If you hit it, it’s not a hit.
Lee Jeong-hoo continued his three-game hitting streak by hitting a bullet 169 km away.
Lee Jung-hoo started as the number one hitter and center fielder in the 2024 Major League Baseball (MLB) game against the Pittsburgh Pirates held at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on the 29th, contributing to a 3-2 win by recording 1 hit in 4 at-bats.
Lee Jung-hoo’s season batting average, who had one hit in each of the three consecutive games against Pittsburgh from the 27th to this day, fell slightly to 0.269 (28 hits in 104 at-bats). He also dropped his on-base percentage from 0.336 to 0.333. He showed weakness against fastballs exceeding 95 miles per hour.
Lee Jeong-hoo, who started as the third hitter the day before and returned as the leadoff hitter that day, retired with a fly to center field in his first at-bat in the bottom of the first inning. In the bottom of the third inning, when San Francisco took a 2-0 lead with back-to-back home runs by Tyro Estrada and Mike Yastrzemski, Lee Jung-hoo, who came to the plate with no outs on first base, hit a heavy hit. He aimed for a changeup on the third pitch from opposing right-handed starting pitcher Jared Jones and resulted in a hit. San Francisco, who had a chance with one out and runners on first and third base thanks to Jeong-hoo Lee’s hit, ran away with a 3-0 lead when Lamonte Wade Jr. hit a sacrifice fly.
Lee Jung-hoo advanced to third base on Matt Chapman’s hit and Michael Conforto’s infield ground ball, but was unable to score due to a missed follow-up hit. Afterwards, he returned to batting average. Lee Jeong-hoo, who hit a fly ball to right field with no outs on first base in the bottom of the 5th inning, retired with a fly to left field with 2 outs and 2nd and 3rd bases in the bottom of the 7th.
San Francisco secured the winning series with a 3-2 win over Pittsburgh, putting them close to a .500 winning percentage with 14 wins and 15 losses. On the other hand, Pittsburgh’s winning percentage of .500 collapsed once again with 14 wins and 15 losses. San Francisco’s starting pitcher Keaton Wynn earned his 3rd win (3 losses) of the season with 3 hits, 2 walks, 2 walks (1 walk, 1 ball hit to the body), 5 strikeouts, and 1 run in 6 innings.
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