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Lee Jung-hoo (28, San Francisco Giants), who finally finished preheating by reporting his first hit of the season in the previous game, fell silent again in a day. After a persistent game, he picked up a walk and scored a point, but left homework to recover his overall sense of hitting.
Lee Jung-hoo started as sixth batter right fielder in an away game against the San Diego Padres in 2026 Major League Baseball at Petco Park in San Diego, California on the 31st (Korea time), and had no hits, one walk, and one strikeout in three at-bats.
The highly anticipated bat cooled down. On the previous day (30th), he completed a multi-base game by picking up a double and a walk in a home game against the New York Yankees, but this day was different.
Lee Jung-hoo, who grounded out to the first base in his first at-bat in the top of the second inning, picked up three balls in the top of the fourth inning with one out and a runner on the first base with a 1-0 lead, but he endured the last knuckle curve and walked to get on base. After that, Casey Schmidt's timely hit home and scored.
Later, Lee Jung-hoo touched a low curve in his third at-bat in the top of the sixth inning, but only hit a fly ball to left field. In particular, in his last at-bat in the top of the eighth inning with two outs and no runners, he swallowed his regret by striking out a high fastball in a disadvantageous situation of two strikes. It was a scene that deserved to be seen as a bit of a chase.
Lee Jung-hoo's batting average for the season fell to 0.077 (one hit in 13 at-bats) due to no hit on the day. OPS, which combines on-base percentage and slugging percentage, also fell to 0.354, and seems to be in the swamp of sluggishness. However, it was comforting to get on base and score with Jeon Seon-an at the forefront.
Meanwhile, despite Lee Jung-hoo's sluggish performance, San Francisco won 3-2 with the concentration of the lower lineup and right-hander Landon Loop's seven strikeouts and no points in six innings, reporting its first win of the season after three consecutive losses. Tony Bytelo (48), who took the helm of San Francisco this season after serving as the head coach of the university baseball team, won his first victory in four games.
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