Samsung Lions vs LG Twins Prediction, 5/29/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs LG Twins

Date: Sunday, May 29, 2022

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the venue where Kang-Nam Yoo and the LG Twins (26-21, 4th in KBO) will take on the Samsung Lions (23-23, 6th in KBO) on Sunday, May 29, 2022.

As a team, the Samsung Lions are scoring 4.3 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 6th in the league. They have racked up 197 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .322. The Lions have tallied 75 doubles as a squad and have hit 28 balls out of the stadium. They have amassed 185 runs batted in in addition to 410 base knocks this year, and their batting average is at .260. Samsung owns a slugging percentage of .371 and have struck out 322 times, while taking a walk on 138 occasions.

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Min-ho Kang is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Samsung. Kang has compiled an average at the plate of .274 for his career, with 833 scored runs and an OPS of .815. He has been struck out 1,371 times and earned a walk on 692 occasions, contributing to a .354 on-base percentage. In his career, Kang has hit 291 balls out of the park while knocking in 1,043 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .461 in addition to having tallied 3,002 bases. For his career, he came to the plate 7,466 times and has delivered a hit 1,788 times.

The Samsung Lions have notched a total of 1,233 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 461 assists and 44 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .975 which puts them in 6th in KBO and have accumulated 34 double plays. The Lions have swiped 15 bases and have been gunned down 12 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 44.4%.

The Lions have an earned run average of 3.53 for the year (4th in KBO), and their staff has rung up 320 batters. Lions pitchers have allowed 36 long balls and 194 runs (7th in the league). Samsung has conceded 405 base knocks (8.9 per 9 innings) and 161 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.27 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.33.

The LG Twins are sitting with an OBP of .332 and a team batting average of .260 on the season. They have been called out on strikes on 298 instances (9th in the league) and have recorded 414 base knocks. LG has a total of 34 home runs on the year to go along with 202 runs batted in. The Twins have a team SLG% of .379 and they earn 4.62 runs per outing (3rd in the league). They have hit 73 doubles, while walking 150 times as well as notching 217 runs.

Kang-Nam Yoo is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for LG. Over the course of the 2,702 at-bats in his pro career, Yoo has an average at the plate of .268 in addition to 724 base hits. He has hit a home run 97 times, as well as 1,144 bases in total and a .423 slugging percentage. Yoo has tallied a walk 183 times while being called out on strikes on 535 chances. He is sitting with 306 runs and also has 420 runs batted in. His OBP sits at .331 and he has a career OPS of .754.

The LG Twins have turned 44 double plays and have a fielding rate of .979 (3rd in the league). The Twins have accrued 453 assists, 36 errors and have earned a total of 1,262 putouts so far this season. Of their 58 attempts at getting a steal, they have had success 47 times and been caught 11 times (19.0% caught stealing percentage).

The Twins have a WHIP of 1.361 in addition to having a FIP of 4.17 as a squad for the year. They rank 5th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 400. The LG pitching staff have conceded 195 runs for the year while holding a team ERA of 3.71 (173 earned runs yielded). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 1.97 (339 strikeouts vs 172 free passes). They have relinquished 28 dingers and they give up 4.17 runs per 9 innings (4th in the league).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

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

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