Samsung Lions vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 6/9/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Sunday, June 9, 2024

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: TVING

Whee Jip Kim and the Kiwoom Heroes (23-36, 10th in KBO) play the Samsung Lions (33-27, 4th in KBO) at Gocheok Sky Dome on Sunday, June 9, 2024.

Samsung is slugging .401 and have struck out 483 times, while drawing a walk on 234 occasions. They have tallied 285 runs batted in in addition to 563 hits on the campaign, while their batting average is .265. The Lions have recorded 98 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 59 balls out of the park. They are sitting with 299 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .346. As a unit, the Samsung Lions are compiling 4.9 runs per contest, which is 8th in KBO.

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Ja Wook Koo is a hitter who should impact this game for Samsung. In his career, Koo has hit 143 balls out of the park while knocking in 710 runs. In his time spent in pro baseball, he came to the plate 4,997 times and has delivered a base knock 1,393 times. Koo has accumulated a batting average of .314 in his time in baseball, in addition to 822 runs scored and an OPS of .879. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .499 and he has totaled 2,211 bases. He has fanned 876 times and has been walked on 444 at-bats, contributing to a .380 OBP.

The Lions have swiped 62 bags and have been thrown out 23 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 27.1%. The Samsung Lions have amassed 1,649 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 526 assists and 40 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .982 which puts them in 3rd in Korean baseball and have 45 double plays.

They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.03 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.44. Lions pitchers have allowed 59 long balls and also 304 runs in total (9th in KBO). Samsung has allowed 580 hits (9.5 per 9 innings) and 281 earned runs. The Lions have an earned run average of 4.60 for the year (5th in the league), and their staff has struck out 432 hitters.

The Heroes hold a slugging % of .382 and they tally 4.61 runs per game (10th in baseball). They hit 83 doubles, while walking 201 times as well as putting up 272 runs. Kiwoom has hit 45 home runs on the season as well as 261 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 434 occasions (8th in the league) and have recorded 553 base hits. The Kiwoom Heroes have recorded an on-base percentage of .341 in addition to a batting average of .269 on the year.

Whee Jip Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. Kim has recorded a walk 100 times while fanning on 235 plate appearances. His on-base percentage is .327 and he is the owner of a has a OPS in his career of .668. During the 772 at-bats in his career, Kim has accumulated a batting average of .227 in addition to 175 hits. He has amassed 95 runs and also has 95 RBIs. He has homered 17 times, with 263 bases in total and a .341 slugging %.

Of their 69 tries at swiping a bag, they have made it 51 times and been caught 18 times (26.1% caught stealing percentage). The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 56 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .978 (8th in the league). The Heroes have recorded 541 assists, 47 errors and have earned a total of 1,564 putouts for the year.

The Kiwoom pitching staff have conceded 314 runs this year while holding an ERA of 4.91 (284 earned runs given up). They have conceded 57 homers and they give up 5.42 runs per 9 innings (7th in KBO). The Heroes are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.516 in addition to having a FIP of 5.42 as a pitching staff for the season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 1.69 (371 strikeouts vs 219 bases on balls). They rank 7th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 571.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

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

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