Shinsegae at Hanwha

DAEJEON (Interstat) — The Shinsegae Landers will visit the Hanwha Eagles on Tuesday at Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium in Daejeon, South Korea. The forecast for game time calls for 63 degrees Fahrenheit.

Shinsegae enters at 60-70-5. Hanwha is 54-77-5. The Landers are coming off a 9-0 win at NC, while the Eagles are coming off a 13-6 home win over Kiwoom. Shinsegae has won four of its past five games. Hanwha has dropped four of its past five.

Pedro Ávila is a player to watch for Shinsegae. In his most recent start, Ávila allowed three hits over seven scoreless innings, walked four and struck out four in the 9-0 victory at NC. Han Doo-sol and Park Si-hoo each followed with a scoreless inning of relief. Ávila also has a complete-game, one-run effort against LG, a 6 2/3-inning start with eight strikeouts against KT, and a seven-inning, 11-strikeout performance at Lotte among his recent outings. He has won three of his last four starts. Over those four starts, he has allowed five earned runs and struck out 29.

Kang Baek-ho is a player to watch for Hanwha. He went 3-for-4 with two RBIs in the Eagles’ most recent game. Kim Jong-soo and Kim Seo-hyeon each added a scoreless inning of relief in that win. Over his past 10 games, Kang has 11 hits, one home run and six RBIs. That stretch includes a 2-for-5 game with a homer and two RBIs at NC and a 2-for-3, two-RBI game at Lotte.

Shinsegae has won the past four meetings between the teams, including a 4-3 victory in the most recent matchup. The Landers also won 13-6, 6-1 and 7-1 during that run. Hanwha had won six straight in the series before that, with victories of 6-3, 8-1, 9-2, 6-2, 13-10 and 4-3. The teams have played 10 times in the recent series.

Shinsegae’s recent wins include a 6-5 decision over LG, a 10-5 win over Kiwoom, a 2-1 win at NC and a 4-1 win at Lotte. Its recent losses include a 13-1 setback at NC, a 5-4 loss to Samsung and an 8-2 loss to KT. Hanwha has recent wins over Kiwoom and Lotte, but it also has losses to Kiwoom, Samsung, NC and Lotte.

Shinsegae’s upcoming schedule includes home games against NC and Samsung and a road trip to Kia. Hanwha will visit Kiwoom and host NC.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Shinsegae Landers 8, Hanwha Eagles 2. Interstat’s ELO system gives Hanwha a 53.3 percent probability to win.