'Wow' Lee Jung-hoo's fantastic catch that disappeared from the TV screen! Hit + double hit again "When a strange ball was out, he expressed his "unusual" emotions."

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Lee Jung-hoo (28, San Francisco Giants) returned with a batting average of .200 with a multi-hit game. In particular, it was Lee Jung-hoo who showed good performance in defense.

Lee Jung-hoo started as the sixth batter and right fielder in the away game of the 2026 Major League regular season against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Ohio on the 15th (Korea time) and recorded two hits in four at-bats.

Lee Jung-hoo succeeded in multi-hit games, including a two-run home run (first home run of the season) on the 11th. In the game on the 12th, he made two multi-hitters in two consecutive games with two hits in four at-bats. He also raised his batting average for the season to 0.200. Lee Jung-hoo, who was silent with no hits in four at-bats on the 13th, played a multi-hit game again on the same day.

After this game, Lee Jung-hoo played in 17 games and recorded a batting average of 0.207 (12 hits in 58 times at bat), five doubles, seven RBIs and four runs, five walks and 10 strikeouts, a on-base percentage of 0.262, a slugging percentage of 0.345 and an on-base percentage of 0.607.

The San Francisco Giants started Robbie Ray. The batting order consisted of Willie Adames (striker), Luis Arraez (second baseman), Matt Chapman (third baseman), Rafael Devers (first baseman), Case Schmidt (designated hitter), Lee Jung-hoo (right fielder), Elliott Ramos (left fielder), Patrick Bailey (catcher), and Jared Oliva (midfielder).

The Cincinnati Reds had Brady Singer on the mound as the starting pitcher. Dane Myers (center fielder), Matt McClain (second baseman), Elie de la Cruz (striker), Sal Stewart (first baseman), Eugenio Suarez (designated hitter), Raith Heinz (right fielder), Spencer Steyer (left fielder), Tyler Stevenson (catcher), and Kevrian Heize (third baseman).

Lee Jung-hoo had a hit from his first at-bat. There is no runner with one out in the second inning. Lee Jung-hoo produced a left-handed hit by pushing Singer's outside sinker on the fourth pitch with a 2-1 ball count in his favor. a clean hit between third baseman and shortstop. However, he failed to score as his follow-up hit did not hit.

Lee Jung-hoo hit a double in his second at-bat. a situation in which there are no runners with two outs. After a full count match, Lee Jung-hoo hit a sinker that came into the low zone on the body for the eighth pitch and hit a double beyond the height of the right field. However, this time, the follow-up Ramos ended up with a fly ball to left field and failed to score.

Lee Jung-hoo took the batter's box for the third time in the sixth inning with one out and a runner on first base. This time, however, he was struck by terrible misfortune. After watching the first strike, he targeted the second pitch. The bound ball was directed toward the mound, hit pitcher Singer's foot, and deflected by drawing a parabolic line toward first base. Stewart, the opposing first baseman, caught it and immediately stepped on the first base to pull out. Sometimes, after being hit by a pitcher, it bends in a different direction, and infield hits come out a lot, and strangely, the ball headed toward the first baseman. It was just bad luck. Unusually, Lee Jung-hoo expressed his emotions by hitting his knees with both hands while returning to the dugout.

Lee Jung-hoo appeared as a leadoff hitter in the top of the ninth inning, when his team was trailing 1-2, and boldly tried to hit the first pitch, but he withdrew with a fly ball to right field.

Lee Jung-hoo also showed good performance in defense. In particular, there was no runner with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning. McClain's ball flew high near the foul line in right field. At this time, Lee Jung-hoo followed him to the end and caught him by sticking out his glove next to the fence outside the foul line. It was also a very disappointing moment for Cincinnati, as Lee Jung-hoo momentarily disappeared from the TV broadcast screen due to the angle.

San Francisco lost 1-2, losing to Cincinnati's concentration, which had seven hits but only three hits. San Francisco has lost three games in a row. He remained at the bottom of the National League West with 6 wins and 11 losses. Ray, who started, pitched five innings with two hits (two home runs), four walks, six strikeouts, and two runs, but took his second loss of the season (2 wins) amid the silence of the team's batters. Singer, on the other hand, scored one run in six innings and succeeded in winning his first game of the season (one loss).

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