Samsung Lions vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 9/12/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Thursday, September 12, 2024

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Hanwha Life Eagles Park is the venue where Yonathan Perlaza and the Hanwha Eagles (60-66, 7th in KBO) will play the Samsung Lions (73-57, 2nd in KBO) on Thursday, September 12, 2024.

Samsung is slugging .424 and have struck out 1,056 times, while getting the free base on 486 occasions. They have amassed 661 runs batted in as well as 1,223 base knocks for the year, while their team batting average sits at .268. The Lions have hit 188 doubles as a unit and have knocked 163 balls out of the stadium. They have accounted for 695 runs scored and have an OBP of .347. As a team, the Samsung Lions are scoring 5.3 runs/g, which has them sitting at 7th in the league.

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Ja Wook Koo is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. For his pro baseball career, Koo has hit 160 balls out of the park while knocking in 766 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .507 and he has a total of 2,363 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped up to bat 5,264 times and came through with a base base hit 1,474 times. He has struck out 907 times and earned a walk on 473 occasions, which contributes in part to a .383 OBP. Koo has compiled an average at the plate of .316 for his baseball career, in addition to 868 runs scored and an OPS of .890.

The Samsung Lions have amassed 3,542 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 1,146 assists and 76 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .984 which is 1st in Korean baseball and they have turned 92 double plays. The Lions have swiped 105 bases and have been thrown out 47 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 30.9%.

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

Hanwha has a total of 118 long balls on the year and 632 RBIs. They have put up 196 two-baggers, while taking a walk 473 times and racking up 674 runs. The Hanwha Eagles have compiled an OBP of .350 in addition to a batting average of .272 so far this season. The Eagles have a SLG% of .403 and they are recording 5.27 runs per outing (8th in the league). They have been rung up on 949 instances (8th in the league) and have totaled 1,215 base hits.

Yonathan Perlaza is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Hanwha. Over the course of the 2,571 at-bats in his professional career, Perlaza has a batting average of .273 in addition to 701 base knocks. He has homered 90 times, in addition to having 1,175 total bases and also a .457 slugging percentage. Perlaza has drawn a free base 315 times while fanning on 663 occasions. He has compiled 431 runs in addition to having earned 375 runs batted in. His OBP comes in at .353 and he is the owner of a has a OPS in his career of .810.

In their 140 attempts at stealing a base, they have had success 100 times and been caught 40 times (28.6% caught stealing rate). The Hanwha Eagles have turned 119 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .980 (3rd in Korean baseball). The Eagles have racked up 1,186 assists, 94 errors and have a tally of 3,407 putouts so far this year.

The Eagles hold a team WHIP of 1.518 in addition to having a FIP of 5.44 as a squad for the year. They rank 4th in KBO as a staff in total hits given up with 1,260. The Hanwha pitching staff have given up 687 runs over the course of the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.94 (623 earned runs yielded). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.19 (1,012 strikeouts against 463 bases on balls). They have given up 116 homers and they concede 5.44 runs per 9 innings (5th in KBO).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Hanwha

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