Samsung Lions vs LG Twins Prediction, 6/14/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs LG Twins

Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the venue where Austin Dean and the LG Twins (34-23, 2nd in KBO) will play the Samsung Lions (25-31, 7th in KBO) on Wednesday, June 14, 2023.

As a unit, the Samsung Lions are earning 4.3 runs per game, which is 7th in the league. They have earned 238 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .323. The Lions have recorded 72 doubles as a squad and have hit 41 balls out of the park. They have accumulated 226 RBI's as well as 481 hits so far this year, and their batting average is sitting at .251. Samsung is slugging .358 and have been called out on strikes 386 times, while taking a walk on 184 occasions.

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Jose Pirela is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. For his professional baseball career, Pirela has slapped 203 balls over the fence while driving in 1,035 runs. His slugging percentage is .436 and he has totaled 3,471 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he faced a pitcher 8,892 times and has delivered with a base hit 2,280 times. He has struck out 1,273 times and has walked on 711 at-bats, which has contributed to a .350 on-base percentage. Pirela has earned a batting average of .286 in his time in baseball, in addition to 1,262 scored runs and an OPS of .786.

The Lions have stolen 26 bags and have been thrown out 9 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 25.7%. The Samsung Lions have a tally of 1,512 putouts thus far, in addition to 538 assists and 25 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .988 which is 1st in the league and have accumulated 39 double plays.

The Lions have an ERA of 4.86 on the season (10th in the league), and the staff has rung up 392 batters. Samsung has allowed 547 hits (9.8 per 9 innings) and 272 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.07 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.46. Lions pitchers have conceded 46 home runs in addition to 286 runs (1st in the league).

LG has tallied 33 HRs so far this season to go along with 288 RBIs. They have hit 96 doubles, while walking 260 times and scoring 301 runs. The LG Twins have recorded an on-base percentage of .366 as well as a batting average of .280 so far this season. The Twins have a team SLG% of .386 and they have an average of 5.10 runs per game (1st in baseball). They have struck out on 364 occasions (9th in KBO) and are sitting with 563 base knocks.

Austin Dean is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for LG. Dean has drawn a free base 345 times while striking out on 745 occasions. He has amassed 560 runs in addition to having 532 runs batted in. His OBP comes in at .344 and he holds a career OPS of .783. He has hit the long ball 103 times, as well as 1,649 total bases and also a .439 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 3,758 at-bats in his professional career, Dean has hit .280 with 1,053 base hits.

Out of their 56 attempts at getting a steal, they got to the bag before the ball 45 times and been caught 11 times (19.6% caught stealing percentage). The LG Twins have turned 52 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .973 (10th in Korean baseball). The Twins have recorded 528 assists, 60 errors and are sitting with 1,601 putouts so far this year.

The LG pitching staff have relinquished 265 runs for the season while having a team ERA of 3.70 (219 earned runs allowed). They have conceded 32 home runs and they concede 4.47 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league). The Twins have a team WHIP of 1.352 and have a FIP of 4.47 as a unit this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.89 (407 strikeouts against 215 walks). They are sitting at 4th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 506.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung

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