Lee Jung-hoo ties career high with 11-game hitting streak
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- Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants has matched his career high with an 11-game hitting streak.
- He went 2-for-4 in a 1-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers, raising his batting average to .310.
- Meanwhile, Kim Ha-seong of the Atlanta Braves recorded his first hit and RBI in five games.
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By Yoo Jee-ho
SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants has equaled his career high by hitting safely in his 11th straight game.
Lee batted 2-for-4 in a 1-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Wednesday (local time). Lee raised his batting average to his season-high .310, the sixth-best mark in the National League.
Lee, who struck out in his first at-bat, kept his streak going in his second time up with a single in the fourth inning.
Lee bunted for a single in the eighth to complete his fourth multihit effort in his past six games.
Lee also had an 11-game hitting streak as a rookie in 2024.
Elsewhere in the majors, Kim Ha-seong of the Atlanta Braves recorded his first hit and RBI in five games, helping his team to a 7-3 win.
With the Braves down 1-0 in the bottom second at Truist Park in Atlanta, Kim knocked in the tying run with a single to shallow left field.
He finished the game 1-for-4 and is batting .102 for the season.
