2024-04-01 13:33:21
San Francisco, 3-game series with Dodgers starting on the 2nd
Lee Jeong-hoo (26, San Francisco Giants), who is off to a good start in the U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB), goes to meet ‘superstar’ Shohei Ohtani (30, LA Dodgers).
Lee Jung-hoo, who took his first steps in MLB this season, finished the opening four-game series against the San Diego Padres on the 1st, which started on the 29th (Korean time). Lee Jung-hoo’s first opening series in MLB attracted even more attention due to his confrontation with ‘senior’ Kim Ha-seong (29, San Diego).
Lee Jung-hoo and Kim Ha-seong are close friends who worked together in the KBO League. He played for Kiwoom Heroes from 2017 to last year, and Ha-seong Kim played for Kiwoom from 2014 to 2020 before moving to MLB.
Lee Jeong-hoo got off to a refreshing start in front of his ‘senior’ Kim Ha-seong.
Jeong-hoo Lee recorded 1 hit and 1 RBI in 3 at-bats against San Diego on the 29th of last month, his big league debut. His excitement continued as he reported hits and RBIs from his first MLB game. On the 30th, he went 2-for-5 with 2 RBIs, and on the 31st, he hit his first home run in his debut, going 1-for-4 with 2 RBIs.
On the 1st, the last day of the four-game away game against San Diego, he was silent with no hits in two at-bats and was unable to continue his streak of hits and RBIs for three consecutive games. Instead, he boasted of his leading pitching skills by only walking three.
Kim Ha-seong was not left behind by Lee Jeong-hoo’s performance. Ha-seong Kim had a batting average of 0.400 (6 hits in 15 at-bats) in the four-game series against San Francisco, including hitting a season-high home run on the 1st.
San Francisco and San Diego each recorded 2 wins and 2 losses.
After completing the first meeting of the season with Ha-Seong Kim, Jeong-Hoo Lee’s next opponent is the Dodgers, who were the hottest team of the winter.
San Francisco will play a three-game away game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium from the 2nd to the 4th.
The Dodgers made headlines last winter by signing Ohtani, who was the biggest player in the free agent (FA) market, to a huge 10-year contract worth $700 million (about 943.2 billion won). Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto surprised everyone by signing a 12-year contract worth $325 million (about 437.9 billion won).
The Dodgers, who have spared no investment, are in second place in the National League (NL) West Division with 4 wins and 2 losses (0.667 winning percentage) since the opening.
Lee Jung-hoo will face Ohtani for the first time.
Ohtani, who has become a top player in the big leagues while also pitching, will focus only on batting this year due to the aftermath of elbow surgery he underwent last year. This season he is batting .269 (7-for-26) in six games.
The Dodgers have many stars besides Ohtani. Along with Ohtani, former MLB MVPs Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman, who occupy the top batting order, are also holding on.
Attention is focused on whether Lee Jung-hoo can continue his excitement as he faces the most popular team in the big league.
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2024-04-01 13:33:21