Hanwha at Kiwoom
SEOUL (Interstat) — The Hanwha Eagles will visit the Kiwoom Heroes on Wednesday at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea, with both teams looking to close the season on a stronger note.
Hanwha enters at 55-77-5. Kiwoom is 51-83-4. The Eagles will be the visiting team, while the Heroes will be the home team.
Roh Si-hwan is a player to watch for Hanwha. In the Eagles’ most recent game, a 9-2 win over the Shinsegae Landers, Roh went 2-for-4 with one home run and three RBIs. Owen White pitched 5 2/3 innings, allowing six hits, two earned runs and four walks while striking out four. Yu Min went 2-for-2 with a home run and one RBI.
Roh also went 2-for-5 with one RBI against Kiwoom in the most recent head-to-head meeting, a 13-6 Hanwha win. He had a 2-for-4 game against Kiwoom in the previous meeting, then went 0-for-4 in the next. Earlier, he went 2-for-3 at Samsung and had a 1-for-3 game at Samsung, with a 0-for-4 game in between.
Kiwoom’s player to watch is Lim Jin-muk. In the Heroes’ most recent game, a 10-1 loss to KT Wiz, Lim pitched 1 1/3 innings, allowing one hit and no earned runs with one walk and two strikeouts. Kim Seon-gi pitched 1 2/3 innings, allowing one hit and one earned run with one strikeout. Cho Young-gun pitched one inning and allowed no hits or earned runs.
Lim previously pitched 2/3 of an inning at Lotte, allowing two hits, two earned runs and two walks. He also pitched one inning at Shinsegae, allowing no hits or earned runs with one walk and two strikeouts.
The most recent meetings between the teams include a 13-6 Hanwha win in the latest matchup. Kiwoom won 9-3 and 7-2 in the two games before that. Earlier, the teams played to a 9-9 tie, and Kiwoom won 4-2 and 7-6, while Hanwha dropped a 14-5 decision. Hanwha also lost 3-2 in eight innings, 3-1 and 4-3 in earlier meetings.
Hanwha’s recent form includes the win over Shinsegae. The Eagles also beat Kiwoom in their previous game before that. They then lost two straight to Kiwoom and three straight at Samsung. Earlier, they beat Lotte and lost to NC and Lotte. Kiwoom’s recent results include the loss to KT, a loss at Lotte, a win at NC and a win at KT.
The game is scheduled for Wednesday at Gocheok Sky Dome.
Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Hanwha Eagles 7, Kiwoom Heroes 6. Interstat’s ELO system gives Hanwha a 60.1 percent probability to win.