San Francisco Giants' Lee Jung-hoo fell silent again. The team has also plunged into a four-game losing streak.
On the 20th (Korea Standard Time), Lee Jung-hoo started as the seventh center fielder in a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and recorded three at-bats with no hits. His season batting average has dropped to .247, and his OPS has decreased to .712.
The starting pitcher for Toronto that day was Eric Lauer, who performed as a foreign player for the KIA Tigers last year. Lauer had recorded a solid record of 4 wins, 2 losses, and an earned run average of 2.78 up to that point in the game. In the top of the third inning, Lee Jung-hoo came up to bat as the leadoff hitter, facing a favorable count of 2 balls and 1 strike. He attempted to hit a cutter at 86.4 miles per hour on the fourth pitch but ended up with a line drive to the shortstop.
In the top of the fifth inning, with two outs and no runners on base, Lee Jung-hoo stepped up for his second at-bat. He was in a disadvantageous count of 2 strikes when he touched the third pitch, an 83-mile slider, resulting in a ground ball to the first baseman.
In his third at-bat in the top of the eighth inning, he faced left-handed pitcher Brendan Little. He found himself in a disadvantageous count of 1 ball and 2 strikes again. He touched the fourth pitch, an 85.1-mile knuckle curve, but it resulted in a ground ball to the shortstop.
Lee Jung-hoo faced tough matchups in all three at-bats, and San Francisco also managed only 4 hits and 3 runs, suffering a 3-6 defeat and plunging into a four-game losing streak.
San Francisco took the lead in the top of the fifth inning with a solo home run by Willy Adames. In the sixth inning, Luis Matos hit a double, and a fly ball to right field by Patrick Bailey set up first and third base situations, from which Heliot Ramos's sacrifice fly brought them ahead 2-0.
However, in the bottom of the sixth inning, he was in a crisis with runners on second and third after allowing a single to Bo Bichette and a double to Addison Barger. He then gave up a go-ahead single to Ernie Clement and a two-run double to Will Wagner, resulting in a 2-3 turnaround. The situation reversed to 2-4 after allowing an additional timely double to Tyler Heineman.
In the top of the seventh inning, Willy Adames hit another solo home run, narrowing the deficit to 3-4, but in the bottom of the eighth inning, Tyler Heineman hit a two-run homer, facing defeat.
Eric Lauer, a former KBO League player, showcased a strong performance, pitching six innings with 2 hits allowed (1 home run), 7 strikeouts, and 2 earned runs, earning his fifth win of the season and continuing the myth of reverse export.
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