April 20, 2024

SF Giants’ Jung Hoo Lee slugs first residence run at Oracle Park

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San Francisco Giants’ Jung Hoo Lee #51 heads back to third base after a foul ball in the second inning of their MLB game against the Washington Nationals at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, April 8, 2024. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

SAN FRANCISCO — It took the Giants eight games before Jorge Soler slugged their first home run of the season at Oracle Park in Friday night’s loss. Not 24 hours later, Jung Hoo Lee raised the count to two in the first inning of their Saturday matinee against the Diamondbacks.

Swinging at the second pitch of the game from Zac Gallen, Lee sent a letter-high fastball over the Levi’s Landing sign in right field. The home run was the second of Lee’s career but the first time he was able to round the bases in front of the home fans, his first coming in the opening series of the year at Petco Park.

Landing an estimated 364 feet away, Lee came just short of a Splash Hit, tying the score at 1 before the Giants opened 2-1 advantage later in the inning.

The home run extended Lee’s hitting streak to 11 games, over which he was batting .349/.378/.395 with two doubles, an RBI, eight runs, two walks and two steals entering Saturday’s contest. Only Atlanta’s Marcell Ozuna (17), the Cardinals’ Willson Contreras (13) and the Dodgers’ Amed Rosario (11) have longer active streaks.