Kiwoom Heroes vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 5/12/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Sunday, May 12, 2024

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Hanwha Life Eagles Park is the site where Si Hwan Roh and the Hanwha Eagles (14-21, 9th in KBO) will play the Kiwoom Heroes (15-20, 7th in KBO) on Sunday, May 12, 2024.

As a squad, the Kiwoom Heroes are recording 5.0 runs per game, which has them sitting at 8th in KBO. They have tallied 174 runs and hold an OBP of .332. The Heroes have accrued 52 doubles as a squad and have smacked 35 balls out of the park. They have amassed 168 runs batted in as well as 317 hits on the year, and their batting average is sitting at .262. Kiwoom has a slugging percentage of .402 and have been called out on strikes 260 times, while getting the free base on 115 occasions.

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Hye Seong Kim is a hitter who should impact this game for Kiwoom. For his pro baseball career, Kim has hit 33 balls out of the park while knocking in 334 runs. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped up to the plate 3,392 times and came through with a base hit 915 times. Kim has earned a batting average of .300 for his career in baseball, in addition to 525 runs scored and an OPS of .758. His slugging percentage is .398 and he has a total of 1,214 bases. He has fanned 573 times and earned a walk on 287 at-bats, contributing to a .360 on-base %.

The Heroes have stolen 23 bags and have been gunned down 7 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 23.3%. The Kiwoom Heroes have notched a total of 931 putouts so far this season, in addition to 332 assists and 24 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .981 which ranks 4th in Korean baseball and have 34 double plays.

The Heroes are sitting with a team earned run average of 5.49 on the year (8th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 218 batters. Heroes pitchers have relinquished 30 home runs and 204 runs in total (3rd in baseball). Kiwoom has surrendered 357 base hits (10.4 per 9 innings) and also 189 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 1.77 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.55.

The Eagles hold a slugging percentage of .386 and they tally 4.97 runs per game (9th in the league). They have put up 61 doubles, while getting a free base 145 times as well as scoring 174 runs. Hanwha has accounted for 27 home runs so far this season to go along with 167 RBIs. They have been rung up on 264 occasions (7th in baseball) and have notched a total of 298 base knocks. The Hanwha Eagles have a team on-base percentage of .345 as well as a batting average of .252 this year.

Si Hwan Roh is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. For the 1,995 official at-bats in his baseball career, Noh has accumulated a batting average of .263 with 524 hits. He has gone deep 76 times, as well as 867 total bases and a .435 slugging percentage. Noh has recorded a free base 257 times while being called out on strikes on 545 tries. He has amassed 282 runs in addition to having 329 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .350 and he has a career OPS of .785.

The Hanwha Eagles have turned 34 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .980 (6th in Korean baseball). The Eagles have recorded 327 assists, 26 errors and have amassed 918 putouts this season. Out of their 46 tries at stealing a base, they have had success 35 times and been caught 11 times (23.9% caught stealing percentage).

The Hanwha pitching staff have conceded 191 runs on the year and come in with a team ERA of 5.12 (174 earned runs given up). They have relinquished 33 home runs and they surrender 5.62 runs per 9 innings (6th in KBO). The Eagles are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.523 in addition to having a FIP of 5.62 as a pitching staff this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.98 (261 strikeouts against 132 walks). They sit at 7th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 334.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kiwoom

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