LG Twins vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 8/5/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: LG Twins vs Samsung Lions

Date: Saturday, August 5, 2023

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: SBS Sports

Hae Min Park and the LG Twins (54-33, 1st in KBO) go to Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Saturday, August 5, 2023, where they'll take on the Samsung Lions (36-53, 10th in KBO).

As a squad, the LG Twins are earning 5.4 runs per outing, which is 1st in the league. They have notched a total of 484 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .372. The Twins have compiled 153 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 48 balls out of the park. They have accumulated 458 runs batted in in addition to 868 hits this year, while their average at the plate is at .284. LG owns a slugging percentage of .392 and have been rung up 530 times, while being walked on 393 occasions.

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Hae Min Park is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for LG. For his professional baseball career, Park has slapped 48 balls out of the park while knocking in 494 runs. Over the course of his pro career, he came to the plate 5,565 times and also came through with a hit 1,398 times. Park has a batting average of .287 in his time in baseball, in addition to 857 scored runs and an OPS of .738. He has earned a slugging percentage of .384 and he has a total of 1,867 bases. He has gone down on strikes 808 times and has gotten a free base on 491 at-bats, contributing to a .354 on-base percentage.

The LG Twins have a tally of 2,425 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 817 assists and 83 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .975 which puts them in 9th in the league and have earned 82 double plays. The Twins have stolen 68 bags and have been caught 16 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 19.0%.

The Twins have a team ERA of 3.60 over the course of the season (1st in KBO), and the staff has struck out 611 batters. Twins pitchers have given up 42 long balls and also 378 runs in total (8th in baseball). LG has surrendered 763 hits (8.5 per 9 innings) as well as 323 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.96 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.33.

The Lions have a team slugging % of .364 and they earn 4.30 runs per outing (6th in KBO). They have hit 136 two-baggers, while walking 299 times as well as putting up 387 runs. Samsung has accounted for 54 home runs for the year in addition to 371 runs batted in. They have struck out on 625 occasions (5th in baseball) and have notched a total of 810 hits. The Samsung Lions have earned a team on-base percentage of .331 and a batting average of .260 this season.

Jae Hyeon Lee is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Lee has recorded a walk 30 times while fanning on 109 tries. His OBP comes in at .274 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .615. Over the course of the 536 official at-bats in his career, Lee has an average at the plate of .231 with 124 hits. He has accumulated 60 runs and has 56 RBIs. He has gone yard 14 times, with 183 total bases and also a .341 slugging percentage.

In their 54 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 39 times and been caught 15 times (27.8% caught stealing rate). The Samsung Lions have turned 67 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .982 (3rd in the league). The Lions have racked up 874 assists, 60 errors and have amassed 2,417 putouts during this campaign.

The Samsung pitching staff have yielded 457 runs this year while holding a team ERA of 4.61 (412 earned runs relinquished). They have given up 74 homers and they surrender 5.11 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league). The Lions are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.459 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.11 as a squad this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.04 (603 strikeouts against 295 free passes). They rank 1st in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 880.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung

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