Hanwha Eagles vs SSG Landers Prediction, 5/12/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Hanwha Eagles vs SSG Landers

Date: Friday, May 12, 2023

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: SBS Sports

Incheon SSG Landers Field is the venue where Guillermo Heredia and the SSG Landers (21-11, 1st in KBO) will take on the Hanwha Eagles (10-19, 9th in KBO) on Friday, May 12, 2023.

The Eagles have hit 40 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 15 balls out of the stadium. Hanwha owns a slugging percentage of .313 and have struck out 258 times, while being walked on 113 occasions. As a team, the Hanwha Eagles are notching 3.7 runs per outing, which has them at 10th in baseball. They have tallied 106 RBI's in addition to 229 hits for the season, and their team batting average is at .227. They have racked up 111 runs while having a team OBP of .312.

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Si Hwan Roh is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Hanwha. Noh has accumulated a batting average of .258 for his career in baseball, with 196 scored runs and an OPS of .750. He has gone down on strikes 416 times and earned a walk on 179 occasions, contributing to a .343 OBP. In his career, Noh has hit 43 balls out of the park while driving in 217 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .407 and he has racked up 592 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped into the batters box 1,660 times and has delivered with a hit 376 times.

The Eagles have swiped 15 bases and have been caught 16 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 51.6%. The Hanwha Eagles have accounted for 809 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 320 assists and 23 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .980 which ranks 4th in Korean baseball and they have twisted 30 double plays.

The Eagles have an earned run average of 4.11 so far this year (7th in the league), and their staff has rung up 215 hitters. Eagles pitchers have given up 20 home runs and also 136 runs (5th in the league). Hanwha has yielded 252 base knocks (8.4 per 9 innings) and also 123 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 1.71 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.40.

The SSG Landers are sitting with a team OBP of .332 and a team batting average of .252 on the campaign. They have been rung up on 224 instances (5th in the league) and are sitting with 270 base hits. SSG has hit 27 home runs for the year as well as 128 runs batted in. The Landers hold a team slugging % of .373 and they score 4.44 runs per outing (6th in the league). They have 47 two-baggers, while taking a walk 122 times as well as scoring 142 runs.

Guillermo Heredia is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for SSG. Over the course of the 118 at-bats in his baseball career, Heredia has recorded a batting average of .373 with 44 base hits. He has homered 3 times, with 60 bases in total and a .508 slugging percentage. Heredia has tallied a walk 10 times while being called out on strikes on 15 occasions. He has amassed 14 runs in addition to having earned 26 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .422 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .930.

Out of their 30 tries at stealing a base, they have been successful 19 times and been caught 11 times (36.7% caught stealing percentage). The SSG Landers have turned 31 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .974 (7th in the league). The Landers have 321 assists, 31 errors and have accumulated 856 putouts on the campaign.

The Landers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.396 with a FIP of 3.82 as a staff on the year. They are sitting at 3rd in KBO as a staff in total hits allowed with 268. The SSG pitching staff have given up 121 runs for the season while holding an ERA of 3.28 (104 earned runs surrendered). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.79 (233 strikeouts vs 130 free passes). They have yielded 19 long balls and they surrender 3.82 runs per 9 innings (1st in the league).

Who will win tonight's KBO game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Hanwha

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