5 hits in 6 at-bats, 2 RBIs, 1 run at Coors Field; season batting average 0.304
Lee Jung-hoo (San Francisco Giants) put on another show at Coors Field, long considered a pitcher’s graveyard.
On June 1 (KST), Lee started in right field and batted fifth for the Giants in their road game against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver. He finished 5-for-6 with two RBIs and one run.
It was the first five-hit game of his MLB career, three years after he debuted in the majors.
Lee had been sidelined with a lower-back muscle strain and was placed on the injured list, but he returned for the Rockies series on May 30. He collected four hits immediately after coming back, followed by a two-hit game the previous day that included a triple — then erupted for five hits in this contest.
The outburst raised Lee’s season batting average to 0.304, pushing him back over the 0.300 mark for the first time since April 29, ending a 33-day stretch below 0.300.
Lee opened the scoring in the first inning, delivering a clean RBI single to center with two outs and runners on first and third.
After a flyout to left in the third, he came to the plate as the leadoff batter in the fifth — with San Francisco leading 4-3 — and ripped a double into center that ignited a big frame.
He scored on Matt Chapman’s ensuing double, and the Giants erupted for seven runs in the fifth, taking control at 11-3.
With the lineup turning over, Lee batted twice in the fifth and reached base again with a single to center.
In the seventh, with one out and a runner on second, he delivered an RBI single to center that pushed the lead to 14-5. He added another single to center in the eighth before being replaced by a pinch-runner to finish the game.
Fueled by Lee’s torrid performance, the Giants rolled to a 19-6 victory and snapped a five-game losing streak.
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