Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 5/7/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions

Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Ja Wook Koo and the Samsung Lions (20-15, 3rd in KBO) play the Kia Tigers (23-12, 1st in KBO) at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.

As a team, the Kia Tigers are compiling 6.1 runs per game, which is 1st in baseball. They have accounted for 213 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .374. The Tigers have hit 71 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 41 balls out of the park. They have accrued 203 runs batted in in addition to 372 base knocks for the year, and their team batting average is .299. Kia has a slugging rate of .461 and have struck out 228 times, while taking a walk on 138 occasions.

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Socrates Brito is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. For his career, Brito has drilled 143 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 806 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped up to bat 6,690 times and has come through with a base knock 1,725 times. Brito has hit .282 in his time in baseball, with 925 scored runs and an OPS of .767. His slugging percentage is .434 and he has a total of 2,662 bases. He has been struck out 1,295 times and has been walked on 467 occasions, contributing to a .332 on-base percentage.

The Tigers have swiped 30 bags and have been thrown out 8 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 21.1%. The Kia Tigers are sitting with 935 putouts this season, in addition to 355 assists and 40 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .970 which puts them in 10th in the league and have accumulated 34 double plays.

They have a K/BB ratio of 1.96 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.47. Tigers pitchers have conceded 29 home runs in addition to 170 runs in total (8th in baseball). Kia has conceded 315 base hits (9.1 per 9 innings) and 133 earned runs. The Tigers have a team earned run average of 3.85 on the year (2nd in the league), and their staff has struck out 277 batters.

The Lions hold a team SLG% of .408 and they have an average of 5.17 runs per contest (7th in KBO). They have hit 61 doubles, while taking a walk 142 times as well as notching 186 runs. Samsung has 33 home runs on the year and 182 RBIs. They have been rung up on 272 occasions (4th in the league) and have 352 base knocks. The Samsung Lions hold an on-base percentage of .358 as well as a team batting average of .277 over the course of the season.

Ja Wook Koo is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. In the 4,343 at-bats in his pro career, Koo has hit .316 in addition to having 1,371 base knocks. He has hit the long ball 140 times, as well as 2,172 bases in total and a .500 slugging %. Koo has drawn a free base 434 times while being called out on strikes on 857 occasions. He has accounted for 809 runs in addition to having earned 699 RBIs. His OBP is .381 and he is the owner of a has a OPS in his career of .882.

Of their 49 attempts at stealing a base, they have been successful 34 times and been caught 15 times (30.6% caught stealing rate). The Samsung Lions have turned 27 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .985 (1st in Korean baseball). The Lions have racked up 312 assists, 19 errors and have amassed 977 putouts over the course of the season.

The Samsung pitching staff have allowed 168 runs on the season while having a team ERA of 4.43 (160 earned runs yielded). They have conceded 35 homers and they surrender 4.64 runs per 9 innings (2nd in KBO). The Lions have a team WHIP of 1.381 in addition to having a FIP of 4.64 as a squad on the year. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.07 (254 strikeouts against 123 walks). They are currently ranked 8th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 326.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung

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