Samsung Lions vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 5/7/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Lotte Giants

Date: Sunday, May 7, 2023

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SBS Sports

Jun-woo Jeon and the Lotte Giants (15-9, 2nd in KBO) play the Samsung Lions (13-14, 8th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Sunday, May 7, 2023.

Samsung has a slugging percentage of .364 and have been called out on strikes 193 times, while getting the free base on 95 occasions. They have compiled 119 RBI's and 235 base knocks on the year, and their average at the plate is at .254. The Lions have hit 39 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 20 balls out of the park. They have a total of 121 runs scored and hold an OBP of .330. As a squad, the Samsung Lions are scoring 4.5 runs per game, which has them sitting at 5th in KBO.

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Min-ho Kang is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. For his professional baseball career, Kang has hit 306 balls over the fence while driving in 1,102 runs. His career slugging percentage is .462 in addition to earning 3,174 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he faced a pitcher 7,860 times and has come through with a base hit 1,892 times. He has fanned 1,428 times and has walked on 727 occasions, contributing to a .354 on-base percentage. Kang has a batting average of .275 for his career in baseball, with 873 runs scored and an OPS of .816.

The Lions have stolen 14 bases and have been thrown out 6 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 30.0%. The Samsung Lions have amassed 733 putouts this season, in addition to 262 assists and 11 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .989 which is 1st in Korean baseball and they have turned 18 double plays.

The Lions are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.61 for the year (8th in KBO), and the staff has struck out 185 hitters. Samsung has yielded 253 base hits (9.3 per 9 innings) as well as 125 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.87 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.44. Lions pitchers have allowed 20 long balls and also 131 total runs (1st in baseball).

Lotte has accumulated 12 home runs on the year as well as 109 runs batted in. They hit 32 doubles, while getting a free base 91 times as well as earning 121 runs. The Lotte Giants have tallied an OBP of .338 in addition to a team batting average of .263 for the year. The Giants hold a team slugging % of .360 and they earn 5.04 runs per game (2nd in baseball). They have struck out on 152 occasions (10th in the league) and are sitting with 212 hits.

Jun-woo Jeon is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Jeon has earned a walk 510 times while striking out on 947 plate appearances. He has accounted for 927 runs and also has 823 runs batted in. His OBP sits at .362 and he has earned a has a OPS in his career of .825. He has hit a home run 181 times, with 2,601 total bases and a .463 slugging percentage. For the 5,620 at-bats in his pro career, Jeon has hit .299 in addition to having 1,679 base knocks.

In their 28 attempts at stealing a base, they have had success 22 times and been caught 6 times (21.4% caught stealing rate). The Lotte Giants have turned 17 double plays and have a fielding rate of .985 (2nd in KBO). The Giants have accrued 206 assists, 13 errors and have amassed 637 putouts during this campaign.

The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.584 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.26 as a team on the season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 1.82 (182 strikeouts vs 100 free passes). They are sitting at 5th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 236. They have relinquished 16 long balls and they allow 5.26 runs per 9 innings (10th in baseball). The Lotte pitching staff have relinquished 124 runs so far this season while having an ERA of 4.96 (117 earned runs yielded).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung

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