SSG Landers vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 4/11/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: SSG Landers vs Samsung Lions
Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea
TV: SBS
Ja Wook Koo and the Samsung Lions (2-5, 9th in KBO) play the SSG Landers (5-1, 1st in KBO) at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Tuesday, April 11, 2023.
SSG is slugging .364 and have been rung up 34 times, while drawing a walk on 37 occasions. They have tallied 24 RBI's in addition to 47 base knocks so far this year, while their team batting average sits at .241. The Landers have compiled 9 two-baggers as a team and have hit 5 balls out of the park. They are sitting with 29 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .370. As a unit, the SSG Landers are putting up 4.8 runs per game, which ranks them 4th in the league.
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Guillermo Heredia is a hitter who can be a difference maker for SSG. Heredia has accrued an average at the plate of .231 for his career in baseball, in addition to 179 runs scored and an OPS of .656. He has struck out 313 times and has gotten a free base on 130 at-bats, which has contributed to a .310 OBP. In his career, Heredia has hit 27 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 114 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .346 and he has totaled 480 bases. For his time in the league, he stepped up to bat 1,566 times and has delivered with a base hit 320 times.
The Landers have stolen 3 bases and have been caught 4 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 57.1%. The SSG Landers have accounted for 162 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 62 assists and 4 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .982 which ranks 4th in Korean baseball and they have twisted 8 double plays.
Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.53 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.31. Landers pitchers have allowed 2 long balls and also 19 runs in total (10th in baseball). SSG has conceded 41 base knocks (6.8 per 9 innings) and also 17 earned runs. The Landers are sitting with a team ERA of 2.83 on the season (3rd in the league), and they have struck out 46 batters.
Samsung has accumulated 5 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 21 RBIs. They have recorded 9 doubles, while walking 20 times as well as racking up 21 runs. The Samsung Lions have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .287 in addition to a batting average of .223 on the campaign. The Lions have a slugging percentage of .330 and they score 3.00 runs per game (9th in the league). They have been rung up on 47 occasions (5th in the league) and have accounted for 50 base hits.
Ja Wook Koo is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Koo has tallied a walk 371 times while striking out on 762 plate appearances. He has accrued 725 runs and notched 603 RBIs. His OBP comes in at .378 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .877. He has gone deep 123 times, with 1,887 total bases and also a .499 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 3,781 at-bats in his baseball career, Koo has an average at the plate of .313 and has racked up 1,183 hits.
Out of their 10 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 7 times and been caught 3 times (30.0% caught stealing rate). The Samsung Lions have turned 5 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .985 (2nd in the league). The Lions have recorded 69 assists, 4 errors and have a total of 187 putouts for the year.
The Lions have a team WHIP of 1.578 and have a FIP of 5.78 as a pitching staff for the season. They rank 3rd in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 68. The Samsung pitching staff have given up 40 runs for the year while holding a team ERA of 5.36 (37 earned runs given up). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.30 (39 strikeouts vs 30 free passes). They have surrendered 4 HR's and they yield 5.78 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league).
So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?
Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Samsung and under the total runs
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