Samsung Lions vs LG Twins Prediction, 4/7/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: Samsung Lions vs LG Twins
Date: Friday, April 7, 2023
Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea
TV: KBS N Sports
Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the venue where Hae Min Park and the LG Twins (2-2, 7th in KBO) will take on the Samsung Lions (2-1, 2nd in KBO) on Friday, April 7, 2023.
The Lions have accrued 2 doubles as a team and have smacked 4 balls out of the park. Samsung has a slugging rate of .421 and have struck out 24 times, while getting the free base on 11 occasions. As a unit, the Samsung Lions are putting up 5.0 runs per game, which has them sitting at 5th in the league. They have earned 15 runs batted in and 26 base knocks on the campaign, and their team batting average sits at .274. They have accumulated 15 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .346.
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Min-ho Kang is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Kang has earned a batting average of .275 for his baseball career, with 864 runs scored and an OPS of .816. He has gone down on strikes 1,413 times and has taken a walk on 722 attempts at the plate, which has contributed to a .354 on-base percentage. For his career, Kang has hit 304 balls out of the park while knocking in 1,091 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .462 and he has racked up 3,138 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he came to the plate 7,773 times and has delivered with a hit 1,867 times.
The Lions have swiped 3 bases and have been caught 1 time, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 25.0%. The Samsung Lions have earned 81 putouts thus far, as well as 26 assists and 2 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .982 which has them sitting 3rd in the league and have a total of 0 double plays.
They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.10 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.67. Lions pitchers have conceded 3 home runs in addition to 20 runs in total (3rd in the league). Samsung has conceded 35 hits (11.7 per 9 innings) and also 20 earned runs. The Lions have a team earned run average of 6.67 for the year (9th in the league), and they have rung up 21 batters.
The LG Twins have earned an OBP of .371 in addition to a batting average of .293 so far this year. They have struck out on 20 occasions (6th in baseball) and have notched a total of 44 base hits. LG is sitting with 0 home runs for the season as well as 24 RBIs. The Twins hold a team slugging % of .353 and they tally 6.00 runs per contest (2nd in the league). They have recorded 9 two-baggers, while getting a free base 14 times and scoring 24 runs.
Hae Min Park is a batter who can be a difference maker for LG. In the 4,573 at-bats in his baseball career, Park has earned a batting average of .286 in addition to 1,310 base hits. He has hit a home run 45 times, with 1,759 total bases and also a .385 slugging percentage. Park has recorded a walk 459 times while fanning on 764 plate appearances. He has a total of 804 runs and also has 465 RBIs. His on-base percentage comes in at .353 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .738.
The LG Twins have turned 1 double play and have earned a fielding percentage of .959 (8th in KBO). The Twins have recorded 33 assists, 6 errors and have earned a total of 108 putouts so far this season. In their 5 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 5 times and been caught 0 times (0.0% caught stealing percentage).
The Twins have a WHIP of 1.389 and have a FIP of 5.75 as a pitching staff for the season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.07 (29 strikeouts vs 14 bases on balls). They rank 2nd in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 36. They have surrendered 3 dingers and they relinquish 5.75 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league). The LG pitching staff have given up 23 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.75 (15 earned runs yielded).
So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?
Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take LG and under the total runs
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