It was Lee's fifth multi-base hit in this season, making it his third on-base hit. Since the game against the San Diego Padres on Saturday, Lee has recorded seven consecutive hits, and raised his batting average for this season from 242 to 258 (17 hits in 66 times at bat).
From his first at bat in the first inning, Lee Jung-hoo's bat turned sharply. He swung a 97.1 miles (156.3-km) four-seam fastball, which came high outside the sixth ball by right-handed starter Edward Cabrera from the Dominican Republic, to make it a hit that fell to the left of center field. It was Lee's quickest hit.
After regretting his failure to steal second base, Lee walked to first base in the fourth inning and successfully reached multiple bases. After running from first to third base due to Jorge Soler's hit to right field, Lee leisurely returned home when Mike Confoto made a timely hit to right field. His team's first run was followed 1-3.
He was out with a fly ball to center field in the fifth inning, but displayed critical play in the seventh inning when his team was losing 2-3 with runners on first and second base with two outs. Miami put in right-hander George Soriano and left-hander Andrew Nadi just in time for Lee to bat, but things didn't go as planned. After tenacious competition by fouling off four to six pitches, Lee pushed a 94.5 miles (152.1 kilometers) four-seam fastball that came to the outside of the seventh pitch to make a hit to the left.
It was a timely hit that brought second baseman Mike Yastremski home, tying the game 3-3. The fastball was one-bound at the speed of 101.5 miles (163.3 kilometers) and passed the infield. San Francisco turned the game around 4-3, as pinch hitter Wilmer Flores made a timely hit with runners at first and third bases with one out. Lee Jung-hoo's tying hit became an important stepping stone to San Francisco's victory.
San Francisco Giants tried to keep one point, but had problems replacing its pitcher due to a communication error between the dugout and the bullpen in the bottom of the eighth inning. With two outs and a runner on the first base, San Francisco Giants manager Bob Melvin took the mound and raised his right hand. It meant replacing a right-handed pitcher, but left-handed Taylor Rogers came out of the bullpen.
After the umpire sent Rogers back, Camilo, a right-handed relief pitcher who Melvin informed him as a substitute pitcher, was provoked. During the replacement process, delivery was not done properly, and the umpire gave the umpire more time to warm up. Miami manager Skip Shumaker was eventually ejected for repeatedly protesting strongly against the umpire.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle and other local media, Melvin prepared to deploy Doval to a four-out save situation and informed the bullpen. However, assistant pitching coach J.P. Martinez, who replaced bullpen coach Garbin Alston who was away due to personal reasons, misunderstood the situation and prepared left-hander Rodgers to bat for left-handed hitter Nick Gordon.
"I tried to prepare for the fourth out when there was a provocation runner. I contacted the bullpen and told them, but I think it was misrepresented for some reason," said Melvin. Schumaker, who appealed to the referee that he should give a ball for violating the pitch clock, said, "Whether the opponent made a mistake or not is okay. What happens is what matters. I should have given at least one ball."
He threw a weight ball from the bullpen in the ninth inning, but did not throw, and took the mound in a hurry to warm up. He came up without properly preparing for a tough save situation where tying runners were present, but he calmly focused on pitching. He completed the eighth inning by groundering Gordon to the second base, and although he had one hit in the ninth inning, he struck out two and completed his 4-3 win. He allowed one hit and two strikeouts in one ⅓ inning, making his second save of the season.
"I don't know what happened, but I'm always ready when my team needs me. When the phone rings and my name is called, I transform," he said confidently. "I would have been embarrassed, but I came out in the eighth inning to secure a big out, and I maintained my composure until the ninth inning. It's nothing but great," Melvin said in complimenting his performance.
BY: 스포츠토토핫
