SSG Landers vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 4/13/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Samsung Lions

Date: Thursday, April 13, 2023

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: SBS Sports

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the site where Min-ho Kang and the Samsung Lions (2-6, 10th in KBO) will take on the SSG Landers (6-1, 1st in KBO) on Thursday, April 13, 2023.

The Landers have accounted for 9 doubles as a squad and have hit 6 balls out of the stadium. SSG has a slugging percentage of .370 and have struck out 43 times, while being walked on 39 occasions. As a unit, the SSG Landers are scoring 4.9 runs per game, which is 4th in KBO. They have compiled 29 RBI's as well as 58 base knocks on the season, and their batting average sits at .252. They have racked up 34 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .370.

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Seong Han Park is a hitter who should impact this game for SSG. For his pro baseball career, Park has hit 9 baseballs out of the park while driving in 113 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped into the batters box 1,240 times and has come through with a base hit 309 times. Park has an average at the plate of .286 for his career in baseball, with 136 scored runs and an OPS of .732. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .367 and he has accumulated 396 bases. He has gone down on strikes 194 times and earned a walk on 133 attempts at the plate, which contributes in part to a .365 OBP.

The Landers have swiped 4 bags and have been gunned down 5 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 55.6%. The SSG Landers have accounted for 189 putouts so far this season, in addition to 74 assists and 4 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .985 which is 3rd in Korean baseball and have a total of 8 double plays.

The Landers have an ERA of 3.00 over the course of the season (3rd in KBO), and the staff has struck out 55 hitters. SSG has allowed 49 base knocks (7.0 per 9 innings) as well as 21 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 1.67 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.30. Landers pitchers have allowed 4 home runs and 23 runs in total (10th in baseball).

Samsung has a total of 7 long balls for the season as well as 25 RBIs. They hit 10 two-baggers, while walking 23 times and scoring 25 runs. The Samsung Lions have a team OBP of .290 in addition to a batting average of .226 over the course of the season. The Lions hold a team slugging percentage of .346 and they are scoring 3.13 runs per game (9th in the league). They have struck out on 56 occasions (5th in the league) and are sitting with 58 hits.

Min-ho Kang is a batter who can be a difference maker for Samsung. Kang has earned a walk 723 times while fanning on 1,415 plate appearances. His OBP sits at .354 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .816. In the 6,806 at-bats in his pro career, Kang is sitting with a batting avereage of .275 with 1,871 hits. He has tallied 866 runs and also has 1,093 runs batted in. He has hit it out of the park 305 times, as well as 3,146 total bases and also a .462 slugging percentage.

Of their 11 attempts at getting a steal, they have been successful 7 times and been caught 4 times (36.4% caught stealing percentage). The Samsung Lions have twisted 6 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .986 (2nd in the league). The Lions have 78 assists, 4 errors and have 214 putouts during this campaign.

The Lions have a WHIP of 1.561 in addition to having a FIP of 5.68 as a pitching staff this season. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.50 (48 strikeouts vs 32 walks). They sit at 3rd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 79. They have allowed 5 dingers and they surrender 5.68 runs per 9 innings (10th in KBO). The Samsung pitching staff have allowed 45 runs this year and come in with a team ERA of 5.32 (42 earned runs yielded).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Samsung and under the total runs

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