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Lee Jung-hoo (28, San Francisco Giants)' bat cooled down in a day. In the previous game, he fell back to a batting average of around 10% without continuing the momentum of two doubles and three hits.
Lee Jung-hoo started as the sixth batter and right fielder in the last of three consecutive away games during the week against the San Diego Padres in the 2026 Major League Baseball (MLB) at Petco Park in San Diego, California on the 2nd (Korea time) and recorded no hits, one walk, and one strikeout in three at-bats.
Lee Jung-hoo, who boosted his batting sense by swinging three hits, including two long balls, in the previous day's game (1st), remained silent on the day and his batting average for the season fell from 0.222 to 0.190.
He had a chance to score from his first at-bat. Lee Jung-hoo hit a 95.2-mile (about 153.2 km) four-seam fastball from opponent Nick Pivetta with one out and second base in the top of the second inning when his team was losing 0-1, but he was left with a straight hit to left field.
The on-base hit his second at-bat. Lee Jung-hoo, who came out as the first batter in the top of the fifth inning, walked against Pivetta. As a result, the on-base streak continued for four consecutive games since March 29 against the New York Yankees. However, the follow-up hitters did not make it home, striking out and striking out.
In the top of the seventh inning, with one out and runners on second, he gave the bat to the changed pitcher Adrian Morehorn's 98.3 mile sinker, but he only grounded out to shortstop. I had to settle for sending the runner to third base. San Francisco later chased down a run with a timely hit.
He struggled in his last at-bat. In the top of the ninth inning, Mason Miller took the mound with one out and a runner on the first base, and was struck out swinging at a fastball of 101.5 miles (163.3 kilometers).
Still, Lee Jung-hoo's good defense scene was impressive. With two outs and runners on the second and third bases in the bottom of the fifth inning, San Diego's Jackson Merrill hit a hit. According to Baseball Servant run by Major League Baseball, the expected batting average was as high as 0.520. It was a hit close to a hit, but Lee Jung-hoo cleared it.
On this day, San Francisco's starter Adrian Houser held out with seven hits, four strikeouts, and three runs (one earned) in five ⅓ innings, but was completely defeated 1-7 as the lineup was tied to four hits. Luis Arraez worked hard with three hits, but the team's defeat faded. San Diego starter Pivetta won five innings with one hit and eight strikeouts. With this, San Francisco, which finished the midweek series with a 2-1 record, has a season record of 2-4.
Meanwhile, San Francisco will move to its home stadium Oracle Park from the 3rd to play four consecutive games on the weekend against the New York Mets. He foresaw Robbie Ray as the starter of the first game.
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