"The son of the wind" Lee Jung-hoo (San Francisco Giants) has awakened his bat.
Lee Jung-hoo entered the game as the fifth center fielder in the third game of the four-game away series against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, on the 3rd (Korean time) and hit a long ball in his first at-bat.
After a silent streak of four consecutive hitless games, Lee Jung-hoo missed the previous day's game. Could the break be the remedy?
Lee Jung-hoo appeared in the first inning with two outs and a runner on first, leading 1-0, and properly connected with a 92.6 mph (149 km) four-seam fastball from Merrill Kelly, a former player of the KBO League SK Wyverns, hitting a one-RBI triple (his seventh of the season) that struck the right-center field wall. It was a welcome hit that broke his hitless streak over four games. The triple, with a distance of 387 feet (117 meters), was akin to a home run, signaling his exit from a slump.
Lee Jung-hoo's following batter, Luis Matos, grounded out to third base, and the inning ended without further scoring.
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