Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 8/2/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions

Date: Wednesday, August 2, 2023

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: SBS Sports

Chan-Ho Park and the Kia Tigers (39-42, 7th in KBO) are headed to Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Wednesday, August 2, 2023, where they'll meet the Samsung Lions (35-52, 10th in KBO).

Kia is slugging .371 and have been called out on strikes 572 times, while being walked on 277 occasions. They have 343 RBI's in addition to 727 hits this year, while their team batting average sits at .260. The Tigers have recorded 113 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 59 balls out of the park. They have 369 runs while holding a team OBP of .331. As a squad, the Kia Tigers are knocking in 4.5 runs per outing, which has them at 5th in KBO.

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Chan-Ho Park is a batter who can be a difference maker for Kia. For his career, Park has hit 12 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 228 runs. In his time in the Majors, he stepped up to bat 2,657 times and has notched a base hit 587 times. Park has hit .247 for his career in baseball, in addition to 314 runs scored and an OPS of .612. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .306 and he has a total of 729 bases. He has fanned 403 times and earned a walk on 207 occasions, contributing to a .306 on-base percentage.

The Kia Tigers have accounted for 2,171 putouts on the campaign, as well as 727 assists and 50 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .983 which puts them in 2nd in the league and have accumulated 83 double plays. The Tigers have swiped 55 bases and have been thrown out 15 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 21.4%.

The Tigers have an ERA of 3.82 on the year (3rd in KBO), and the staff has rung up 589 hitters. Tigers pitchers have allowed 43 home runs and also 342 runs (10th in baseball). Kia has conceded 673 base hits (8.4 per 9 innings) and also 307 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.68 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.41.

The Lions hold a slugging percentage of .361 and they are scoring 4.19 runs per contest (9th in the league). They have recorded 131 two-baggers, while taking a walk 290 times as well as scoring 369 runs. Samsung has accumulated 53 home runs for the season as well as 355 runs batted in. They have struck out on 612 occasions (5th in the league) and have notched a total of 785 base hits. The Samsung Lions have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .328 as well as a team batting average of .259 on the season.

Jae Hyeon Lee is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Samsung. Over the course of the 535 at-bats in his pro career, Lee has compiled an average at the plate of .232 in addition to having 124 base hits. He has gone deep 14 times, in addition to having 183 bases in total and also a .342 slugging %. Lee has recorded a walk 30 times while fanning on 109 chances. He has amassed 60 runs and also has 56 RBIs. His on-base percentage comes in at .275 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .617.

The Samsung Lions have turned 66 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .982 (3rd in KBO). The Lions have accrued 856 assists, 58 errors and have a total of 2,363 putouts this year. Of their 52 attempts at swiping a bag, they have had success 38 times and been caught 14 times (26.9% caught stealing percentage).

The Lions are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.452 and have a FIP of 5.03 as a team so far this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.02 (587 strikeouts vs 291 bases on balls). They rank 2nd in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 852. They have yielded 74 homers and they concede 5.03 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league). The Samsung pitching staff have conceded 440 runs this year and come in with a team ERA of 4.53 (396 earned runs yielded).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia

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