Samsung Lions vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 5/11/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Thursday, May 11, 2023

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: MBC

Eun-won Jung and the Hanwha Eagles (9-19, 9th in KBO) play the Samsung Lions (14-14, 7th in KBO) at Hanwha Life Eagles Park on Thursday, May 11, 2023.

The Lions have tallied 40 doubles as a team and have smacked 21 balls out of the park. Samsung has a slugging rate of .368 and have struck out 200 times, while getting the free base on 100 occasions. As a squad, the Samsung Lions are scoring 4.6 runs per game, which puts them at 3rd in KBO. They have accounted for 127 RBI's as well as 246 base knocks on the season, and their average at the plate is .257. They have accumulated 130 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .333.

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Min-ho Kang is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. In his career, Kang has drilled 307 balls out of the park while knocking in 1,107 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .462 and he has accumulated 3,178 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he came to the plate 7,865 times and has come through with a base hit 1,893 times. He has been struck out 1,429 times and has been walked on 727 at-bats, contributing to a .354 OBP. Kang has hit .275 in his time in baseball, in addition to 874 runs scored and an OPS of .816.

The Samsung Lions have amassed 760 putouts for the season, in addition to 274 assists and 11 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .989 which ranks 1st in Korean baseball and have accumulated 18 double plays. The Lions have stolen 14 bases and have been caught 6 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 30.0%.

The Lions have an earned run average of 4.48 so far this season (8th in the league), and their staff has rung up 198 batters. Samsung has allowed 260 base hits (9.2 per 9 innings) and 126 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.00 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.42. Lions pitchers have allowed 20 home runs in addition to 132 runs in total (5th in the league).

The Hanwha Eagles have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .311 in addition to a team batting average of .226 on the campaign. They have struck out on 252 instances (2nd in KBO) and have totaled 221 base knocks. Hanwha has compiled 13 long balls on the year and 101 RBIs. The Eagles have a slugging percentage of .307 and they score 3.66 runs per contest (10th in the league). They have recorded 39 doubles, while walking 110 times as well as recording 106 runs.

Eun-won Jung is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. Jung has tallied a walk 313 times while fanning on 422 tries. His OBP comes in at .359 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .721. During the 2,128 at-bats in his baseball career, Jung has accumulated a batting average of .265 and has racked up 563 hits. He is sitting with 308 runs in addition to having 198 runs batted in. He has hit the long ball 29 times, as well as 770 total bases and a .362 slugging percentage.

The Hanwha Eagles have twisted 30 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .980 (4th in the league). The Eagles have accrued 310 assists, 22 errors and are sitting with 782 putouts this year. Out of their 31 tries at swiping a bag, they have made it 15 times and been caught 16 times (51.6% caught stealing rate).

The Eagles hold a team WHIP of 1.441 with a FIP of 4.66 as a squad so far this season. They are currently ranked 6th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 251. The Hanwha pitching staff have conceded 135 runs this season and come in with a team ERA of 4.22 (122 earned runs surrendered). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 1.68 (208 strikeouts vs 124 bases on balls). They have given up 19 dingers and they relinquish 4.66 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

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

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