Jeong-hoo Lee, who met a left pitcher with a ‘dizzying 149km’, reached base without a hit and with a walk in his second substitute appearance of the season.

San Francisco Giants outfielder Jeong-hoo Lee came on as a substitute and walked one.

Lee Jung-hoo appeared as a substitute in the 6th inning and took the at-bat in the Major League Baseball (MLB) home game against the New York Mets held at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on the 25th (Korean time).

It was his second exclusion of the season. Lee Jeong-hoo was excluded from the game against the Washington Nationals on the 11th. At the time, there was weight in the opinion that the absence was due to consideration of the opposing starting pitcher, left-handed pitcher Patrick Corbin. On this day, on the 25th, left-hander Sean Manea took the mound, and Lee Jeong-hoo was excluded from the starting lineup. The opposing pitcher who took the mound after the 6th inning was Reed Garrett, a right-handed pitcher. Lee Jeong-hoo was also replaced accordingly.

Jeong-hoo Lee was substituted as center fielder in place of 7th batter and second baseman Tyro Estrada during defense in the top of the 6th inning.

He also took two at-bats. Lee Jeong-hoo, who was retired by a fly ball to center field in his first at-bat in the bottom of the 6th inning, walked to first base to avoid opposing pitcher Adam Ottavino’s low sinker in the 8th inning. A 92.7 mile per hour (149.2 km) fastball flew quickly toward Lee Jeong-hoo’s legs, but Lee Jeong-hoo instinctively pulled out his legs to avoid it.

On this day, Lee Jeong-hoo had no hits or runs. As he finished the game with no hits in one at-bat, Lee Jeong-hoo’s season batting average fell slightly to 0.269 (25 hits in 93 at-bats).

Lee Jeong-hoo went silent in the game against the Mets the previous day (24th) with no hits in 4 at-bats, putting an end to his 13-game on-base streak. The next day (the 25th), there were no hits, but he got on base with a walk, and the ‘on-base machine’ started again.

Meanwhile, San Francisco lost 2-8, hitting two two-run home runs from the Mets’ Francisco Lindor. Blake Snell, who was scheduled to start this day, was placed on the 15-day injured list (IL) due to a left inner thigh adductor injury.