Samsung Lions vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 4/18/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Hye Seong Kim and the Kiwoom Heroes (6-6, 5th in KBO) play the Samsung Lions (4-8, 9th in KBO) at Gocheok Sky Dome on Tuesday, April 18, 2023.

As a team, the Samsung Lions are earning 4.2 runs per game, which ranks them 7th in the league. They have racked up 50 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .326. The Lions have compiled 14 doubles as a team and have hit 13 balls out of the stadium. They have recorded 49 runs batted in as well as 95 base knocks on the year, and their average at the plate comes in at .242. Samsung has a slugging percentage of .378 and have struck out 81 times, while drawing a walk on 43 occasions.

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Ja Wook Koo is a batter who should impact this game for Samsung. For his professional baseball career, Koo has drilled 124 balls out of the park while knocking in 605 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .501 and he has racked up 1,902 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he stepped up to the plate 4,278 times and has delivered a base hit 1,193 times. He has been struck out 762 times and earned a walk on 374 occasions, contributing to a .379 on-base percentage. Koo has recorded a batting average of .314 for his career, with 729 runs scored and an OPS of .880.

The Lions have swiped 9 bases and have been gunned down 5 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 35.7%. The Samsung Lions have 322 putouts on the year, in addition to 123 assists and 7 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .985 which puts them in 1st in KBO and have accumulated 11 double plays.

The Lions have compiled a team ERA of 5.71 for the year (9th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 73 batters. Lions pitchers have allowed 7 home runs and 73 runs in total (1st in the league). Samsung has given up 129 base knocks (10.8 per 9 innings) and also 68 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.59 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.63.

Kiwoom has accumulated 3 home runs this season as well as 44 RBIs. They have hit 22 two-baggers, while taking a walk 41 times as well as scoring 47 runs. The Kiwoom Heroes have tallied a team OBP of .336 in addition to a batting average of .258 on the season. The Heroes hold a slugging % of .347 and they tally 3.92 runs per game (9th in baseball). They have struck out on 88 occasions (4th in the league) and have earned a total of 107 hits.

Hye Seong Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. Kim has earned a free base 222 times while striking out on 490 attempts. His on-base percentage sits at .352 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .735. In the 2,421 at-bats in his professional career, Kim has an average at the plate of .294 with 711 hits. He has scored 406 runs in addition to having 259 runs batted in. He has hit the long ball 19 times, with 927 total bases and also a .383 slugging %.

The Kiwoom Heroes have twisted 13 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .965 (9th in KBO). The Heroes have racked up 100 assists, 15 errors and have earned a total of 315 putouts on the season. Out of their 25 tries at swiping a bag, they have been successful 17 times and been caught 8 times (32.0% caught stealing percentage).

The Heroes hold a team WHIP of 1.324 in addition to having a FIP of 4.37 as a squad this year. They rank 5th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 108. The Kiwoom pitching staff have surrendered 51 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.77 (44 earned runs surrendered). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.10 (96 strikeouts vs 31 walks). They have allowed 4 long balls and they surrender 4.37 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung

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