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Giants' Lee Jung-hoo picks up hit while Dodgers' Kim Hye-seong is silenced in Korean duel

Published: 23 Apr. 2026, 15:44

Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants runs the bases during a MLB regular-season game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Oracle Park in San Francisco on April 21. [YONHAP]

Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants picked up a hit for the second straight game while his fellow Korean on the Los Angeles Dodgers, Kim Hye-seong, was kept in check in the battle of the National League West rivals.

Starting in right field and batting sixth, Lee went 1-for-3 and scored a run to help the Giants beat the Dodgers 3-0 at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Wednesday.

Lee didn't get a hit in his first two at-bats against Dodgers starter Shohei Ohtani before singling off reliever Jack Dreyer in the bottom seventh.

Heliot Ramos followed up with a single, and Patrick Bailey launched a decisive three-run home run.

Lee was lifted late during Tuesday's game after getting tagged out at home in an awkward-looking slide. He said after the game he had “banged up” his quad, but showed no ill effects on Wednesday.

Lee was batting .185 after going 0-for-4 on April 12. Since then, Lee has batted 12-for-30 while collecting multiple hits in half of his eight games. His batting average is now up to .262.

Kim, who batted eighth and played shortstop, was 0-for-3 with a strikeout and two groundouts. He is batting .300 this season.

The Giants have held the Dodgers to just one run over the past two games while improving to 11-13. The Dodgers fell to 16-8.

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