Lee Jung-hoo made his first three hits of the season. [Photo = San Francisco Giants SNS]
“Grandchild of the wind” Lee Jung-hoo showed his first three-hit game of the season. It is evaluated that he showed a batting genius to home fans who shouted Chant (cheering slogan) with “Jeong Hu-ri.”
Outfielder Lee Jung-hoo (26), who plays for the San Francisco Giants in the U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB), hit three hits, including two doubles, and entered the batting average of around 300.
San Francisco beat the Seattle Mariners 4-1 in the 2025 MLB regular season at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on the 6th (Korea Standard Time).
Lee Jung-hoo, who started as the third batter center fielder, played 3 for 4 with two doubles, two runs and one stolen base.
It is the second time that Lee Jung-hoo has had three hits in a game since a game against the Colorado Rockies on May 8 last year, his first year in the big league.
Lee Jung-hoo, who has had hits in six consecutive games and seven consecutive on-base hits, recorded 9 hits in 28 at-bats, a batting average of 0.321, a slugging percentage of 0.500 and an on-base percentage of 0.387. The OPS, which combines slugging percentage and on-base percentage, reached 0.887.
The number of doubles has already exceeded four last season, with five this year alone, and three stolen bases, more than two last season.
Lee Jung-hoo had a batting average of 0.262 (38 hits in 145 at-bats), a slugging percentage of 0.331, an on-base percentage of 0.310, two homers and eight RBIs last season.
Lee Jung-hoo, who was caught with a fly ball to right field in his first at-bat in the first inning, hit a double on the right-field line in the bottom of the fourth inning when the score was 0-0. In the absence of a runner with one out, he pulled the 135km/h splitter on the second pitch of the opponent’s starter Bryce Miller and hit a double that fell to the right line. Lee Jung-hoo, who succeeded in stealing the third base, homered on the next batter Matt Chapman’s double and scored the first run.
He came out as the first batter in the bottom of the sixth inning and hit another double.
With San Francisco leading 2-1, Miller hit a 132-kilometer-per-hour knuckle curve on his fifth pitch and hit a double that separated the right-center field. The ball bounced off the warning track once and became a recognition double.
Lee Jung-hoo. [Photo by San Francisco Giants = SNS]
The double flew at 168km/h, making it the second fastest hit produced by Lee Jung-hoo this year after the 168.2km/h double hit in the eighth inning of the game against the Houston Astros on the 2nd.
Chapman, who followed, also doubled again, and Lee Jung-hoo scored to make it 3-1, and San Francisco added a run in the sixth inning to make it 4-1.
When there was no runner with two outs in the seventh inning, Lee Jung-hoo showed off his strong batting sense by hitting a left-handed hit in the home fans’ “Jeonghui” chant.
After the game, the MLB website selected Lee Jung-hoo as the Player of the Game.
The winning San Francisco Giants have recently won six games in a row and are ranking second in the National League West with seven wins and one loss. The first place is the Los Angeles Dodgers with nine wins and one loss.
In addition, San Francisco held a “Jung Ho Crew” event to present a “Lee Jung-hoo T-shirt” to fans entering the 142nd zone of the stands of the three consecutive home games this weekend with Seattle.
The program will also be played in three consecutive games against the Texas Rangers at the end of this month and three consecutive games against the Colorado Rockies in May.
