The Giants and the Eagles had their game rained out on Wednesday. However, Thursday definitely looks like the weather has shown some marked improvement and that will make it easier to see the Lotte Giants vs Hanwha Eagles 4/4/24 game go off as planned. The game is slated for a 5:30 AM EST first pitch time and will be held at Hanwha Life Eagles Park. The game is set to be aired 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. Aaron Wilkerson is the starter the Giants are looking to use in this game. Wilkerson has already started 2 games on the year and has posted a 1-1 record with a 3.18 ERA, but has a 0.88 WHIP. On the season Wilkerson has thrown 11 1/3 innings giving up 5 runs, 9 hits and 2 homers. Wilkerson has struck out 13 batters and walked 1 on the year so far.
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 4/4/24 Pick: Hanwha Eagles
The change in the starter for this game after the rainout does change the dynamic of the game to a point. However, one thing that is holding true is the fact that the Hanwha Eagles are hitting a lot better than Lotte. Now, one thing that we do see happening with the change in the starting pitcher is the game will be closer than what we expected last time in the score, but still we like Hanwha to come out on top.
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