The Hanwha Eagles and SK Wyverns meet Thursday morning in South Korea KBO baseball action at the Hanwha Life Eagles Park.
The Hanwha Eagles need a win after losing nine of their last 13 games. The Hanwha Eagles pitching staff has allowed five or more runs in five of their last 10 games. In their last effort, Kang Kyung-hak and Ha Ju-suk combined for four hits and two RBI while Kim Jin-wook allowed zero runs and two hits in six innings of work. The Hanwha Eagles have lost 20 of their last 29 games overall. Warwick Saupold gets the ball tonight for the Hanwha Eagles.
The SK Wyverns need a win here to snap an 11-game losing streak. The SK Wyverns pitching staff has allowed five or more runs in 11 straight games. In their last effort, Oh Tae-gon and Kim Sung-hyun combined for three hits and three RBI while Baek Seung-geon allowed four runs and one hit in one inning of work. The SK Wyverns have lost 15 of their last 18 games overall. Park Jong-hoon gets the ball tonight for the SK Wyverns.
The SK Wyverns have won eight of their last 11 games against the Hanwha Eagles. Each of the last five meetings between the Wyverns and Eagles have produced double-digit run totals.
Warwick Saupold has a 5.31 ERA and 1.50 WHIP this season through 123.2 innings, and he’s allowed four or more earned runs in seven of his last 10 starts. Park Jong-hoon has a 5.30 ERA and 1.47 WHIP this season through 105.1 innings, and he’s allowed three or more earned runs in five of his last six starts. You shouldn’t be looking to back either of these starting pitchers with what they’ve shown us this season, and their current form hasn’t improved at all. Both of these pitchers have been batting practice every time they take the hill. We’ve also seen double-digit run totals in each of the last five meetings between the Wyverns and Eagles.
Give me the over nine runs in this contest, as we should once again see fireworks between these two clubs.