Samsung Lions vs LG Twins Prediction, 3/26/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs LG Twins

Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Bo Gyeong Moon and the LG Twins (86-56, 1st in KBO) host the Samsung Lions (61-82, 8th in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Tuesday, March 26, 2024.

As a team, the Samsung Lions scored 4.4 runs per game, which had them at 7th in the league. They earned a total of 636 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .334. The Lions earned 208 two-baggers as a team and smacked 88 baseballs out of the park. They amassed 603 RBI's and 1,290 hits during the previous year, and their team batting average came in at .263. Samsung owned a slugging percentage of .368 and struck out 954 times, while drawing a walk on 487 occasions.

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Jae Hyeon Lee is a batter who should impact this game for Samsung. Lee has accumulated a batting average of .244 for his career in baseball, with 84 runs scored and an OPS of .672. He has struck out 133 times and has gotten a free base on 57 occasions, which has contributed to a .306 OBP. In his career, Lee has slapped 19 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 83 runs. His career slugging percentage is .366 in addition to having tallied 252 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he faced a pitcher 777 times and has delivered a hit 168 times.

The Lions stole 86 bags and were caught 32 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage came in at 27.1%. The Samsung Lions finished with 3,835 putouts in the previous season, in addition to 1,403 assists and 103 errors. Their fielding percentage was previously at .981 which ranked 2nd in Korean baseball and had a total of 111 double plays.

The Lions finished with a team earned run average of 4.61 in the previous season (10th in the league), and they rung up 899 hitters. Samsung allowed 1,414 base knocks (10.0 per 9 innings) as well as 654 earned runs. They earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.94 and their pitching staff earned a collective WHIP of 1.47. Their pitching staff walked 464 opposing hitters and their FIP was 5.13 as a team in the prior season.

LG accumulated 93 home runs over the course of last season in addition to 714 RBIs. They put up 227 doubles, while taking a walk 583 times as well as scoring 767 runs. The LG Twins are sitting with a team on-base percentage of .361 and a batting average of .280 over the course of last season. The Twins held a slugging % of .394 and they scored 5.33 runs per game (1st in the league). They were called out on strikes on 804 instances (10th in baseball) and recorded 1,364 base hits.

Bo Gyeong Moon is a batter who should be able to impact this game for LG. Moon has drawn a free base 151 times while striking out on 203 plate appearances. His OBP sits at .367 and he has a has a OPS in his career of .793. During the 1,162 at-bats in his baseball career, Moon has a batting average of .287 and has racked up 334 base hits. He is sitting with 167 runs and has 167 RBIs. He has gone deep 27 times, with 495 total bases and a .426 slugging %.

Of their 145 attempts at swiping a bag, they made it 115 times and were caught 30 times (20.7% caught stealing rate). The LG Twins turned 131 double plays and accounted for a fielding rate of .976 (9th in KBO). The Twins had 1,341 assists, 128 errors and earned 3,880 putouts in the previous season.

The Twins had a team WHIP of 1.359 with a FIP of 4.24 as a squad over the course of the prior season. They had a ranking of 7th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 1,266. The LG pitching staff gave up 610 runs over the course of last season while having an ERA of 3.67 (527 earned runs relinquished). Their strikeout to walk ratio came in at 1.99 (977 strikeouts against 491 walks). They surrendered 74 HR's and they allowed 4.24 runs per 9 innings (1st in KBO).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Samsung

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