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Giants' Lee Jung-hoo hits triple in loss to Dodgers

Published: 16 Jun. 2025, 13:04

San Francisco Giants outfielder Lee Jung-hoo reacts after striking out as Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Will Smith prepares to throw the ball during the sixth inning of an MLB game in Los Angeles on June 14. [AP/YONHAP]

Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants keeps climbing up the big-league leaderboard in triples.

Lee hit his fifth triple of the season, and third of this month, in a 5-4 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday.

It was Lee's only hit of the game in five at-bats. He is now batting .265/.327/.433 in 70 games.

With five three-baggers, Lee is tied for second in the National League (NL) with Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani. Corbin Carroll of the Arizona Diamondbacks leads the NL with eight triples.

Batting leadoff, Lee grounded out to second in the top of the first and then grounded out to first in the third.

Then in the fourth inning, with the Giants down 2-1 and men at first and second, Lee came through with a triple down the right field line to cash in both runners and put the Giants up 3-2.

The lead didn't last long, as the Dodgers responded with a three-run homer by Andy Pages in the fifth.

The Giants got a run back in the top of the eighth but couldn't get any closer.

Lee flied out to right field in the sixth inning before lining out to second in the eighth in his final trip to the plate.

This was the first three-game series between the two NL West rivals, and it was hyped up as the first meeting in MLB between Lee and the Dodgers' Korean player, Kim Hye-seong. The two close friends were both drafted by the Kiwoom Heroes of the KBO in 2016 and played together for seven years before Lee signed with the Giants in late 2023.

Kim joined him in the big leagues by landing a deal with the Dodgers in January of this year.

Kim began the season in the minors and has been platooned at second base, shortstop and center field. Kim only played in the second game of this series and went 1-for-4 with an RBI as the Giants won 11-5.

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