Lee Jung-hoo started the 2024 Major League Baseball away game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the 7th (Korea time), and played 2 hits and multi hits in 4 at-bats.

Lee had multiple hits in 14 consecutive games since the first day of the four consecutive games against the Philadelphia Phillies on the 4th. Lee, who raised his batting average for this season from 244 to 252 (34 hits in 135 times at bat), also saw his OPS rise from .612 to .623.

Against Philadelphia's right-handed ace Zack Wheeler, Lee Jung-hoo had a hit from the first at bat in the first inning. The four-seam fastball, which hit 96.1 miles per hour (154.7 kilometers) at the third pitch, worked well on his way to the left field, but Lee's good push with the bat landed in front of the left field. Lee advanced to the second base due to Lamont Wade Jr.'s critical hit, but Wilmer Flores hit a shortstop double play, ending the inning without a score.

After hitting a fly ball to the left field in the third inning and a fly ball to the center field in the sixth inning, Lee Jung-hoo garnered a hit to Philadelphia's left-hander bullpen Matt Strahm in the eighth inning. He swung a sinker whose second pitch came low towards his body, allowing him to have a hit in the middle. After his first at-bat, he hit a fastball again, showing his adaptation to fastballs.

However, Lee Jung-hoo at the first base failed to even advance. Tyro Estrada stepped down as a straight hit to center field, and pinch hitter Austin Slater struck out a swing and miss, ending the inning. San Francisco lost 1-6, sweeping all four consecutive away games in the Philadelphia Phillies.

With the loss, San Francisco fell to fourth place in the National League (NL) West, with 15 wins and 21 losses (.417 winning percentage). After playing a one-two losing series against the Boston Red Sox on the 1st and 3rd, they were swept by Philadelphia and finished their away game in the East with one win and six losses, and the sense of crisis is rising as the winning margin fell to -6.

According to local media including NBC Sports Bay Area, Melvin said after the game, "Before the away game, I had a .500 winning percentage and one win left. I thought I was in a pretty good position, but now I am playing a terrible game. We need to play better. We need to solve this problem."

The team has been mired in a slump, with less than four points scored in the past 11 consecutive games. His team ranks 18th in batting average (.236), 22nd in on-base percentage (.302), 20th in slugging percentage (.367), and 21st in OPS (.669), falling short of the average in the league. While Lee Jung-hoo (batting average of .252 with two homers and seven RBIs with OPS.623) is having a time to adjust, other FA players including Matt Chapman (batting average of .209 with four homers and 14 RBIs with OSP.602) and Jorge Soler (batting average of .202 with five homers and eight RBIs with OPS.655) are showing sluggish performance.

"New players such as Chapman, Soler, and Lee Jung-hoo have joined us, but we still have a lot to work with as a team," San Francisco's batting coach Pat Burrell said. "We are not doing well right now, but the players are working hard and they want to win. Some players also seem to overdo themselves to do too much. They will get better from now on," he said, hoping for a rebound.