Lee Jung-hoo (26), an outfielder for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB), recorded multi-hits (two or more hits in a game) for two consecutive days.
On the 26th (local time), Lee Jung-hoo was the starting center fielder batting seventh in a home game against the New York Mets at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, where he went 3-for-4 with one RBI.
This marks the first game with three hits since the game against the Los Angeles (LA) Dodgers on the 12th. Following two hits in four at-bats against the Mets the previous day, Lee Jung-hoo's batting average rose from 0.249 to 0.254 after recording multi-hits in consecutive games.
In his first at-bat in the second inning with one out and a runner on first, Lee Jung-hoo connected on a 145 km/h sinker from Mets starter David Peterson for a single to left field.
In the fourth inning, he added an RBI with a ground ball to second base with one out and the bases loaded, and in the sixth inning, trailing 1-2, he produced his second hit of the game with a single to right field after two outs.
In the ninth inning, trailing 1-2, he hit a double to right center against Mets closer Edwin Díaz, completing his three-hit game.
Both hits in the second and sixth innings were well-hit balls with a speed exceeding 155 km/h. The ninth-inning double exceeded a speed of 171 km/h.
Despite Lee Jung-hoo's strong performance, the team lost to the Mets 1-2. After scoring just one point for two consecutive days, San Francisco suffered a two-game losing streak and remains in third place in the National League West with a season record of 54 wins and 51 losses. They are two games behind the second-place San Diego Padres (56 wins and 49 losses).
San Francisco will play the final game of the three-game series against the Mets on the 27th.