San Francisco Giants outfielder Lee Jung-hoo delivered his first multi-hit game in three outings, but his team fell into a deeper slump with consecutive walk-off losses.
Lee started as the seventh-place hitter and right fielder in the second game of a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on Tuesday (Korean time), going 2-for-4 with a walk, an RBI and a run scored in the 2026 Major League Baseball (MLB) matchup. It marked his first multi-hit performance since facing the Miami Marlins on April 27. However, after going a combined 2-for-8 across both games of the doubleheader, his season batting average slipped slightly from .301 the previous day to .297 (33 hits in 111 at-bats).
His hitting touch helped erase the hitless struggle from the first game. Trailing 0-2 in the top of the second inning with one out and a runner on first, Lee laced a low slider on the fourth pitch from left-handed starter Taijuan Walker into right field for a single in his first at-bat. After flying out to shortstop in the fourth, he led off the sixth inning and drew a walk following a lengthy at-bat. He then scored comfortably on an RBI single by Luis Arraez.
The highlight came with the score deadlocked at 4-4 in the top of the ninth, with runners on first and third and two outs. Lee perfectly timed a 160.8 km/h high-and-inside sinking fastball from left-handed reliever Jose Alvarado, driving a go-ahead RBI single up the middle.
Despite Lee's clutch hit, the Giants had nothing to celebrate. They surrendered the tying run in the bottom of the ninth and headed into extra innings under the tiebreaker format. After squandering a first-and-third, no-out scoring chance in the top of the 10th, they fell 5-6 when Alec Bohm delivered a walk-off sacrifice fly in the bottom of the inning. Having also lost the first game of the doubleheader 2-3 on a walk-off, San Francisco was swept in the three-game series by Philadelphia, the last-place team in the division.
In the opener, Lee was held silent, going 0-for-4 with two strikeouts. Facing Dominican left-handed starter Cristopher Sanchez — who had pitched against the Korean national team in the 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC) quarterfinals earlier this year — Lee came up empty in three at-bats, registering one out in play and two strikeouts.
