LG Twins vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 8/6/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: LG Twins vs Samsung Lions

Date: Sunday, August 6, 2023

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Min-ho Kang and the Samsung Lions (37-53, 10th in KBO) host the LG Twins (55-33, 1st in KBO) at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Sunday, August 6, 2023.

LG has a slugging % of .391 and have been called out on strikes 537 times, while getting the free base on 399 occasions. They have compiled 463 runs batted in as well as 875 hits for the year, while their batting average sits at .283. The Twins have compiled 154 doubles as a unit and have hit 48 balls out of the park. They are sitting with 490 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .371. As a team, the LG Twins are putting up 5.4 runs per outing, which has them at 1st in KBO.

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Chang-ki Hong is a batter who can be a difference maker for LG. Hong is sitting with a batting avereage of .304 for his career, in addition to 365 runs scored and an OPS of .828. He has gone down on strikes 375 times and has been walked on 343 occasions, contributing to a .427 on-base percentage. For his pro baseball career, Hong has hit 13 balls out of the park while driving in 207 runs. His slugging percentage is .401 in addition to having tallied 752 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he approached the plate 2,311 times and has come through with a hit 569 times.

The Twins have stolen 68 bags and have been gunned down 16 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 19.0%. The LG Twins have earned 2,452 putouts so far this season, in addition to 826 assists and 85 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .975 which ranks 9th in the league and they have turned 82 double plays.

The Twins are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.57 so far this year (1st in the league), and the staff has rung up 614 hitters. Twins pitchers have surrendered 42 home runs and 381 runs in total (9th in baseball). LG has yielded 771 base knocks (8.5 per 9 innings) as well as 324 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.96 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.33.

Samsung is sitting with 54 home runs over the course of the season and 378 RBIs. They have 137 doubles, while getting a free base 303 times as well as putting up 394 runs. The Samsung Lions have compiled a team on-base percentage of .332 and a team batting average of .262 over the course of the season. The Lions have a slugging percentage of .364 and they earn 4.33 runs per outing (6th in baseball). They have struck out on 630 occasions (5th in the league) and have accounted for 823 base hits.

Min-ho Kang is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Kang has drawn a walk 751 times while fanning on 1,455 occasions. His OBP is .355 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .817. Over the course of the 7,067 at-bats in his baseball career, Kang has accumulated a batting average of .276 and has racked up 1,950 hits. He has accumulated 901 runs and also has 1,138 runs batted in. He has gone deep 315 times, with 3,265 bases in total and also a .462 slugging percentage.

The Samsung Lions have twisted 68 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .982 (3rd in the league). The Lions have recorded 882 assists, 62 errors and have amassed 2,444 putouts over the course of the season. In their 55 tries at stealing a base, they have made it 40 times and been caught 15 times (27.3% caught stealing percentage).

The Lions are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.455 in addition to having a FIP of 5.11 as a team on the campaign. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.04 (607 strikeouts vs 298 walks). They rank 1st in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 887. They have conceded 75 homers and they concede 5.11 runs per 9 innings (10th in baseball). The Samsung pitching staff have given up 463 runs so far this season and come in with a team ERA of 4.61 (417 earned runs relinquished).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take LG

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