Samsung Lions vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 5/6/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Lotte Giants

Date: Friday, May 6, 2022

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Odds/Point Spread: Samsung (-102) Lotte (-136)

Hoon Jung and the Lotte Giants (15-9, 2nd in KBO) play the Samsung Lions (11-15, 7th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Friday, May 6, 2022. The line on this matchup has the Lions priced at -102 and the Giants are at -136. The over/under is set at 7.5.

Samsung is slugging .341 and have been called out on strikes 178 times, while getting the free base on 75 occasions. They have earned 102 runs batted in as well as 218 base knocks this season, and their average at the plate is sitting at .246. The Lions have compiled 41 two-baggers as a team and have hit 11 balls out of the park. They are sitting with 111 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .310. As a team, the Samsung Lions are scoring 4.3 runs per outing, which ranks them 2nd in KBO.

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Min-ho Kang is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. In his career, Kang has hit 291 baseballs over the fence while driving in 1,034 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .462 and he has a total of 2,987 bases. In his time in the Majors, he came to bat 7,406 times and also came through with a hit 1,777 times. He has struck out 1,363 times and has been walked on 687 occasions, contributing to a .355 on-base %. Kang has an average at the plate of .275 for his career, with 830 runs scored and an OPS of .817.

The Samsung Lions have a total of 708 putouts this season, as well as 276 assists and 30 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .970 which puts them in 8th in Korean baseball and have accumulated 23 double plays. The Lions have swiped 8 bases and have been caught 7 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 46.7%.

They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.17 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.37. Lions pitchers have relinquished 19 home runs and 116 runs in total (2nd in the league). Samsung has conceded 233 base hits (9.2 per 9 innings) as well as 92 earned runs. The Lions have compiled a team earned run average of 3.65 on the campaign (8th in KBO), and the staff has rung up 167 batters.

Lotte has tallied 16 home runs on the season and 97 RBIs. They have 41 two-baggers, while walking 75 times as well as notching 102 runs. The Lotte Giants hold a team OBP of .325 in addition to a batting average of .266 for the season. The Giants have a slugging percentage of .376 and they are recording 4.08 runs per contest (4th in baseball). They have struck out on 171 occasions (9th in the league) and have a total of 230 base hits.

Hoon Jung is a hitter who should impact this game for Lotte. Jung has tallied a free base 392 times while going down on strikes on 707 tries. He is sitting with 527 runs and racked up 419 runs batted in. His on-base % is .362 and he also has a career OPS of .753. He has gone yard 61 times, in addition to having 1,305 total bases and a .391 slugging percentage. For the 3,335 at-bats in his pro career, Jung has compiled an average at the plate of .276 in addition to 920 base hits.

Out of their 30 attempts at getting a steal, they got to the bag before the ball 21 times and been caught 9 times (30.0% caught stealing rate). The Lotte Giants have turned 22 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .977 (5th in Korean baseball). The Giants have accrued 252 assists, 23 errors and have earned 709 putouts on the campaign.

The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.232 and have a FIP of 3.39 as a staff for the year. Their K/BB ratio is 2.82 (240 strikeouts vs 85 bases on balls). They have a ranking of 9th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 196. They have surrendered 5 home runs and they relinquish 3.39 runs per 9 innings (2nd in baseball). The Lotte pitching staff have conceded 86 runs for the season while holding an ERA of 2.88 (73 earned runs surrendered).

Who will win tonight's KBO game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung (-102)

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