Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 5/5/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions

Date: Sunday, May 5, 2024

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Dong Hee Yoon and the Lotte Giants (9-22, 10th in KBO) head to Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Sunday, May 5, 2024, where they'll meet the Samsung Lions (20-13, 3rd in KBO).

As a team, the Lotte Giants are recording 4.1 runs per game, which puts them at 10th in KBO. They have earned 132 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .327. The Giants have hit 52 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 19 balls out of the park. They have 124 RBI's in addition to 295 base knocks for the year, and their team batting average is at .263. Lotte has a slugging % of .378 and have struck out 257 times, while getting the free base on 94 occasions.

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Dong Hee Yoon is a batter who should impact this game for Lotte. Yoon has an average at the plate of .273 for his time in baseball, in addition to 67 runs scored and an OPS of .675. He has struck out 94 times and has been walked on 41 at-bats, which has contributed to a .324 on-base %. For his professional baseball career, Yoon has drilled 3 baseballs out of the park while driving in 51 runs. His slugging percentage is .351 and he has accumulated 180 bases. For his time in baseball, he came to the plate 563 times and came through with a base hit 140 times.

The Giants have swiped 23 bags and have been thrown out 13 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 36.1%. The Lotte Giants have accumulated 838 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 312 assists and 24 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .980 which has them sitting 5th in Korean baseball and they have turned 34 double plays.

They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.03 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.59. Giants pitchers have relinquished 34 home runs and 180 total runs (5th in KBO). Lotte has relinquished 327 base hits (10.5 per 9 innings) and 164 earned runs. The Giants hold a team ERA of 5.29 on the campaign (7th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 237 batters.

Samsung has knocked in 31 HRs so far this year to go along with 173 runs batted in. They have hit 56 two-baggers, while getting a free base 135 times and scoring 177 runs. The Samsung Lions hold an OBP of .358 and a team batting average of .276 so far this season. The Lions have a team slugging % of .406 and they are recording 5.21 runs per game (8th in the league). They have struck out on 259 occasions (4th in the league) and have tallied 330 base hits.

Young Woong Kim is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. Kim has recorded a free base 24 times while being called out on strikes on 78 plate appearances. His OBP comes in at .316 and he has earned a has a OPS in his career of .755. For the 230 at-bats in his baseball career, Kim has recorded a batting average of .243 in addition to 56 base knocks. He has accrued 32 runs in addition to having earned 33 runs batted in. He has hit a home run 10 times, as well as 101 bases in total and also a .439 slugging percentage.

In their 47 chances at stealing a base, they have had success 32 times and been caught 15 times (31.9% caught stealing percentage). The Samsung Lions have turned 27 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .986 (1st in KBO). The Lions have 297 assists, 17 errors and have 923 putouts over the course of the season.

The Samsung pitching staff have conceded 151 runs on the year while having an ERA of 4.28 (146 earned runs yielded). They have conceded 31 dingers and they concede 4.42 runs per 9 innings (2nd in the league). The Lions have a team WHIP of 1.351 with a FIP of 4.42 as a squad for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.04 (239 strikeouts against 117 bases on balls). They sit at 8th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 298.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Lotte

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