Giants' Lee Jung-hoo belts 2nd career leadoff home run

Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants has extended his hitting streak to eight games with his second career leadoff home run. Lee opened his team's game against the San Diego Padres with a solo homer off starter Nick Pivetta at Petco Park in San Diego on Tuesday (local time), for his seventh home run of 2025 and his first since May 14. After taking a first-pitch strike, Lee drilled the next pitch, a fastball at 94.6 miles per hour (mph), and sent it 400 feet into the seats in right-center field. The ball left Lee's bat at 27 degrees and 101.8 mph. This was Lee's first leadoff homer of the season and the second of his Major League Baseball career, following the one against the Arizona Diamondbacks as a rookie on April 20, 2024. Lee also matched his season high with an eight-game hitting streak. Lee enjoyed an eight-game run from March 29 to April 7, and again from Aug. 1 to 9. His career high is an 11-game streak from the 2024 season. Lee has now hit safely in 15 of 16 games so far in August. He came into this game batting .333 in August.Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times