Samsung Lions vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 4/27/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Saturday, April 27, 2024

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Gocheok Sky Dome is the venue where Whee Jip Kim and the Kiwoom Heroes (13-13, 6th in KBO) will play the Samsung Lions (15-12, 3rd in KBO) on Saturday, April 27, 2024.

As a team, the Samsung Lions are recording 5.0 runs per game, which has them at 7th in the league. They have racked up 139 runs while holding a team OBP of .350. The Lions have compiled 46 doubles as a team and have knocked 30 balls out of the stadium. They have recorded 137 RBI's as well as 257 hits so far this season, and their batting average sits at .265. Samsung owns a slugging percentage of .409 and have been rung up 219 times, while drawing a walk on 111 occasions.

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Ja Wook Koo is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. Koo has a batting average of .315 for his time in baseball, in addition to 804 runs scored and an OPS of .882. He has gone down on strikes 854 times and has gotten a free base on 434 occasions, which has contributed to a .382 on-base percentage. For his professional baseball career, Koo has hit 139 balls out of the park while knocking in 694 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .500 and he has a total of 2,155 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he faced a pitcher 4,861 times and has delivered with a base knock 1,360 times.

The Samsung Lions have earned 764 putouts this season, as well as 254 assists and 13 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .987 which has them ranked 1st in KBO and have accumulated 25 double plays. The Lions have swiped 30 bags and have been caught 14 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 31.8%.

The Lions have an earned run average of 4.74 over the course of the season (6th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 194 batters. Samsung has allowed 264 base knocks (9.3 per 9 innings) and also 134 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.90 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.44. Lions pitchers have allowed 29 long balls and 137 total runs (7th in baseball).

The Kiwoom Heroes have a team on-base percentage of .346 in addition to a batting average of .273 so far this year. They have struck out on 191 occasions (9th in KBO) and have a total of 245 hits. Kiwoom has 28 home runs over the course of the season in addition to 136 RBIs. The Heroes have a SLG% of .422 and they are scoring 5.42 runs per contest (5th in baseball). They have 40 two-baggers, while getting a free base 91 times as well as scoring 141 runs.

Whee Jip Kim is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kiwoom. Over the course of the 867 at-bats in his pro career, Kim has hit .228 and has racked up 198 base knocks. He has hit the long ball 20 times, as well as 301 bases in total and also a .347 slugging %. Kim has recorded a free base 106 times while going down on strikes on 263 plate appearances. He has accumulated 109 runs and also has 114 RBIs. His OBP comes in at .323 and he has a career OPS of .670.

Out of their 27 attempts at stealing a base, they got to the bag before the ball 21 times and been caught 6 times (22.2% caught stealing percentage). The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 25 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .982 (3rd in Korean baseball). The Heroes have recorded 232 assists, 17 errors and have a tally of 692 putouts for the year.

The Heroes have a WHIP of 1.481 with a FIP of 5.54 as a squad this season. They are sitting at 7th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 249. The Kiwoom pitching staff have allowed 142 runs this season while having an ERA of 5.08 (130 earned runs surrendered). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 1.79 (165 strikeouts vs 92 free passes). They have allowed 25 homers and they concede 5.54 runs per 9 innings (7th in baseball).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

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

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