Lee Jung-hoo (27, San Francisco Giants), the "grandchild of the wind," was silent for two consecutive games amid bad luck heading straight to the fielder.
Lee Jung-hoo started as the third center fielder in Game 3 of a three-game interleague series against the 2025 Major League Athletics at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on the 19th (Korea Standard Time) and was sluggish with no hits in four times at bat.
Lee faced his first batter's box at the bottom of the first inning with one out and no runners. He met left-hander Jeffrey Springs, who started for the Athletics, and hit an 83.2 mile (133 kilometer) slider, which was the lowest since the first ball, to pull out to the third base.
When his team was losing 1-2, he hit a ground ball to the shortstop with one out and no runner at the bottom of the fourth inning. With the ball count 2B-2S, he strongly hit a 90.1 mile (145km) four-seam fastball driven to the middle of the fifth pitch, but headed straight to the shortstop.
His third at-bat was also regrettable. He was still tying 1-2, but was without a runner at the bottom of the seventh inning. With the count of 1B-1S, he targeted a four-seam fastball 90.1 miles (145 kilometers) high in the third pitch of Springs, and hit a strong hit toward the second base, but he got caught in a defensive shift and became a grounder to the shortstop.
Lee Jung-hoo met his last at bat with two outs and a runner on the first base in the bottom of the eighth inning when his team was leading 3-2. He met right-hander Grant Holman and reacted to his four-seam fastball, which was the second lowest since his first pitch strike, by 86.4 miles (139 kilometers), but ended up hitting a fly ball to the center field.
Lee Jung-hoo, who failed to make a hit in two consecutive games, saw his season batting average fall from 282 to 276.
The San Francisco Giants came from behind to beat the Athletics 3-2 to dominate three consecutive Interleague games. They won three games in a row to 28-19 for this season. On the other hand, the Athletics, which have been mired in five consecutive losses, recorded 22 wins and 25 losses.
The game was decided in the bottom of the eighth inning when the score was 1-2. Leading hitter Ramonte Wade Jr. hit a triple, Patrick Bailey hit a timely RBI single and Heliot Ramos hit a timely RBI single to turn the game around.
San Francisco starter Justin Verlander failed to win his first game in his 10th attempt of the season despite four innings of three hits, five walks, one strikeout and two runs.
On the other hand, Athletics starter Springs failed to win despite six ⅔ innings of two hits (one homer), five strikeouts, and one run with no outs.
San Francisco will play three consecutive games during the week against the Kansas City Royals at home starting on the 20th. 바카라사이트