Samsung Lions vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 7/11/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Kia Tigers

Date: Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Gwangju Kia Champions Field is the venue where Hyoung Woo Choi and the Kia Tigers (35-38, 6th in KBO) will play the Samsung Lions (30-48, 10th in KBO) on Tuesday, July 11, 2023.

As a unit, the Samsung Lions are recording 4.1 runs/g, which has them sitting at 9th in KBO. They have accounted for 319 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .323. The Lions have accrued 112 doubles as a team and have hit 49 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 306 RBI's as well as 672 base knocks on the campaign, while their average at the plate comes in at .252. Samsung is slugging .356 and have struck out 549 times, while getting the free base on 251 occasions.

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Min-ho Kang is a batter who can be a difference maker for Samsung. In his career, Kang has hit 314 baseballs out of the park while driving in 1,130 runs. For his time in baseball, he stepped up to the plate 8,045 times and came through with a base hit 1,940 times. Kang has earned a batting average of .276 for his career, in addition to 896 runs scored and an OPS of .817. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .462 in addition to having tallied 3,251 bases. He has fanned 1,450 times and earned a walk on 745 attempts at the plate, which contributes in part to a .355 on-base percentage.

The Lions have swiped 34 bases and have been caught 14 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 29.2%. The Samsung Lions have a total of 2,087 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 771 assists and 50 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .983 which has them sitting 2nd in KBO and have earned 57 double plays.

The Lions have compiled a team earned run average of 4.65 this year (10th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 517 hitters. Lions pitchers have given up 64 home runs and also 398 total runs (1st in baseball). Samsung has surrendered 761 base hits (9.9 per 9 innings) in addition to 359 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.96 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.47.

The Kia Tigers hold an OBP of .334 in addition to a batting average of .262 on the year. They have been rung up on 534 occasions (6th in baseball) and have recorded 662 hits. Kia has knocked in 52 HRs this season in addition to 315 RBIs. The Tigers have a slugging percentage of .369 and they average 4.55 runs per outing (3rd in baseball). They have recorded 102 two-baggers, while taking a walk 256 times and notching 337 runs.

Hyoung Woo Choi is a batter who can be a difference maker for Kia. Choi has earned a free base 1,056 times while striking out on 1,289 plate appearances. He has a total of 1,200 runs and also has 1,506 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .402 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .935. He has gone yard 367 times, with 3,883 total bases and a .533 slugging percentage. For the 7,279 official at-bats in his career, Choi has an average at the plate of .312 with 2,270 base knocks.

The Kia Tigers have turned 77 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .982 (3rd in KBO). The Tigers have accrued 658 assists, 47 errors and have a total of 1,961 putouts for the season. Of their 68 tries at swiping a bag, they have had success 54 times and been caught 14 times (20.6% caught stealing percentage).

The Tigers hold a team WHIP of 1.439 in addition to having a FIP of 4.31 as a pitching staff for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.63 (533 strikeouts vs 326 bases on balls). They sit at 9th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 614. They have relinquished 38 HR's and they relinquish 4.31 runs per 9 innings (5th in KBO). The Kia pitching staff have allowed 313 runs this year while holding an ERA of 3.84 (279 earned runs surrendered).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung

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