LG Twins vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 5/14/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: LG Twins vs Samsung Lions

Date: Sunday, May 14, 2023

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Hae Min Park and the LG Twins (20-12, 3rd in KBO) are headed to Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Sunday, May 14, 2023, where they'll take on the Samsung Lions (14-16, 7th in KBO).

The Twins have accrued 54 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 17 balls out of the park. LG is slugging .399 and have been rung up 186 times, while taking a walk on 152 occasions. As a squad, the LG Twins are earning 5.4 runs per game, which has them at 1st in KBO. They have amassed 164 runs batted in as well as 317 base knocks this season, and their average at the plate is sitting at .292. They have 172 runs and have an on-base percentage of .382.

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Hae Min Park is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for LG. For his career, Park has hit 48 balls over the fence while driving in 478 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .385 and he has totaled 1,801 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped into the batters box 5,328 times and has reached base with a hit 1,339 times. He has struck out 784 times and has taken a walk on 465 occasions, contributing to a .352 on-base percentage. Park has compiled an average at the plate of .287 for his career in baseball, in addition to 817 scored runs and an OPS of .738.

The Twins have swiped 29 bases and have been caught 7 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 19.4%. The LG Twins are sitting with 870 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 299 assists and 34 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .972 which is 9th in KBO and they have turned 29 double plays.

The Twins have compiled a team ERA of 3.41 for the year (3rd in baseball), and the staff has rung up 219 hitters. Twins pitchers have allowed 13 long balls and 143 total runs (3rd in KBO). LG has given up 269 hits (8.3 per 9 innings) in addition to 110 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.92 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.32.

The Samsung Lions are sitting with a team OBP of .323 as well as a batting average of .247 over the course of the season. They have struck out on 213 occasions (7th in baseball) and have recorded 251 base hits. Samsung has accumulated 22 long balls over the course of the season to go along with 128 runs batted in. The Lions have a team slugging % of .356 and they average 4.37 runs per game (6th in the league). They hit 41 doubles, while taking a walk 103 times and recording 131 runs.

Min-ho Kang is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. In the 6,880 at-bats in his baseball career, Kang has accrued an average at the plate of .275 in addition to having 1,894 hits. He has gone yard 308 times, in addition to having 3,182 total bases and a .463 slugging percentage. Kang has earned a free base 727 times while going down on strikes on 1,430 attempts. He has compiled 875 runs and racked up 1,108 runs batted in. His OBP comes in at .354 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .817.

The Samsung Lions have turned 20 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .988 (1st in the league). The Lions have recorded 290 assists, 13 errors and have notched a total of 808 putouts on the campaign. Of their 21 tries at getting a steal, they have made it 14 times and been caught 7 times (33.3% caught stealing percentage).

The Samsung pitching staff have relinquished 141 runs over the course of the season while holding a team ERA of 4.48 (134 earned runs surrendered). They have relinquished 23 home runs and they surrender 4.71 runs per 9 innings (7th in KBO). The Lions hold a team WHIP of 1.405 and have a FIP of 4.71 as a squad for the season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.03 (211 strikeouts vs 104 free passes). They are currently ranked 4th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 274.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take LG

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