San Francisco Giants' Lee Jung-hoo returned to the starting lineup after three games and recorded a hit with a triple. He scored the tying run, paving the way for a comeback victory.

On Nov. 11 (Korea Standard Time), Lee Jung-hoo started as the number one center fielder in a game against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, recording 1 hit in 5 at-bats and scoring 2 runs. His season batting average is .274, and his OPS is .767.

Lee Jung-hoo did not appear in the starting lineup during the two games against the Atlanta Braves on the 8th and 9th. According to manager Bob Melvin, he felt tightness in his back. He came in as a pinch hitter in the game on the 8th, but he didn't swing once and went down on a Samjin. He completely missed the game on the 9th.

However, he showed that there was no major issue by returning to the starting lineup after three games. This was his first lead-off appearance of the season. The starting pitcher for the Colorado Rockies is left-handed Carson Palmquist, who has pitched 4 games this season without a win, posting 4 losses and an earned run average of 8.50 (18 innings and 17 earned runs).

From his first at-bat in the first inning, Lee Jung-hoo properly targeted Palmquist. He fouled off the first pitch and watched a 90.2 mph fastball on the second pitch, falling into a disadvantageous count of 2 strikes. However, he then got a sweeper ball, and on the fourth pitch, he fouled off a sweeper inside. On the fifth pitch, he also picked a sweeper to make it 2 balls and 2 strikes.

Eventually, on the sixth pitch, he hit a 90.4 mph fastball that entered the strike zone and sent it into the deep left-center field at Coors Field, where the center fielder couldn't catch it. Lee easily reached third base, completing his third triple of the season.

The ball reached a speed of 99.2 mph, recorded at 159.6 km/h, with a distance of 415 feet, or 126.5 meters. It was a ball that could have been a home run in 22 out of 30 baseball parks, but at the spacious Coors Field, it turned into a triple.

Later, he scored by sprinting home on a sacrifice fly by Willy Adames.

In the third inning, as a lead-off hitter, Lee Jung-hoo watched the first pitch for a ball and fouled off sweeper pitches inside and outside. However, in a 1 ball, 2 strikes count, he watched the fifth pitch, a 79.2 mph cutter outside, and got a Samjin.

In the fourth inning, he faced his third at-bat with 2 outs and runners on first and second bases. However, in a 1 ball, 2 strikes count, he touched a 71.4 mph sweeper on the fourth pitch and went down on a pop fly to third base.

In the seventh inning, trailing 2-3, he appeared as the lead-off hitter. He faced right-handed fireballer Seth Halverson, watched the first pitch at 98.2 mph for a ball, and then touched the second pitch, a 90.3 mph splitter. It resulted in a slow ground ball in front of the pitcher, and he was out.

In the ninth inning, with a 2-5 deficit looking bleak, Casey Schmitt hit a solo home run to score a run, and afterwards, Tyler Fitzgerald and Andrew Knizer got walks, creating an opportunity for Lee Jung-hoo with no outs and runners on first and second. Lee faced Jack Agnos, picked the first pitch splitter, and watched the second pitch at 95.1 mph. In a 1 ball, 1 strike count, he touched the high inside 93.3 mph cutter on the third pitch, resulting in a ground ball to the third baseman. The runner on second base was caught at third. The ball rolled slowly, avoiding a double play.

Lee Jung-hoo ultimately scored in the 2 outs, 1st and 3rd situation on an infield hit by Wilmer Flores in a comeback effort, becoming the tying run at 5-5.

San Francisco ultimately completed a stunning comeback with a big inning in the ninth, scoring 4 runs to win 6-5. Challenging for a six-game winning streak against the league's worst team, Colorado at 12 wins and 53 losses with a winning percentage of .185, San Francisco narrowly avoided defeat but turned the game around with their signature late-game strength, completing the six-game winning streak.

San Francisco only scored 2 points: the first was a triple by Lee Jung-hoo followed by Adames' sacrifice fly in the first inning and a solo home run by Adames in the fifth. In the bottom of the second, with one out, they allowed a double to Brenton Doyle, followed by a timely hit from Ryan Reiter, resulting in a 1-1 tie.

In the bottom of the fourth, they allowed a solo home run to lead-off hitter Ryan McMahon. In the top of the fifth, Adames' solo home run tied the game at 2-2, but in the bottom of the fifth, they allowed another solo home run to Kyle Farmer. Eventually, in the bottom of the eighth, they surrendered a triple to Hunter Goodman, and although they handled Tyro Estrada with a ground ball to the shortstop, they allowed additional runs. After that, they issued a walk to Ryan McMahon and surrendered a timely triple to Brenton Doyle, seemingly losing their momentum.

However, in the ninth inning, Casey Schmitt hit a solo home run to spark a comeback, and with one out and the bases loaded, Hellyot Ramos' sacrifice fly, Wilmer Flores' infield hit, and Mike Yastrzemski's timely hit brought the score to 6-5, completing the six-game winning streak.

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