Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants runs the bases during a Major League Baseball regular-season game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, Tuesday (local time). Reuters-Yonhap
Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants picked up a hit for the second straight game while his fellow Korean for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Kim Hye-seong, was kept in check in the battle of the National League West rivals.
Starting in right field and batting sixth, Lee went 1-for-3 and scored a run to help the Giants beat the Dodgers 3-0 at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Wednesday (local time).
Lee didn't get a hit in his first two at-bats against Dodgers starter Shohei Ohtani, before singling off reliever Jack Dreyer in the bottom seventh.
Heliot Ramos followed up with a single and Patrick Bailey launched a decisive three-run home run.
Lee was lifted late during Tuesday's game after getting tagged out at home in an awkward-looking slide. He said after the game he had "banged up" his quad, but showed no ill effects Wednesday.
Lee was batting .185 after going 0-for-4 on April 12. Since then, Lee has batted 12-for-30 while collecting multiple hits in half of his eight games. His batting average is now up to .262.
Kim, who batted eighth and played shortstop, was 0-for-3 with a strikeout and two groundouts. He is batting .300 this season.
The Giants have held the Dodgers to just one run over the past two games while improving to 11-13. The Dodgers fell to 16-8.
Source: Korea Times News
