The Hanwha Eagles are taking to the road to face the Samsung Lions at Daegu Samsung Lions Park. The Eagles vs Lions 5/18/24 game is taking place at 4:00 AM EST. If you are in South Korea the game is being broadcast on SPOTV2.
Hanwha Eagles Preview
The Hanwha Eagles are coming in after losing in their last game. The loss for the Eagles came by a score of 7-5. The loss dropped the Eagles to 9th place in the KBO. The Hanwha team is now sitting on a record of 16-27-1 overall, but when playing on the road the Eagles have posted a 7-14 record.
Cho Dong-uk is heading to this game here for his 2nd start on the year. Dong-uk has posted a 1-0 record and a 0.00 ERA and a 0.67 WHIP. Cho has thrown a total of 6 innings on the year with 1 runs given up and 0 of those were earned runs. He has allowed 3 hits and allowed 0 homers, but has struck out 0 batters while walking 1. The pitching for the Eagles has shown some improvement with a team ERA of 5.60 with only 444 hits and 40 homers given up. The opponents are hitting at a clip of .289 against the Eagles, but Hanwha has a WHIP of 1.60.
The Eagles are a very weak team when it comes to hitting. The Eagles have posted a .253 average with 208 runs scored. Hanwha has managed to get 379 hits with 72 doubles, 8 triples, and 34 homers. Still, the Eagles have managed to get 16 steals on the year with 15 runners being thrown out.
Samsung Lions Preview
Samsung was able to get a nice win in their last game. The win was at home and definitely a nice win that the Lions needed to have. The Lions are sitting in a second place tie with a record of 25-18-1 overall. When playing at home the Lions are sitting on a 17-7-1 record.
Denyi Reyes is the starter making his 10th start for the Lions. Reyes has posted a 5-2 record with a 3.86 ERA and a 1.24 WHIP. Reyes has thrown a total of 49 innings while giving up 21 runs of which 21 were earned. He has allowed 54 hits and 4 homers with 7 walks, but has struck out 45 batters. The Lions are heading in with a team ERA of 4.42 on the season. However, the Lions have allowed 398 hits with a total of 45 homers. Samsung has ended up getting a 1.39 WHIP, but the opponents are hitting at a clip of .261 on the year.
Samsung is coming in hitting at a clip of .270 with a total of 227 runs scored. The Lions have managed to get a total of 418 hits with 76 doubles, 4 triples, but have 43 homers. The Lions have managed to get a total of 37 steals with 9 runners thrown out on the year.
Eagles vs Lions 5/18/24 Pick: Hanwha Eagles
Both of these teams have a lot of potential to win in this game here. However, we are taking the Eagles to pick up the win in this game. The Hanwha team has played good at times on the year and have been far from consistent. Still, the Eagles are one team that I think will pick up the win in this game here as the Eagles are putting a decent pitcher on the mound in this game here who will be able to get the win for Hanwha here.
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