Kiwoom Heroes vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 8/11/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Sunday, August 11, 2024

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Yonathan Perlaza and the Hanwha Eagles (47-55, 8th in KBO) host the Kiwoom Heroes (46-59, 10th in KBO) at Hanwha Life Eagles Park on Sunday, August 11, 2024.

The Heroes have hit 159 doubles as a squad and have hit 78 balls out of the park. Kiwoom has a slugging rate of .390 and have struck out 788 times, while getting the free base on 368 occasions. As a squad, the Kiwoom Heroes are compiling 4.9 runs per game, which has them sitting at 10th in KBO. They have accounted for 490 RBI's in addition to 993 hits this season, while their batting average sits at .273. They have earned 513 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .346.

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Sung Mun Song is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. Song has recorded a batting average of .271 for his career in baseball, with 277 runs scored and an OPS of .730. He has struck out 318 times and has taken a walk on 207 occasions, contributing to a .332 OBP. For his pro baseball career, Song has slapped 48 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 338 runs. His slugging percentage is .398 and he has racked up 858 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped into the batters box 2,412 times and got on base with a base knock 585 times.

The Heroes have swiped 83 bases and have been caught 35 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 29.7%. The Kiwoom Heroes have earned a total of 2,791 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 975 assists and 79 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .979 which puts them in 5th in KBO and they have turned 98 double plays.

Their K/BB ratio is 1.82 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.52. Heroes pitchers have relinquished 104 long balls and also 574 runs in total (5th in the league). Kiwoom has surrendered 1,035 hits (10.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 527 earned runs. The Heroes have compiled a team earned run average of 5.10 so far this season (8th in the league), and they have rung up 686 batters.

Hanwha has hit 95 long balls on the season as well as 532 RBIs. They have recorded 167 doubles, while walking 379 times as well as putting up 565 runs. The Hanwha Eagles are sitting with an OBP of .351 and a team batting average of .275 so far this year. The Eagles have a SLG% of .406 and they score 5.43 runs per game (5th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 774 occasions (7th in the league) and are sitting with 1,000 base hits.

Yonathan Perlaza is a batter who can be a difference maker for Hanwha. In the 2,488 at-bats in his career, Perlaza has hit .273 with 679 hits. He has gone deep 85 times, as well as 1,137 bases in total and also a .457 slugging percentage. Perlaza has recorded a walk 300 times while striking out on 637 tries. He has a total of 420 runs in addition to having 367 runs batted in. His OBP sits at .352 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .809.

In their 120 attempts at getting a steal, they have had success 87 times and been caught 33 times (27.5% caught stealing percentage). The Hanwha Eagles have turned 100 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .980 (4th in KBO). The Eagles have racked up 980 assists, 77 errors and have 2,764 putouts this season.

The Hanwha pitching staff have allowed 563 runs on the year while holding an ERA of 4.98 (510 earned runs conceded). They have given up 90 homers and they concede 5.50 runs per 9 innings (6th in KBO). The Eagles hold a team WHIP of 1.545 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.50 as a staff on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.11 (795 strikeouts against 377 bases on balls). They are currently ranked 3rd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 1,046.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kiwoom

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