In an away game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on the second day of the three consecutive games held at Dodger Stadium on Thursday (Korea time), Lee only had one hit and two strikeouts from five times at bat. It is the first time in six games since Lee's debut in the Major League that he has struck out two.
After successfully getting on base in six consecutive games since the opening game against the San Diego Padres on April 29, Lee saw his batting average fall from 0.316 to 0.292 (seven hits in 24 times at bat) and his OPS fall from 0.849 to 0.762, respectively. He maintained one homer, four RBIs and one run scored. However, the number of strikeouts increased to four, more than the number of walks (three).
Lee Jung-hoo, who played as a center fielder at the leadoff, struck out three pitches at his first at bat in the top of the first inning. He threw strikes at first and second pitches against right-handed Dodgers starter Ryan Braiser, and swung his bat at a sinker 95.2 miles high in the middle of the third pitch. Striking a swing and striking out is the first record since his debut.
In the second inning with two outs and runners on first and second base, when the game was tied 1-1, he pulled a 74.2 mile outside left-handed Ryan Yarbrough, but only hit a grounder to the second base.
In the fifth inning, when his team was losing 2-5, he grounded out to left field with one out. He swung Yarbrough's 76.1 mile curve ball well on a two strike, but was caught in left-center field. The batting speed was 95.8 miles, which was hard hit (over 95 miles).
When his team was losing 4-5, he struck out again with three pitches in the seventh inning. He let go of the fastball at the middle of the 93.3 miles in the first pitch against right-handed Michael Grove, and fouled off the 87.2 miles low slider in the second pitch. He then faced off an 87.3-mile backdoor slider that penetrated the outside, before being declared as strikeout. Judging that he was out, Lee made a protest gesture by extending his right hand to the home plate right after the call, and moved to the dugout. He did not express any positive intentions.
It is noteworthy that all four strikeouts recorded by Lee Jung-hoo this season were three pitches.
After a two strike, he struck out for the first time looking at a four-seam fastball strike in the middle of his third pitch, 94.9 miles. In the game against San Diego on the 1st, Pedro Avila struck out three pitches in the top of the 6th inning, and he sent a four-seam strikeout of 93.6 miles outside the third pitch. Three of the four strikeouts have been made so far. Some point out that active swing is necessary even after a two strike.
However, Lee garnered a hit in his fifth at bat in the top of the ninth inning when his team was losing 4-5. Having sent a sweeper to the outside of the first pitch to a strike against Dodgers right-hander Evin Phillips, Lee pulled a cutter that penetrated the middle 92.9 miles with the second pitch, and hit a right-handed hit with a line drive. The speed of the hit was 101.9 miles (164 kilometers). However, the game ended as Matt Chapman, the third batter, was struck out.
San Francisco fell to its knees 4-5 and lost three consecutive games, maintaining its fourth place in the NL West with two wins and four losses, while the Dodgers, which won three consecutive games, led the same district with six wins and two losses.
The game was neck and neck. When the Dodgers scored the first run on Freddie Freeman's timely hit in the top of the first inning, San Francisco Giants tied the game on Nick Ahmed's timely hit on the first and third bases with two outs in the top of the second inning.
When San Francisco Giants turned the game around 2-1 by bringing in third baseman Matt Chapman on Michael Confoto's big hit in the top of the third inning, the Dodgers balanced it again with Mookie Betts hitting a solo home run to left-center in the bottom of the third inning. Betts took the lead with five home runs this season.
With runners on first and second bases with one out, the Dodgers added three more runs to make it 5-2. San Francisco Giants made it up with Jorge Soler's solo shot to the left in the top of the sixth inning, before Confoto stepped home when Tyro Estrada grounded out to the third base with runners on the first and third bases with no outs and no outs, to make it 4-5. However, with runners on first and second bases with one out, San Francisco failed to score additional runs.
Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani had no hit in three times at bat, and had no hit in three walks and one strikeout, and failed to report a home run in eight games during this season. His batting average fell to 0.241.
BY: 토토