[Breaking News] "Lee Jung-hoo, play soccer!" Home run power strikes again! 154 km/h fastball crushes to produce a double, 'batting average 0.333, ranking 2nd overall'

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Following a home run hit the previous day (24th), Lee Jung-hoo (28, San Francisco Giants), who has been showing excellent batting form recently, hit a double right from his first at-bat. Fans are enthusiastically cheering for Lee Jung-hoo in real time, even jokingly telling him to play soccer.

On the 24th (Korean time), Lee Jung-hoo started as the cleanup hitter and right fielder in the MLB home game against the Athletics at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, USA, and immediately hit a powerful double in his first at-bat.

Lee Jung-hoo's double came in the bottom of the second inning with the score tied 0-0, two outs, and no runners on base. Lee Jung-hoo carefully selected a ball on the first pitch and watched a strike on the second. He then wisely took balls on the third and fourth pitches. Facing a favorable 3-1 count, he crushed a 96.2 mph (154.8 km/h) four-seam fastball right down the middle on the fifth pitch, sending it dropping just in front of the right-field wall for a double. However, he failed to score as no subsequent hits were made.

According to the MLB.com game day broadcast on the official Major League Baseball website, the exit velocity was 102.7 mph (approximately 165.3 km/h), launch angle was 18 degrees, and the distance was 321 feet (approximately 97.8 meters). This moment also marked Lee Jung-hoo's 19th double of the season.

In the previous game, Lee Jung-hoo hit a solo home run (his 5th of the season) in the bottom of the second inning, going 2-for-5 with two hits. Before this game, Lee Jung-hoo's batting average was 0.330 and his slugging percentage was 0.470. His batting average over the last 30 games was 0.405. With this hit, Lee Jung-hoo moved up to second place in the real-time batting average rankings.

Meanwhile, the Athletics started with Gage Jump on the mound, fielding Henry Bote (center fielder), Nick Kurtz (first baseman), Shea Langeliers (catcher), Tyler Soderstrom (left fielder), Jacob Wilson (shortstop), Joey Meneses (designated hitter), Lawrence Butler (right fielder), Max Muncy (third baseman), and Jeff McNeil (second baseman) in their starting lineup.

In response, the San Francisco Giants started with Tyler Malone on the mound, fielding Matt Chapman (third baseman), Bryce Eldridge (first baseman), Case Schmidt (second baseman), Rafah El Devers (designated hitter), Willy Adames (shortstop), Lee Jung-hoo (right fielder), Victor Berriquito (left fielder), Eric Haase (catcher), and Jonah Cox (center fielder) in their starting lineup.

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