The Kia Tigers are facing the Hanwha Eagles yet again on Sunday to wrap up the weekend series games. The game for the Kia Tigers vs Hanwha Eagles is taking place at 1:00 AM EST. The Kia Tigers vs Hanwha Eagles 4/14/24 will be played at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Korea. If you are local to the region, the game is being broadcast on MBC.
Kia Tigers Preview
The Tigers are heading to this game here after getting a high scoring win over the Eagles in the last game. The win came by a score of 11-9. The win over the Eagles kept the Tigers sitting in 1st place in the KBO. With the Tigers record they are sitting at a mark of 13-4 on the year.
James Naile is the starter heading to the mound for the Tigers in this game. Naile is making his 4th start in the game and has posted a 3-0 record with an amazing 0.47 ERA and a 0.89 WHIP. James has thrown in 19 innings allowing only 2 runs with 17 hits given up and a homer. However, control has been amazing for James Naile with no walks and 23 strikeouts. Kia has been the top pitching team in the KBO with a 2.92 ERA. However, the opponents are hitting only at a clip of .237 with a WHIP of 1.39.
Kia is the best hitting team in the KBO on the year. Kia has posted a .306 average with a total of 98 runs scored. The Tigers have hit 41 doubles, 3 triples, and have a limited amount of pop in their bast with only 14 homers. The base running has seen the Tigers get 26 steals with only 5 runners being thrown out.
Hanwha Eagles Preview
The Eagles were able to put in quite a few runs in their last game. However, the Eagles did end up losing the game and sank to fifth place in the KBO. Now, the Eagles do have a record that is sitting at the five hundred mark on the year with a 9-9 record on the year.
Ricardo Sanchez is the starter that the Eagles are putting on the mound in this game here. Sanchez on the season has posted a 1-0 record in 3 starts with a 1.10 ERA and a 0.98 WHIP. Still he has managed to throw good with 16 1/3 innings pitched with only 2 runs given up and 12 hits and not a single homer. Ricardo has managed to strike out 23 batters while walking 4 batters. Hanwha has posted a team ERA that is sitting at 4.56 on the year so far. However, the Eagles have allowed the opponents to hit at a clip of .257 with a 1.42 WHIP.
The hitting for Hanwha has been fairly weak on the year with a .261 average, but have managed to get 99 runs scored. The Eagles have ended up with 36 doubles, 6 triples, but a total of 15 homers on the year. When it comes to the base running the Eagles have picked up 4 steals and been caught stealing the bags 8 times.
Kia Tigers vs Hanwha Eagles 4/14/24 Pick: Under 9.5
The game here is definitely bucking what we view as our trends of these two teams hitting the over. Both of these teams are putting great starters on the mound who have been able to go deep in the games, but also have not given up a lot of runs. That is going to lead to the offenses not having much to show in this game here as it hits the under.
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