Samsung Lions vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 5/5/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Lotte Giants

Date: Friday, May 5, 2023

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Sajik Baseball Stadium is the site where Zach Reks and the Lotte Giants (15-9, 1st in KBO) will take on the Samsung Lions (12-14, 8th in KBO) on Friday, May 5, 2023.

Samsung owns a slugging percentage of .351 and have struck out 190 times, while taking a walk on 90 occasions. They have earned 105 RBI's as well as 220 base knocks over the course of the season, while their average at the plate is sitting at .248. The Lions have accumulated 35 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 18 balls out of the stadium. They have racked up 107 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .324. As a squad, the Samsung Lions are recording 4.1 runs per game, which has them sitting at 6th in baseball.

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Ja Wook Koo is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Koo has a batting average of .313 for his career in baseball, with 738 runs scored and an OPS of .878. He has struck out 774 times and has been walked on 385 occasions, which has contributed to a .379 OBP. For his professional baseball career, Koo has hit 125 baseballs out of the park while driving in 612 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .499 in addition to having tallied 1,921 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he approached the plate 4,343 times and has reached base with a hit 1,206 times.

The Samsung Lions are sitting with 706 putouts this season, as well as 254 assists and 11 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .989 which has them ranked 1st in the league and they have twisted 17 double plays. The Lions have swiped 14 bases and have been gunned down 6 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 30.0%.

The Lions have an ERA of 4.75 for the year (9th in the league), and they have struck out 176 batters. Lions pitchers have relinquished 20 home runs and 130 runs in total (1st in the league). Samsung has yielded 247 hits (9.5 per 9 innings) as well as 124 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 1.85 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.45.

Lotte is sitting with 12 home runs on the season in addition to 109 RBIs. They have recorded 32 doubles, while walking 91 times as well as recording 121 runs. The Lotte Giants have tallied an OBP of .338 as well as a team batting average of .263 on the season. The Giants have a team slugging percentage of .360 and they are scoring 5.04 runs per outing (2nd in baseball). They have been rung up on 152 occasions (10th in baseball) and have recorded 212 base knocks.

Zach Reks is a batter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. Over the course of the 44 at-bats in his professional career, Reks has accumulated a batting average of .205 with 9 base knocks. He has gone yard 0 times, with 10 bases in total and also a .227 slugging percentage. Reks has recorded a free base 0 times while going down on strikes on 17 tries. He is sitting with 5 runs and notched 3 RBIs. His OBP sits at .205 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .432.

The Lotte Giants have turned 17 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .985 (2nd in KBO). The Giants have 206 assists, 13 errors and have accounted for 637 putouts so far this season. Out of their 28 tries at getting a steal, they have been successful 22 times and been caught 6 times (21.4% caught stealing percentage).

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.584 and have a FIP of 5.26 as a unit this season. They come in at 3rd in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 236. The Lotte pitching staff have allowed 124 runs on the season while holding an ERA of 4.96 (117 earned runs conceded). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.82 (182 strikeouts vs 100 walks). They have surrendered 16 long balls and they allow 5.26 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung

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