San Francisco’s Lee Jung-hoo (26) exploded for a multi-hit game. Both of his hits came on fastballs, signaling his return to hitting form.
Lee started in center field against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, on July 7 and hit a single to left field in his first at-bat, followed by a double to center field in the eighth inning.
The four-game hitting streak, which began on April 4 against the Phillies, was his first multi-hit game in 14 games since April 21 against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Nine multi-hit games this season.
Philadelphia’s starting pitcher for the day was right-handed ace Zack Wheeler. Wheeler, who has been with the Phillies since 2020 after debuting with the New York Mets in 2013, is a veteran of 10 seasons with a 90-66 record, 3.40 ERA, 토토사이트 and 1,453 strikeouts in 234 games (1,421 innings), including six seasons with double-digit wins. He is also a big-game pitcher with a 4-3 record and 2.42 ERA in 11 postseason games (63⅓ innings).
He signed a five-year, $118 million free agent contract with the Phillies after the 2019 season and inked a three-year, $126 million extension with the Phillies in March. He has been consistent this season, going 3-3 with a 1.91 ERA and 52 strikeouts in seven games (42⅓ innings), leading the Phillies to a first-place finish in the district.
Against Wheeler, Lee struck first in the first inning.
His first pitch, a four-seam fastball, was in the zone for a strike, but his second pitch, a low splitter, was a ground ball. On a 1-1 pitch count, Lee swung at it.
He drove a 96.1 mph (154.7 km/h) four-seam fastball on the third pitch up in the zone for a single to left field. It was the fourth time this season that Lee has hit a fastball over 96 mph, showing his ability to handle the fastball.
After being stopped by Wheeler on a fly ball to left field in the third and a fly ball to center field in the sixth, Lee returned to the plate against left-handed reliever Matt Strahm in the eighth. He picked off the outside pitch in the first inning and then lined a 93.8-mph (151.0-kilometer) sinker low and away two pitches later for a clean hit to center field. 파워볼실시간 The pitch was fast enough to reach 104.8 miles per hour (168.7 kilometers per hour).
He followed up his first at-bat with another fastball, showing that he is getting used to the fastball.