The games are set to start the week off right and in this game, Lotte Giants vs Hanwha Eagles 4/2/24, it will be taking place at Hanwha Life Eagles Park. The game is set to be played at 5:30 AM EST or 6:30 PM local time. The game is being aired on KBS N Sports.
Lotte Giants Preview
Lotte is heading to this game here after picking up a loss in their last game. The loss was a heartbreaking single run loss by a score of 8-7. The Giants are now sitting on a record of 1-6 on the year which is good enough only for 9th place.
Lotte is handing the ball over to Na gyun-an who has already picked up a loss on the young season in his game against Kia. In the loss Na Gyun-an posted a 5.40 ERA and a 2.00 WHIP with only 5 innings pitched. He did face 25 batters and allowed a total of 6 runs. He gave up 7 hits and a homer with a walk as well, but did strike out 3 batters. The pitching for Lotte as a team has allowed the opponents to hit at a clip of .272 with a 1.57 WHIP, but have done decent with a 4.72 ERA.
Hitting for Lotte has managed to get a .252 average with only 22 runs scored all year. The Giants have hit 4 homers, but have a .324 OBP on the year. Lee Hok-ju is leading the hitting charge for Lotte with a .800 average in 5 at bats. The power hitting for the Giants is split between 4 batters who have a homer each. Go Seung-min is the leader at bringing home the runners with 4 RBIs. The base path running has the Giants sitting on 5 steals with Go Seung-min and Hwang Seong-bin leading the team with 2 steals each.
Hanwha Eagles Preview
Hanwha is coming in after getting a win in their last game. The win came against the very weak and horrible KT Wiz, but still putting up 14 runs in any game is impressive. The Eagles are sitting in first place in the KBO and look to extend that lead as the Eagles have a 7-1 record on the year.
The Eagles are putting up a team ERA of 3.17 on the year. However, the Hanwha Eagles have posted a WHIP of 1.25 on the year so far with the opponents hitting at a clip of only .251. Ricardo Sanchez is the starter who is getting the ball in this game. Sanchez has posted a 1.59 ERA and a 0.71 WHIP in his start against SSG, which was a win. In the game Sanchez threw a total of 5 2/3 innings and allowed 1 run and 3 hits but only gave up a lone walk. In the game, though, Sanchez did great with 8 strikeouts in the game.
The Eagles are seeing Yonathan Perlaza leading this hitting charge with a .517 average with 29 at bats. He also leads the Eagles in the hitting department with 4 homers. The run production has come off the bat of Roh Si-Hwan and Moon Hyun-bin bringing home 9 runners each. As a team the Eagles have an OBP of .377 and a very impressive .291 average. The Eagles have recorded 54 runs total and have ended up getting a total of 9 homers on the year, but are not a running team with only 3 steals on the season.
Lotte Giants vs Hanwha Eagles 4/2/24 Pick: KIA Tigers
The Giants and the Eagles are going in opposite directions. The Eagles are soaring high and the Giants are crashing back to the ground. In this game here the Giants are going to be outmatched yet again. Yes, the Eagles used to be a team that struggled, but in this game here we see the Giants struggling and the Eagles coming out on top in the game.
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