Argh! Lee Jung-hoo couldn't get out of his 20th at-bats against Yamamoto, LAD starter
Sep 19, 2025
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Lee Jung-hoo started as the seventh center fielder in an away game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California on the morning of the 19th (Korea time). Lee Jung-hoo has recently been in a severe slump. Since he hit in the bottom of the fourth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks on the 10th, he has continued his worst performance with no hits in 18 at-bats until the previous day.
As a result, Lee Jung-hoo was adjusted to the eighth batting order for the first time since his Major League debut in the game against Arizona on the 17th, but he had no hits in four at-bats on the same day. Then San Francisco coach Bob Melvin made a strong move to exclude Lee Jung-hoo from the starting lineup in the game on the 18th. Lee Jung-hoo came out as a pinch runner in the 10th inning of extra time and scored one point.
After the shock therapy of exclusion from selection, Lee Jung-hoo entered the starting lineup again. The Dodgers starter Lee Jung-hoo had to face was Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
In the top of the second inning, Lee Jung-hoo and Yamamoto faced off for the first time. Lee Jung-hoo, who came to the batter's box after one out, watched two fastballs outside. First ball, second ball is a strike. He then hit Yamamoto's high cutter (92.8 miles) on the body with the third pitch. However, he failed to hit the center of the bat. Hit by the handle, the speed of the ball died. The 67.9-mile slow ball flew between the first and second bases.
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Lee Jung-hoo then faced his second at-bat in the top of the fourth inning when he was 0-0. After leadoff hitter Matt Chapman took a walk, Bryce Eldridge struck out a subsequent swing and miss, and Chapman failed to steal, leaving two outs and no runners. Fortunately, Casey Schmidt drew a walk, leading to Lee Jung-hoo's at-bat.
Lee Jung-hoo, who came to the batter's box with two outs and a runner on first base, was more aggressive. The splitter outside the first pitch narrowly crossed the strike zone. Second ball, swing and miss on a low curve. The third pitch hit a low curve to the ground. Ball count 1B2S. Yamamoto threw a splitter that dripped outwards, drawing Lee Jung-hoo's swing and miss.
As a result, Lee Jung-hoo has not been able to produce a hit in as many as 20 at-bats. It does not seem to respond to Yamamoto's ball combination and ball combination at all. If the game continues to be hitless, the batting average of 260 will also collapse.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
