Samsung Lions vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 4/7/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Kia Tigers

Date: Sunday, April 7, 2024

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Hyoung Woo Choi and the Kia Tigers (6-2, 2nd in KBO) host the Samsung Lions (2-6, 9th in KBO) at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Sunday, April 7, 2024.

Samsung has a slugging percentage of .325 and have been rung up 72 times, while being walked on 43 occasions. They have accrued 38 runs batted in as well as 75 hits for the season, while their batting average is sitting at .232. The Lions have compiled 13 two-baggers as a team and have hit 5 balls out of the stadium. They are sitting with 39 runs and have an OBP of .326. As a squad, the Samsung Lions are putting up 4.3 runs per game, which has them at 9th in the league.

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Young Woong Kim is a batter who can be a difference maker for Samsung. Kim has earned a batting average of .349 for his time in baseball, in addition to 10 runs scored and an OPS of .771. He has fanned 8 times and has been walked on 8 at-bats, which contributes in part to a .395 OBP. For his career, Kim has drilled 0 balls out of the park while driving in 10 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .376 in addition to racking up 41 bases. For his time in the league, he stepped up to the plate 119 times and has delivered a base knock 38 times.

The Lions have stolen 11 bases and have been caught 6 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 35.3%. The Samsung Lions have a total of 257 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 98 assists and 3 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .992 which is 2nd in the league and have earned 11 double plays.

They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.65 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.73. Lions pitchers have conceded 10 long balls in addition to 61 total runs (2nd in KBO). Samsung has conceded 110 base knocks (11.6 per 9 innings) and 60 earned runs. The Lions hold a team earned run average of 6.34 on the year (9th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 61 hitters.

Kia has 5 home runs so far this season and 40 RBIs. They hit 21 doubles, while walking 27 times as well as racking up 41 runs. The Kia Tigers have compiled a team OBP of .369 in addition to a team batting average of .301 on the year. The Tigers hold a team slugging % of .427 and they score 5.13 runs per contest (8th in baseball). They have been rung up on 47 occasions (10th in baseball) and have notched a total of 86 hits.

Hyoung Woo Choi is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. Over the course of the 2,586 official at-bats in his career, Choi has compiled an average at the plate of .255 in addition to having 659 base hits. He has gone deep 13 times, as well as 820 total bases and a .317 slugging %. Choi has drawn a walk 227 times while being called out on strikes on 423 attempts. He has compiled 356 runs and has 255 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .315 and he holds a career OPS of .632.

The Kia Tigers have turned 5 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .963 (10th in the league). The Tigers have accrued 74 assists, 11 errors and have amassed 210 putouts for the season. In their 4 tries at getting a steal, they have been successful 1 time and been caught 3 times (75.0% caught stealing percentage).

The Tigers have a team WHIP of 1.314 in addition to having a FIP of 4.11 as a pitching staff for the year. They are currently ranked 10th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 55. The Kia pitching staff have allowed 32 runs over the course of the season while holding an ERA of 2.96 (23 earned runs surrendered). Their K/BB ratio is 1.97 (73 strikeouts against 37 bases on balls). They have relinquished 6 HR's and they yield 4.11 runs per 9 innings (4th in the league).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

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

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