outside. It was a ball, but Lee Jung-hoo said
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It was not just a simple 'lucky'. Lee Jung-hoo was producing a positive hit with all four at-bats. It is the result of trying to change the direction of the batting to a side that is more difficult for defenders to handle while maintaining such a stance.
San Francisco, which was trailing 2-4, had a chance with one out and runners on first and second bases with Lee Jung-hoo's infield hit and a right-handed hit by the follow-up Christian Kos in the bottom of the ninth inning. However, Patrick Bailey broke the chase by hitting a double play leading to third baseman, second baseman, and first baseman.
However, Lee Jung-hoo maintained a batting average of 0.258 (108 hits in 419 at-bats) for the season by hitting in eight consecutive games. However, his monthly batting average in August is 0.375 (12 hits in 32 times at bat). This is because he had hits in all eight games he played in August.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
