The Lotte Giants are going to take on the Hanwha Eagles if the weather permits. The Lotte Giants vs Hanwha Eagles 4/3/24 game is set to take place at 5:30 AM EST, but rain is in the forecast and their is a good chance that the game could end up being postponed! The game is taking place at Hanwha Life Eagles Park and will be televised on KBS N Sports.
Lotte Giants Preview
Lotte in the opening game of the series was able to pick up a win. The win was a very low scoring game with a final score of 1-0. With the win the Giants moved to 8th in the KBO. However, the Giants are still sitting on a dismal 2-6 record on the year.
Lotte has posted a team ERA of 4.72 on the season. The Giants have given up 64 hits and 6 homers on the year so far as a team. The Giants have managed to get a 1.57 WHIP, but the opponents have hit at a clip of .272 on the season. Lee In-bok is slated to be the starter for the Giants in this game. In-bok has already had a game as a relief pitcher against NC on the year. In that game he posted a 0.00 ERA and a 1.20 WHIP. However, Lee In-bok threw only 1 2/3 innings with 2 hits allowed, but he did end up striking out a batter in the game.
The Giants have ended up getting a slugging of .344 with an OBP of .324. When it comes to the team hitting the Lotte Giants have managed to hit at a clip of .252 with only 22 runs scored and that comes with 4 homers on the season.. Lee Hok-ju is leading the hitting charge for Lotte with a .625 average in 8 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.
Hanwha Eagles Preview
Hanwha has been a good team on the year and the loss was not planned. The Eagles are coming to the game here, still sitting in first place on the year. The Eagles, even after the loss ended up getting a 7-2 record on the year so far.
Hanwha has been decent on the team pitching overall with a team ERA of 3.17, with 69 hits and 5 homers allowed. The overall pitching for the Eagles has posted a 1.25 WHIP and the opponents are hitting only at a clip of .251 on the year. Moon Dong-ju is the starter that is slated to be on the mound for the Eagles. Moon has a start against SSG already on the year and posted a 3.60 ERA and a 1.60 WHIP. In the win he threw 5 innings and allowed only 2 runs, but walked 2 batters. Moon did end up striking out 5 batters in the game.
The Eagles are seeing Yonathan Perlaza leading in the hitting for average at only 500, but he does have 32 at bats. Perlaza also leads the Eagles in the power 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. The Eagles have managed to hit at a clip of .291 on the year with 54 runs scored, but have managed to get 9 homers. The Eagles have an OBP of .377 with a .498 slugging on the season.
Lotte Giants vs Hanwha Eagles 4/3/24 Pick: Hanwha Eagles
Lotte did get a win in the opening game of the series, but it was definitely a shocking win. The Eagles are the best team in the KBO and sitting in first so the loss did give the rest of the KBO some hope. With that being the case, though, we do not see the Giants getting the win in back to back games here. We look for the Hanwha Eagles to be able to bring home the win in this game here and bounce back from the stunning upset loss.
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