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Lee Jung-hoo (27) of the San Francisco Giants returned from a back injury after an 11-day absence and absolutely erupted at the plate.
On May 30 (KST) at Coors Field in Denver, Lee went 4-for-5 with a double and scored twice in the Giants’ road game against the Colorado Rockies.
Lee extended his hitting streak to six games and raised his season batting average from .268 to .283. It was his second game this season with four or more hits.
Batting sixth and starting in right field, Lee grounded out to first against Colorado starter Michael Lorenzen with one out in the top of the second. From his second at-bat on, he came to life. With the game tied 1-1, one out and a runner on first in the top of the fourth, Lee ripped a single to right to put runners at the corners.
San Francisco took the lead on a sacrifice fly by Daniel Susac. With two outs and runners on first and second, Lee raced home on Harrison Bader’s single to right. In the top of the sixth, with the Giants leading 3-1, Lee led off with a single to left.
Lee advanced to second on a Bryce Eldridge walk but the next batter couldn’t drive him in. In the top of the eighth, leading off again, Lee delivered a well-placed hit to left for a double and moved into scoring position.
That double set up another run. After a sacrifice bunt, Eldridge hit a sacrifice fly to push the lead to 4-1. In the top of the ninth, with San Francisco up 6-3, Lee singled to right with two outs and a runner on first for his fourth hit of the game.
Lee was just as sharp in the field. In the bottom of the fourth with two outs and a runner at third, he chased down Kyle Caros’ ball to the fence, made the catch and slammed into the wall on the play.
In the bottom of the fifth, with two outs and runners at second and third, Lee tracked down Troy Johnston’s hard liner despite being momentarily blinded by the stadium lights, slid and secured the catch to preserve the lead. But the Giants collapsed in the bottom of the ninth: closer Caleb Killian faltered, and San Francisco suffered a painful 8-6 comeback loss, their fourth straight defeat.
The Rockies erased the deficit in dramatic fashion. With one out and runners on first and third in the bottom of the ninth, Hunter Goodman launched a three-run homer to tie it at 6-6, then Ezequiel Tovar followed with a walk-off two-run homer to complete the rally and hand Colorado the victory.
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