Hanwha Eagles vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 5/5/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Hanwha Eagles vs Kia Tigers

Date: Sunday, May 5, 2024

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Gwangju Kia Champions Field is the site where Hyoung Woo Choi and the Kia Tigers (22-11, 1st in KBO) will take on the Hanwha Eagles (13-20, 8th in KBO) on Sunday, May 5, 2024.

The Eagles have accrued 58 doubles as a team and have smacked 24 balls out of the park. Hanwha is slugging .383 and have struck out 249 times, while drawing a walk on 138 occasions. As a squad, the Hanwha Eagles are notching 5.1 runs per contest, which puts them at 9th in baseball. They have amassed 161 RBI's and 280 hits for the season, while their average at the plate is sitting at .252. They have a total of 168 runs and have an on-base percentage of .347.

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Si Hwan Roh is a batter who can be a difference maker for Hanwha. In his professional baseball career, Noh has hit 75 balls out of the park while driving in 328 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .434 and he has totaled 859 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he came to bat 2,268 times and got on base with a base hit 519 times. He has gone down on strikes 540 times and has been walked on 256 at-bats, contributing to a .350 on-base percentage. Noh has hit .262 for his baseball career, with 281 scored runs and an OPS of .784.

The Hanwha Eagles have earned a total of 867 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 307 assists and 25 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .979 which has them sitting 6th in Korean baseball and have a total of 32 double plays. The Eagles have swiped 35 bases and have been gunned down 11 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 23.9%.

Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.93 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.52. Eagles pitchers have given up 30 long balls and also 179 runs in total (6th in the league). Hanwha has conceded 312 hits (9.7 per 9 innings) and 162 earned runs. The Eagles have an earned run average of 5.04 on the campaign (6th in the league), and the staff has struck out 243 batters.

The Kia Tigers have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .374 and a batting average of .298 on the campaign. They have been rung up on 210 instances (10th in the league) and have 350 hits. Kia has recorded 38 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 191 runs batted in. The Tigers hold a team slugging % of .460 and they average 6.09 runs per contest (1st in baseball). They have 67 doubles, while walking 132 times and recording 201 runs.

Hyoung Woo Choi is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Choi has recorded a walk 1,092 times while striking out on 1,341 occasions. His OBP is .401 and he also has a career OPS of .932. Over the course of the 7,572 at-bats in his pro career, Choi has compiled an average at the plate of .311 in addition to 2,354 hits. He has tallied 1,245 runs and racked up 1,572 RBIs. He has homered 379 times, with 4,023 total bases and a .531 slugging percentage.

In their 36 tries at stealing a base, they have made it 29 times and been caught 7 times (19.4% caught stealing percentage). The Kia Tigers have turned 34 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .968 (10th in Korean baseball). The Tigers have 331 assists, 40 errors and have earned 881 putouts on the season.

The Tigers hold a team WHIP of 1.470 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.03 as a team on the year. They come in at 9th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 297. The Kia pitching staff have allowed 164 runs this season while holding an ERA of 3.90 (127 earned runs surrendered). Their K/BB ratio sits at 1.96 (262 strikeouts against 134 walks). They have yielded 26 homers and they allow 5.03 runs per 9 innings (3rd in the league).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Hanwha

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