Samsung Lions vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 9/11/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: TVING

Young Woong Kim and the Samsung Lions (73-57, 2nd in KBO) go to Hanwha Life Eagles Park on Wednesday, September 11, 2024, where they'll meet the Hanwha Eagles (60-66, 7th in KBO).

The Lions have compiled 188 doubles as a squad and have knocked 163 balls out of the park. Samsung has a slugging % of .424 and have struck out 1,056 times, while drawing a walk on 486 occasions. As a squad, the Samsung Lions are recording 5.3 runs per outing, which ranks them 7th in the league. They have accrued 661 runs batted in as well as 1,223 hits so far this season, and their batting average sits at .268. They are sitting with 695 runs while having a team OBP of .347.

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Young Woong Kim is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Samsung. For his career, Kim has hit 28 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 85 runs. Over the course of his pro career, he came to bat 595 times and has delivered with a hit 129 times. Kim has an average at the plate of .242 for his career, in addition to 74 runs scored and an OPS of .755. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .449 and he has racked up 240 bases. He has fanned 182 times and has walked on 49 at-bats, which has contributed to a .306 OBP.

The Samsung Lions are sitting with 3,542 putouts on the year, as well as 1,146 assists and 76 errors. Their fielding rate is at .984 which is 1st in Korean baseball and have accumulated 92 double plays. The Lions have swiped 105 bags and have been caught 47 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 30.9%.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.11 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.42. Lions pitchers have surrendered 145 home runs and also 632 runs (10th in KBO). Samsung has allowed 1,241 hits (9.5 per 9 innings) as well as 589 earned runs. The Lions have a team earned run average of 4.49 for the year (2nd in baseball), and their staff has rung up 908 hitters.

Hanwha has hit 118 long balls this year to go along with 632 RBIs. They have put up 196 two-baggers, while taking a walk 473 times and racking up 674 runs. The Hanwha Eagles have a team on-base percentage of .350 as well as a batting average of .272 on the season. The Eagles have a SLG% of .403 and they score 5.27 runs per outing (8th in the league). They have struck out on 949 instances (8th in the league) and have recorded 1,215 hits.

Si Hwan Roh is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. Noh has drawn a walk 291 times while striking out on 625 chances. He has scored 348 runs and racked up 384 RBIs. His OBP sits at .351 and he has earned a career OPS of .792. He has homered 92 times, with 1,024 bases in total and a .440 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 2,328 at-bats in his pro career, Noh has compiled an average at the plate of .265 with 617 hits.

The Hanwha Eagles have turned 119 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .980 (3rd in KBO). The Eagles have accrued 1,186 assists, 94 errors and have a total of 3,407 putouts so far this season. Out of their 140 chances at swiping a bag, they have been successful 100 times and been caught 40 times (28.6% caught stealing rate).

The Eagles have a team WHIP of 1.518 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.44 as a pitching staff for the season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.19 (1,012 strikeouts vs 463 free passes). They are sitting at 4th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 1,260. They have conceded 116 homers and they relinquish 5.44 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball). The Hanwha pitching staff have conceded 687 runs so far this year and come in with a team ERA of 4.94 (623 earned runs surrendered).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Samsung

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