▲ Lee Jung-hoo is called out at home.
Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants resumed hitting after a one-day hiatus, though his batting average dipped slightly.
Playing as the number three designated hitter in a home game against the Cincinnati Reds at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, on the 25th, Lee recorded one hit and one RBI in four at-bats.
His season batting average dropped by one厘 (one-thousandth) from the previous day to 0.288, with 132 hits in 459 at-bats.
In the bottom of the first inning with no outs and runners on first and third, Lee drove in the runner from third with a single up the middle off Cincinnati starting pitcher Chase Burns.
He attempted to score on subsequent batter Turner Hill's right-field double, but was unfortunately called out at home.
In the bottom of the second, Lee was retired on a line drive to center field, and in the fifth, he was out on a grounder to second base.
He was then caught on a fly ball to left field in the bottom of the eighth.
Shay Whitcomb, a Korean-American player who wore the national team jersey at the World Baseball Classic (WBC) held in March, received his first big-league call-up and start since transferring to San Francisco, but went hitless in three at-bats.
Whitcomb was retired on a center-field fly out in his first plate appearance in the second inning, struck out swinging in the bottom of the third, and grounded out to second base in the sixth.
Securing a 5-0 victory, the Giants snapped their four-game losing streak.
(Photo: AP, Yonhap News)
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