Samsung Lions vs KT Wiz Prediction, 8/14/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs KT Wiz

Date: Sunday, August 14, 2022

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Jae-gyun Hwang and the KT Wiz (52-45, 4th in KBO) play the Samsung Lions (41-57, 9th in KBO) at Suwon KT Wiz Park on Sunday, August 14, 2022.

Samsung owns a slugging percentage of .367 and have struck out 725 times, while being walked on 306 occasions. They have tallied 410 RBI's and 919 base knocks for the year, while their team batting average is at .263. The Lions have recorded 157 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 61 balls out of the park. They have racked up 435 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .327. As a team, the Samsung Lions are notching 4.4 runs/g, which has them at 6th in the league.

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Jae Il Oh is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Oh is sitting with a batting avereage of .282 for his time in baseball, with 532 scored runs and an OPS of .858. He has gone down on strikes 894 times and earned a walk on 487 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .364 OBP. For his professional baseball career, Oh has hit 185 baseballs out of the park while driving in 739 runs. His slugging percentage is .494 and he has accumulated 1,847 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped into the batters box 4,316 times and got on base with a base hit 1,055 times.

The Lions have swiped 35 bases and have been thrown out 24 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 40.7%. The Samsung Lions have accounted for 2,702 putouts so far this season, as well as 984 assists and 83 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .978 which puts them in 8th in KBO and have accumulated 79 double plays.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.91 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.46. Lions pitchers have allowed 90 home runs and also 502 total runs (3rd in KBO). Samsung has conceded 953 base knocks (9.5 per 9 innings) in addition to 437 earned runs. The Lions hold a team earned run average of 4.37 for the season (8th in the league), and their staff has rung up 691 batters.

The KT Wiz have earned a team on-base percentage of .332 in addition to a team batting average of .254 this season. They have struck out on 804 instances (2nd in the league) and have tallied 850 base hits. KT has 83 home runs for the year as well as 407 runs batted in. The Wiz have a team slugging % of .375 and they average 4.42 runs per game (5th in the league). They have put up 130 two-baggers, while walking 367 times as well as scoring 438 runs.

Jae-gyun Hwang is a batter who should be able to impact this game for KT. Hwang has tallied a free base 613 times while going down on strikes on 1,243 occasions. His on-base percentage sits at .352 and he is the owner of a has a OPS in his career of .775. Over the course of the 6,583 at-bats in his professional career, Hwang has a batting average of .290 with 1,906 hits. He is sitting with 978 runs in addition to having earned 966 RBIs. He has gone deep 201 times, as well as 2,951 total bases and also a .448 slugging percentage.

The KT Wiz have turned 91 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .982 (1st in Korean baseball). The Wiz have racked up 993 assists, 65 errors and have a total of 2,656 putouts so far this season. Of their 69 tries at swiping a bag, they have had success 53 times and been caught 16 times (23.2% caught stealing percentage).

The KT pitching staff have allowed 394 runs this season and come in with a team ERA of 3.59 (353 earned runs surrendered). They have yielded 62 HR's and they concede 4.01 runs per 9 innings (2nd in the league). The Wiz have a WHIP of 1.261 and have a FIP of 4.01 as a squad for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 3.00 (750 strikeouts vs 250 bases on balls). They rank 6th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 866.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take KT and under the total runs

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