Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants scores on a hit by Matt Chapman during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins in Miami, Florida, April 17. AP-Yonhap

The career-best hitting streak for the San Francisco Giants rookie Lee Jung-hoo has reached nine games.

The Korean center fielder batted 2-for-4 and scored a run, as the Giants defeated the Miami Marlins 3-1 at loanDepot park in Miami on Wednesday (local time).

During his streak, Lee has gone 13-for-39 (.333) to raise his season batting average from .200 to .270.

Batting third, Lee lined out in the first inning and struck out in the fourth inning against starter Trevor Rogers.

Then in the sixth, Lee got an infield single off Rogers and chased the left-hander from the game. Lee picked up his second hit of the game with an opposite-field single off reliever Anthony Bender. Lee later scored on Matt Chapman's double to put the Giants up 3-1, and they hung on to win by that score to take two out of three games in Miami.

Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants is at the plate against the Miami Marlins during the fourth inning at loanDepot park in Miami, Florida, April 17. AFP-Yonhap

Also in Major League Baseball on Wednesday, Kim Ha-seong of the San Diego Padres went 1-for-4 in a 1-0 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field in Milwaukee.

Kim's lone hit was a single off Bryse Wilson in the fourth inning. With a hit in three straight games, Kim is batting .227 for the season. (Yonhap)