"My mouth is watering" OPS 1.241 "left-handed killer" Lee Jung-hoo will hit a long shot against a veteran left-hander with 104 wins in ML... No. 3 in the match against MIL and starting center fielder
"My mouth is watering" OPS 1.241 "left-handed killer" Lee Jung-hoo will hit a long shot against a veteran left-hander with 104 wins in ML... No. 3 in the match against MIL and starting center fielder
Blog Article
"Left-handed pitcher killer" Lee Jung-hoo (27, San Francisco Giants) will meet a veteran left-hander with 104 big league wins.
Lee Jung-hoo will start as the third batter and center fielder in a home game against the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2025 Major League (MLB) regular season at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on the 23rd (Korea Standard Time).
The San Francisco Giants will have Eliot Ramos (left fielder), Willie Adames (striker), Lee Jung-hoo (middle fielder), Matt Chapman (third baseman), Wilmer Flores (designated hitter), Luis Matos (right fielder), David Villa (first baseman), Patrick Bailey (catcher), and Tyler Fitzgerald (second baseman). Jordan Hicks will be the starting pitcher.
Lee Jung-hoo, who returned home after playing 10 consecutive away games against the New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Angels from the 12th to the 21st, failed to hit until his third at-bat against Milwaukee on the 22nd. Including the game against the Angels on the 21st (five hits and one strikeout), the silence seemed to be prolonged, with no hits in eight at-bats.
Lee Jung-hoo's sinking batting sense was awakened again when he met a left-handed pitcher. Taking the batter's box for the fourth time in the bottom of the seventh inning with two outs and a runner on the first base when San Francisco was continuing its narrow lead with 3-2, Lee hit the sinker of Milwaukee left-hander Jared Keynick's second pitch and split it into the right-center with a 102.2 mph bullet. The ball rolled to the fence, and first baseman Adames leisurely made it home. Lee settled on the third base with a neat sliding and roared towards the dugout. It was his second triple of the season and a timely hit to run away one run.
This year, Lee has posted an impressive batting average of 0.448 (13 hits in 29 at-bats) with two homers, eight RBIs and an OPS of 1.241. He also has the best record in the league with a batting average of 0.329 in 22 games with three homers and 15 RBIs in OPS of 0.983. He is completely breaking the conventional wisdom that left-handed hitters are weak against left-handed pitchers.
It is also surprising that the left-handers he faced are not ordinary pitchers. In the match against Philadelphia on the 16th, Lee Jung-hoo hit a double by targeting the opponent's left-hander ace Jesus Luzardo. Then, he hit fireballer Jose Alvarado to hit a sinker that was full at the top of his body 100 miles per hour (about 160.9 kilometers per hour) to make a timely hit. Against Alvarado, who met again two days later, Lee Jung-hoo added an infield hit by hitting a 100.3 mile (161.4 kilometers per hour) per hour.
Keynick, who allowed a triple to Lee Jung-hoo on the 22nd, was also a "left-handed winner" who allowed only one hit to left-handed hitters this season before the game, but collapsed due to the elaborate hit by the "grandchild of the wind." Keynick was also seen turning around after a timely hit, spreading his hands and making a gesture of "Oh my God."
Lee Jung-hoo, who is showing off strong performance as a left-handed pitcher, will face left-hander Jose Quintana (36) at the game on Sunday. Quintana is a veteran starting pitcher with 104 wins and 103 losses with an ERA of 3.72 in 361 games (335 starts). Quintana, who rebounded by winning 10 wins and 10 losses with an ERA of 3.75 at the New York Mets last year, is playing a "sweet game" with two wins and no loss with an ERA of 0.71 in two games this year. Attention is focusing on whether Lee will be able to display his instinct as a left-handed pitcher killer to continue hitting and hitting long balls in two consecutive games. 스포츠토토