'Sudden bunt single → .319 batting average: Lee Jung-hoo shines! SF pitcher's mound devastated, ace Logan Webb allows 7 earned runs in 3 innings 'shock'... complete defeat to Colorado 3-15 [SF Review]

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Lee Jung-hoo (28, San Francisco Giants) continued his race for the National League batting title with a lucky bunt single.

On the 4th (Korean time), Lee Jung-hoo started as the cleanup hitter and center fielder in a road game against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, recording 3 at-bats, 1 hit, and 1 run scored.

As a result, Lee Jung-hoo maintained his season batting average at .319, holding third place in the league.

Facing right-handed pitcher Ryan Feltner, Lee Jung-hoo began with a swinging strikeout in the top of the second inning. In the top of the fourth, he produced a hit with a sudden bunt. After drawing three high fastballs from Feltner, he watched a straight pitch in the middle. He swung at another fastball coming to a similar location, and the ball headed directly toward the pitcher.

Feltner's throw to first base went behind Lee Jung-hoo, who reached first base first and advanced to second base. The official record was a hit followed by a fielder's error on the pitcher. Lee Jung-hoo moved to third base on Will Adames' infield grounder and scored during Bryce Eldridge's two-out single in left field.

He did not produce any further hits. In the top of the sixth, Lee Jung-hoo hit Feltner's high changeup for a fly out to left field. With the score already blown open at 3-14, Lee Jung-hoo was substituted before the bottom of the sixth inning defense.

On this day, San Francisco's starting pitcher Logan Webb was hammered for 7 earned runs on 11 hits allowed (2 home runs), 2 walks, and 2 strikeouts in just 3 innings, surrendering the game early. Given that Webb had been performing with a 5-game ERA of 0.71, this loss came as a shock. The lineup also failed to support him, managing only scattered 8 hits. Webb's season record now stands at 6 losses (5 wins).

Colorado starter Feltner earned his third win (2 losses) of the season with 6 innings pitched, allowing 6 hits (1 home run), no walks, striking out 9 batters, and giving up 3 runs (2 earned). In the lineup, Jake McCarthy went 4-for-5 with 2 home runs, 6 RBIs, 2 runs scored, and 1 stolen base; Kyle Caruso was 3-for-4 with 1 walk and 3 runs scored; Ezekiel Tovar hit 3-for-4 with 1 home run, 3 RBIs, and 2 runs scored; Mickey Moniak went 2-for-5 with 1 run scored; and Hunter Goodman was 2-for-4 with 2 runs scored.

Colorado dominated San Francisco from the start. In the bottom of the first, leadoff hitter McCarthy targeted Webb's first pitch and hit a solo home run to left-center field. Moniak followed with a line drive single in right-center on another first-pitch swing, and Goodman and T.J. Rumfield added consecutive singles to load the bases with no outs. Cole Carick drew a bases-loaded walk, and Freeman hit into a double play to score one more run.

In the bottom of the second, leadoff hitter Caruso continued the momentum with a line drive single followed by a stolen base at second. Tovar then hit a two-run home run to left-center field. Colorado staged a big inning in the bottom of the fifth. McCarthy opened the scoring with a home run to left-center field with the bases loaded and no outs. Goodman doubled to left field, Rumfield drew a walk, and Carick delivered a two-RBI sweep triple to third base to make it 13-2. Freeman added a one-RBI single in right-center, bringing the total to 7 runs scored in the fifth inning alone.

Colorado added another run in the eighth and defeated San Francisco, who had managed to score one run each in the third, fourth, and sixth innings, extending their winning streak to three games. With this result, Colorado improved to 36 wins and 53 losses, moving into fifth place in the NL West and cutting the gap with fourth-place San Francisco to just one game.

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