On Tuesday 3/26/24 the Hanwha Eagles are set to take on the SSG Landers. The game is taking place at Incheon SSG Landers Field. This KBO game will have an early start as it is slated to start at 5:30 AM EST.
Hanwha Eagles Preview
The Eagles head to the game here with a 1-1 record on the year so far. The Eagles are coming off of a blowout type of win over LG by a score of 8-4. The Eagles are hitting at a clip of .273 with 3 homers on the season, but have a 4.76 team ERA.
When it comes to the hitting the Eagles are being led by Lee Won-seok with an average of 1.00 in limited action. The Eagles power hitting has seen Yonathan Perlaza hit a total of 2 homers on the year. Producing the runs on the season for the Eagles has been handled mainly by Perlaza and Chae Eun-seong with 3 RBIs each.
Heading to the mound to start this game for the Eagles is slated to be Kim Min-woo. The 28 year old pitcher is coming in after starting in 12 games last season and throwing a total of 51 2/3 innings. On the year, though, Min-woo, only allowed 65 hits with 43 strikeouts and 28 walks. Still, the pitching was not impressive from Min-Woo who posted a 1-6 record and a 6.97 ERA and a 1.80 WHIP.
SSG Landers Preview
SSG heads to this game here with a record of 2-0 on the year so far. The Landers las game was a battle for the Landers as they ended up getting a 7-6 win over the Lotte Giants. On the year so far the Landers team has ended up hitting at a clip of .286 with 4 homers, but have posted a 1.50 ERA on the year.
SSG has only played in two games on the year so far, but the hitting has been led by Park Seong-han who has hit at a clip of .750. Choi Jeong is the leader when it comes to powering the ball out of the park with a total of 2 homers on the year. Jeong has also managed to lead the Landers team in run production with a total of 6 runs brought home.
The Landers team is putting a complete new pitcher on the mound with no KBO experience. Robert Dugger is the pitcher that is being put on the mound. The last pitching experience for Dugger was in the Triple-A affiliate for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2023. Dugger ended up posting a 7-10 record with a 4.31 ERA while throwing 146 1/3 innings. In that time Dugger allowed 149 hits and struck out 143 batters.
Eagles vs Landers Pick: SSG Landers
In this game here we are looking at an Eagles team that has been impressive, but has to go on the road in this game. The Landers team has managed to pitch balls to the walls so far in the young season. The Landers club also survived a scare in their last game as the Giants almost battled back to get a win in their game. Still, we do not think that will be enough for the Eagles who have struggled in the past leading us to see SSG win.
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