The batting average of Lee Jung-hoo, the San Francisco Giants player, has finally collapsed.

Lee Jung-hoo started as the third center fielder in the game against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on the 10th (Korean time), but went four at-bats with no hits. Following a record of no hits in five at-bats in the away game against the Chicago Cubs on the 8th, he has now gone nine at-bats without a hit.

Before this game, Lee Jung-hoo had a batting average of .310 over 37 games (143 at-bats, 43 hits), along with four home runs, 23 RBIs, 27 runs scored, and an OPS of .843. However, from this game onward, his batting average of .300 has collapsed, dropping to .293 (147 at-bats, 43 hits). His OPS also decreased to .820.

The starting pitcher for Minnesota that day was Chris Paddack. Chris Paddack is a right-handed pitcher with a career record of 27 wins and 27 losses in 92 games (89 starts) and an earned run average of 4.46 (456 innings, 226 earned runs). This season, he has made seven starts without a victory and has three losses with an earned run average of 5.57 (32⅓ innings, 20 earned runs).

In his first at-bat with two outs and nobody on in the first inning, Lee Jung-hoo aggressively swung from the first pitch. He hit Paddack's first pitch, a 95.2 mph (153.2 km) fastball. However, it was a low pitch that resulted in a fly-out to center field.

He stepped up to bat for his second at-bat, also with two outs and nobody on, in the fourth inning. He watched Paddack's first pitch, a 95.3 mph (153.4 km) four-seam fastball, then observed a curveball and a changeup for the second and third pitches. In a favorable count of two balls and one strike, he hit the fourth pitch, an 85.6 mph (137.8 km) changeup, but it ended up as a ground ball to first base.

In his third at-bat with one out and nobody on in the seventh inning, the battle lasted longer than the previous two. He took the first pitch as a ball, and the second pitch, a high 79 mph curve, was a strike. After cutting a foul, he chose a fastball high and outside. In a count of two balls and two strikes, he hit the sixth pitch, an outside 85.7 mph (137.9 km) changeup, but it went straight to the third baseman, resulting in a ground out. Although the ball had a speed of 96.8 mph (155.8 km), it could not get through the infield.

In his last at-bat with two outs in the ninth inning, Lee Jung-hoo faced Minnesota's left-hander Danny Coulombe but also managed to hit two pitches, ending the game with a fly-out to left field.

On that day, the entire San Francisco lineup was silent, resulting in a 1-3 loss. They were unable to counter Paddack's perfect pitching. Paddack pitched 7⅓ innings, allowing three hits (one home run), striking out six batters, and allowing only one run, delivering his best pitching of the season. The San Francisco lineup was so stifled that they faced Paddack perfectly until two outs in the sixth inning.

San Francisco starter Jordan Hicks also performed admirably, pitching six innings, allowing seven hits, striking out six batters, and allowing three runs, but it was not enough.

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