"This is exactly what Melvin wanted!" What was the critical reason for using Lee Jung-hoo as the third batter? "A batter who fits the scoring position with less than two outs."

"This is exactly what Melvin wanted!" What was the critical reason for using Lee Jung-hoo as the third batter? "A batter who fits the scoring position with less than two outs."

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San Francisco Giants manager Bob Melvin said ahead of the spring training session that he would replace Lee as the third hitter instead of the first hitter. At the exhibition game, Lee faithfully performed his role as the third hitter.

In response, Melvin uses Lee as the third player in the regular league. In the three matches since the opening of the season, Lee has met Melvin's expectations.

In Game 1 of the series against the Cincinnati Reds, although he did not produce a hit, he walked to base and scored at a critical moment.

In the second game, he hit a timely hit when the runner had the opportunity to score, and scored an RBI. A TV commentator who was broadcasting the game said, "This is why Melvin used Lee Jung-hoo as the third batter. The strategy of using contact batters in scoring opportunities with less than two outs is in line."

He also scored an RBI and two runs in Game 3 on the 31st (Korea Standard Time).

Having failed to get on base in the first and fourth innings, Lee pleased Melvin at his third at-bat in the sixth inning. With his team leading 1-0, Lee pushed the outside cutter on the third pitch of the opposing pitcher's second base, producing an RBI double in the left field.

"Lee Jung-hoo is a batter who knows how to use the entire stadium," a TV commentator praised.

Lee Jung-hoo even scored during Matt Chapman's two-run shot.

Taking the batter's box in the eighth inning with two outs and no runners, his team led 5-3, Lee got on base with an infield hit by Cincinnati left-handed bullpen pitcher Taylor Rogers. Lee Jung-hoo, who went to second base with Chapman's walk, homered when Eliot Ramos hit a timely hit to left.

Lee Jung-hoo, who had two hits in four times at bat on the day, had a batting average of 0.300 (3 hits in 10 times at bat) this season.
San Francisco won 6-3 over Cincinnati, ending its first three-game series of the season with a 2-1 record. 온라인바카라

San Francisco went 2-1 in the away series and headed to Houston, where it has its next opponent.