Samsung Lions vs NC Dinos Prediction, 5/11/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs NC Dinos

Date: Saturday, May 11, 2024

Location: Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Changwon NC Park is the site where Min Woo Park and the NC Dinos (22-13, 2nd in KBO) will take on the Samsung Lions (20-15, 3rd in KBO) on Saturday, May 11, 2024.

As a team, the Samsung Lions are compiling 5.2 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 7th in the league. They have earned 186 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .358. The Lions have tallied 61 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 33 balls out of the stadium. They have tallied 182 runs batted in in addition to 352 base knocks for the year, while their average at the plate sits at .277. Samsung has a slugging rate of .408 and have struck out 272 times, while taking a walk on 142 occasions.

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David MacKinnon is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. MacKinnon is sitting with a batting avereage of .305 for his career, in addition to 488 scored runs and an OPS of .830. He has gone down on strikes 535 times and earned a walk on 442 occasions, contributing to a .398 on-base percentage. In his career, MacKinnon has drilled 62 baseballs out of the park while driving in 425 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .432 and he has accumulated 1,322 bases. For his time in baseball, he came to bat 3,597 times and has delivered with a hit 935 times.

The Samsung Lions have a tally of 977 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 312 assists and 19 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .985 which puts them in 1st in Korean baseball and they have turned 27 double plays. The Lions have stolen 34 bases and have been caught 15 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 30.6%.

They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.07 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.38. Lions pitchers have relinquished 35 home runs in addition to 168 total runs (9th in the league). Samsung has yielded 326 base hits (9.0 per 9 innings) as well as 160 earned runs. The Lions are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.43 on the campaign (3rd in the league), and their staff has struck out 254 batters.

NC has compiled 33 home runs this season as well as 194 RBIs. They have notched 59 doubles, while walking 151 times and recording 202 runs. The NC Dinos have an OBP of .371 and a batting average of .275 this season. The Dinos hold a team slugging percentage of .413 and they score 5.77 runs per contest (2nd in the league). They have struck out on 303 instances (1st in baseball) and have notched a total of 334 hits.

Min Woo Park is a hitter who should impact this game for NC. Park has recorded a walk 462 times while fanning on 621 chances. His on-base percentage sits at .395 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .813. For the 4,299 official at-bats in his career, Park has a batting average of .319 in addition to 1,373 hits. He has tallied 800 runs in addition to having earned 451 RBIs. He has gone deep 32 times, as well as 1,798 total bases and also a .418 slugging percentage.

Of their 37 attempts at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 25 times and been caught 12 times (32.4% caught stealing rate). The NC Dinos have turned 25 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .984 (2nd in the league). The Dinos have accrued 319 assists, 21 errors and have 943 putouts so far this season.

The NC pitching staff have relinquished 149 runs for the season while holding an ERA of 3.64 (127 earned runs yielded). They have allowed 28 homers and they give up 4.27 runs per 9 innings (1st in baseball). The Dinos have a WHIP of 1.334 with a FIP of 4.27 as a pitching staff so far this year. Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.35 (265 strikeouts vs 113 bases on balls). They have a ranking of 10th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 306.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take NC

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