Lee Jung-hoo did what Barry Bonds, the 'home run king of the world,' couldn't do... 'Grandchild of the Wind' Lee Jung-hoo is the first SF batter to explode a multi-home run against the Yankees
Lee Jung-hoo did what Barry Bonds, the 'home run king of the world,' couldn't do... 'Grandchild of the Wind' Lee Jung-hoo is the first SF batter to explode a multi-home run against the Yankees
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Lee Jung-hoo, who is healthy and without injury, was such a scary hitter. Lee Jung-hoo wrote various history in the away game in New York. Even Barry Bonds, the world's most home run king, failed to make it, which Lee accomplished. Showing perfect harmony with Yankee Stadium, which is advantageous for left-handed hitters, Lee hit consecutive home runs and multiple home runs for the first time since his big league debut, showing off his batting performance that reached its peak. If Lee is strong at Yankee Stadium, he cannot even predict how good his performance will be if he uses his home ground as Yankee Stadium.
San Francisco won the away game against the 2025 MLB Yankees 5-4 at Yankee Stadium in New York on the 14th (Korea Standard Time).
Lee Jung-hoo was the most contributing factor to the victory. Lee, who started as center fielder at the third batter, singled a solo shot in the fourth inning and a three-run shot in the sixth inning, and singled four times out of five points San Francisco posted. In the three consecutive games at Yankee Stadium, which he visited for the first time since advancing to the Major League last year, Lee displayed stellar performance by making four hits in nine at-bats and seven RBIs, including three homers.
Lee Jung-hoo stepped down with a straight hit to center field in his first at-bat in the first inning, but hit his second home run of the season in his second at-bat in the fourth inning. Lee Jung-hoo, who came to the batter's box in the fourth inning when San Francisco was trailing 0-3, hit a 138-kilometer-per-hour slider from left-hander Carlos Rodon in the sixth pitch to hit the right fence. It was a well-hit ball with a speed of 166.2 kilometers per hour and a driving distance of 123.7 meters.
In the sixth inning when the team was trailing 1-3, Lee Jung-hoo turned the game around with a home run shot. In the sixth inning with one out and runners on the first and second bases, Lee pulled Rodon's fifth pitch of 131.5 kilometers per hour curve, which led to a superior three-run home run. It was Lee Jung-hoo's first consecutive home run and the moment when he joined San Francisco after receiving the best treatment among Asian fielders with a six-year, 113 million dollars (about 161.2 billion won) last year.
Except for Lee Jung-hoo, no San Francisco batter hit multiple home runs in one game against the Yankees. Lee Jung-hoo, a second-year teaching hitter in the big league, did what even the best legends in the Major League failed to do, such as Willie Mays and Barry Bonds. Before San Francisco moved to the West of the U.S., no player hit multiple home runs against the Yankees even during his time with the New York Giants. 스포츠토토
Although he is a left-handed batter, he has also been named as a left-handed hitter who stole two home runs in one game against Rodon for the first time. In his 11th year in the big league, Rodon only allowed four batters before Lee. All of them were right-handed hitters, including George Springer of the Toronto Blue Jays, Cesar Hernandez of the former Philadelphia Phillies, Kique Hernandez of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tyler White of the former SK Wyverns. Rodon is a left-handed pitcher who is extremely powerful against left-handed hitters as he has a four-centered flying distance of over 150 kilometers and uses sliders as his main weapon. Against Rodon, Lee became the first left-handed batter to steal multiple home runs in one game.
Lee Jung-hoo came out as the first batter in the eighth inning and got on base with a walk, and was very active with two hits, four RBIs and one walk in three at-bats.
His batting average for this season increased sharply from 0.333 to 0.352 (19 hits in 54 times at bat), and his OPS, which combined on-base plus slugging percentage, also surged from 0.992 to 1.130. His slugging percentage of 0.704 is the second highest in the entire Major League after Aaron Judge (0.750), the Yankees' captain and homerun king. Only Judge and Lee Jung-hoo recorded a slugging percentage in the 700s, so Lee Jung-hoo's slugging power is now on par with the top players in the Major League. Although it is early in the season, healthy Lee Jung-hoo proves that he can do well in the big leagues.