Lee Jung-hoo, No Hit due to a Technical Hit… On-Base Streak for 13 Consecutive Games

Lee Jeong-hoo (25, San Francisco Giants) showed off his excellent batting skills and continued his streak of being on base in 13 games.

Jung-hoo Lee started as the third hitter and center fielder in the 2024 Major League Baseball (MLB) home game against the New York Mets held at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on the 23rd (Korean time) and played with 1 hit in 3 at-bats, 1 walk, and 1 run. did. 메이저사이트

Lee Jung-hoo’s season batting average rose slightly from 0.282 to 0.284 (25 hits in 88 at-bats).

He also increased his on-base percentage from 0.337 to 0.343.

In the bottom of the third inning, with San Francisco leading 2-0 and no outs on first base and the ball count down to two strikes, Lee Jung-hoo targeted Mets left-handed starting pitcher Jose Quintana’s 123 km/h slurp and hit a right-handed hit.

In the scene where he hit a slub running to the outside with excellent bat control, the local broadcasters were impressed, saying, “The ball was perfectly controlled and turned into a spot hit.

This is why we are paying attention to Lee Jeong-hoo.”

Lee Jung-hoo, who became the first Korean Major Leaguer to hit in 11 consecutive games in his MLB debut season, ended his ‘hit streak’ on the 22nd with 0 hits in 2 at bats, 2 walks, and 2 walks.

However, the streak of being on base that started against the San Diego Padres on the 8th continued for 13 games until the 23rd.

The longest consecutive on-base record for a Korean big leaguer in his debut season is 17 games, achieved by Kang Jung-ho (then of the Pittsburgh Pirates) in 2015.

Lee Jung-hoo approached Kang Jeong-ho’s record by four games.

Lee Jung-hoo also scored his 13th run of the season by hitting home on Matt Chapman’s double to left field in the third inning.

In the bottom of the 7th inning, with one out and no runner on base, Lee Jung-hoo got a straight walk from Sean Reed-Foley and succeeded in getting on base multiple times (getting on base more than twice in a game).

On this day, Lee Jung-hoo was unable to hit multiple hits (more than 2 hits in one game).

He returned with ground balls to first base in the first and fifth innings.