Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants in the U.S. Major League Baseball failed to produce hits for six consecutive games. The bad luck overlapped, with a well-hit ball caught in the opponent's defense.
Lee Jung-hoo started as the third batter and center fielder in an away game against the Los Angeles Angels in 2025 Major League Baseball at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California on the 21st (Korea Standard Time), and had no hits in 5 at-bats.
Lee Jung-hoo's batting average for this season fell sharply from 0.355 to 0.333 (27 hits in 81 at-bats). His hit streak in five consecutive games since the away game against the Philadelphia Phillies on the 16th is also over.
Lee Jung-hoo's five-for-five hitless game is the first in six games since the game against the Philadelphia Phillies on the 15th. The overall hitting timing against the Angels on the day was not bad, but it did not get satisfactory results.
The problem for Lee was that he failed to target Japanese left-hander Yusei Kikuchi. Kikuchi had three matches with Lee on the day, and pitched well with five hits, four walks, six strikeouts and one run (non-earned) during five ⅓ innings.
San Francisco Giants manager Bob Melvin started the lineup with Eliot Ramos (left fielder), Willie Adames (striker), Lee Jung-hoo (center fielder), Matt Chapman (third baseman), Wilmer Flores (designated hitter), Luis Matos (right fielder), Tyler Fitzgerald (second baseman), David Villa (first baseman), and Sam Huff (catcher). Veteran pitcher Justin Verlander is the starting pitcher.
The Angels faced off against the San Francisco Giants in the batting order of Taylor Ward (left fielder), Louis Renjipo (third baseman), Mike Trout (right fielder), Jorge Soler (designated hitter), Nolan Shanuel (first baseman), Logan Ohafi (catcher), Jack Neto (striker), Joe Adele (midfielder), and Tim Anderson (second baseman). The starting pitcher was veteran Japanese left-hander Yusei Kikuchi.
Lee entered the batter's box at the top of the first inning with one out and runners on the first base, but was out with a blunder. He targeted a 93-mile fastball (about 150 kilometers per hour) from the sixth pitch of the two-ball to strike, but was out by hitting a fly ball to the center field and turned to the dugout.
Lee Jung-hoo met his second batter's box with two outs and runners on first and second bases in the top of the third inning when San Francisco Giants faced 0-0. However, he managed to overcome his disappointment by only groundering to the first base against Kikuchi.
Lee Jung-hoo boldly targeted Kikuchi's first fastball of 95 miles (about 153 km/h). He swung the ball into the upper course of his body. However, as the ball failed to escape the infield, he lost an RBI chance.
Lee also failed to hit Kikuchi at his third batter's box. With San Francisco leading 1-0, he struck out swinging at the top of the fifth inning with one out and a runner on the first base. With two balls to strikes, he failed to hit the timing of Kikuchi's 86-mile slider of the sixth pitch, which made his bat fly through the air.
His luck was tight. Lee faced off as the leadoff man in the top of the seventh inning with San Francisco leading 3-1. He calmly picked out the third to fifth pitches with no ball to strike, and successfully hit a changeup of 88 miles (142 km/h) at the sixth pitch with a full count.
However, the hit was caught by Angels left fielder Taylor Ward's "super catch." Ward flew near the left foul line and caught Lee Jung-hoo's ball. For Lee, he ended up losing a double. Ward is the Angels' main hitter who is receiving 7.82 million dollars in annual salary this year.
Lee Jung-hoo also had bad luck in his last at-bat in the top of the eighth inning. San Francisco stepped down with a straight hit to first baseman Darrell-Hicks, a changed pitcher with two outs and runners on first and second bases in the top of the eighth inning with a 4-1 lead.
Lee hit Hicks' second 88-mile cut fastball from the one ball. As soon as Lee was hit by the bat, the hit that he felt was hitting was directly into Angels first baseman Nolan Shanuel's hit. Lee had no choice but to end the inning in vain.
Lee Jung-hoo produced a hit at his last at-bat on the 20th, continuing his four-game hitting streak, but ended the game with regret as the hit well in the early days of the game went straight to the opposing fielders. San Francisco also bowed its head with a shocking upset loss.
San Francisco took the lead with Adames' RBI single in the top of the fifth inning with one out and a runner on the third base when the score was tying 0-0. The Angels countered with Neto's tying solo home run in the bottom of the fifth inning, but San Francisco also responded with a home run. Huff's two-run homerun exploded with two outs and a runner on the first base in the top of the sixth inning, leading the team to a 3-1 victory.
San Francisco sealed its victory at offense in the top of the eighth inning. Adames' timely hit with an RBI single, with two outs and runners on the first and third bases, made the score 4-1. In the bottom of the ninth inning, he had three out counts left until his victory in the final defense of the regular inning. 온라인카지노
However, San Francisco suffered a shocking 4-5 come-from-behind loss when Ryan Walker, who took the mound in the bottom of the ninth inning, collapsed by allowing four runs. Veteran pitcher Justin Verlander, who was born in 1983, failed to win despite his good pitching of six innings, two hits, two walks and six strikeouts.
Meanwhile, San Francisco will return to its home Oracle Park after three consecutive away games at the New York Yankees on the 12th and 14th, the Philadelphia Phillies on the 15th and 18th, and the Los Angeles Angels from the 19th and the same day. Lee Jung-hoo aims to resume hit production against the Milwaukee Brewers on the 22nd.