Samsung Lions vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 6/4/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Sunday, June 4, 2023

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Eun Seong Chae and the Hanwha Eagles (18-27, 9th in KBO) play the Samsung Lions (20-27, 7th in KBO) at Hanwha Life Eagles Park on Sunday, June 4, 2023.

Samsung is slugging .352 and have been called out on strikes 333 times, while drawing a walk on 151 occasions. They have accrued 182 RBI's as well as 390 hits so far this season, and their batting average comes in at .244. The Lions have recorded 61 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 34 balls out of the park. They are sitting with 192 runs and have an on-base percentage of .313. As a unit, the Samsung Lions are scoring 4.1 runs per outing, which has them at 7th in KBO.

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Jose Pirela is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. In his career, Pirela has drilled 203 balls out of the park while driving in 1,032 runs. His slugging percentage is .436 and he has racked up 3,459 bases. In his time in the Majors, he came to the plate 8,849 times and also came through with a base hit 2,268 times. He has struck out 1,270 times and has been walked on 709 occasions, contributing to a .350 on-base percentage. Pirela has accrued an average at the plate of .286 in his time in baseball, in addition to 1,258 scored runs and an OPS of .786.

The Samsung Lions have earned a total of 1,269 putouts so far this season, in addition to 448 assists and 20 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .988 which puts them in 1st in KBO and have 34 double plays. The Lions have stolen 21 bases and have been thrown out 9 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 30.0%.

The Lions have compiled a team ERA of 4.79 for the year (10th in KBO), and the staff has struck out 328 batters. Lions pitchers have surrendered 38 home runs and also 234 runs in total (2nd in KBO). Samsung has conceded 451 base hits (9.6 per 9 innings) and also 225 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.00 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.45.

Hanwha has hit 24 home runs so far this year in addition to 164 runs batted in. They hit 63 doubles, while getting a free base 177 times as well as putting up 174 runs. The Hanwha Eagles have recorded an OBP of .310 and a team batting average of .225 so far this year. The Eagles hold a team SLG% of .311 and they earn 3.63 runs per game (10th in baseball). They have struck out on 403 instances (1st in the league) and are sitting with 362 base knocks.

Eun Seong Chae is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. Chae has earned a walk 251 times while fanning on 656 tries. His OBP comes in at .357 and he also has a career OPS of .803. For the 3,515 at-bats in his baseball career, Chae has hit .297 with 1,044 base knocks. He has tallied 459 runs and has 628 runs batted in. He has hit a home run 104 times, with 1,566 total bases and a .446 slugging percentage.

Of their 53 attempts at swiping a bag, they have had success 31 times and been caught 22 times (41.5% caught stealing rate). The Hanwha Eagles have twisted 47 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .981 (3rd in Korean baseball). The Eagles have recorded 484 assists, 34 errors and have accounted for 1,307 putouts this season.

The Eagles are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.383 in addition to having a FIP of 4.34 as a pitching staff so far this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.91 (360 strikeouts vs 188 free passes). They are sitting at 5th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 414. They have relinquished 31 homers and they give up 4.34 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league). The Hanwha pitching staff have conceded 210 runs on the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.03 (195 earned runs surrendered).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

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

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