Lee Jung-hoo extends MLB-longest hitting streak as Giants beat Nationals

Lee Jung-hoo stretches MLB-best hitting streak to 18 games in dramatic San Francisco win

With yet another multihit performance, Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants has extended his hitting streak to 18 games. It's the longest active hitting streak in Major League Baseball (MLB). Lee went 2-for-4 with a walk and a steal while scoring twice as the Giants walked off the Washington Nationals 11-10 at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Wednesday (local time). It was Lee's sixth multihit game of June and ninth during his streak. Over his past 18 games, Lee is batting .500 (36-for-72) and has raised his average from .265 to .338, the second-best mark in MLB behind Otto Lopez of the Miami Marlins, who was scheduled to play an evening game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. In Wednesday's game, Lee struck out swinging against starter Foster Griffin in the bottom of the second. It was just the third strikeout for Lee in 69 at-bats during his hitting streak. Lee grounded out in the fourth but kept his streak alive in the sixth with a single to right field off Griffin. Then in the eighth, Lee drew a walk against reliever Paxton Schultz -- his first walk of the streak in his 74th plate ap

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Lee Jung-hoo's hitting streak reaches 17 games in San Francisco's loss

Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants is now the owner of the longest hitting streak by a South Korean player in Major League Baseball (MLB) history. Lee went 2-for-5 with two RBIs to extend his hitting streak to 17 games, though the Giants still lost to the Washington Nationals 6-3 at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Tuesday (local time). With his fifth multihit effort of June, Lee broke a tie with Choo Shin-soo and Kim Ha-seong for the longest hitting streak by a Korean batter. Choo had a 16-game run while with the Cincinnati Reds in 2013. Kim, currently playing for the Atlanta Braves, also had a 16-game streak in 2023 for the San Diego Padres. Lee grounded out in the bottom of the second inning before hitting a single in the bottom third to push his streak. Then in the bottom fifth, Lee smacked a double down the first base line off reliever Brad Lord to cash in two runs, cutting the Giants' deficit to 3-2. Lee hit groundouts in his next two at-bats in the seventh and the ninth inning. Lee is now batting .335 for the season, the second-best mark in MLB behind only Otto Lopez of the Miam

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