Samsung Lions vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 7/30/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Sunday, July 30, 2023

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: MBC

Hye Seong Kim and the Kiwoom Heroes (41-49, 9th in KBO) host the Samsung Lions (34-52, 10th in KBO) at Gocheok Sky Dome on Sunday, July 30, 2023.

The Lions have compiled 127 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 53 balls out of the park. Samsung is slugging .361 and have struck out 597 times, while drawing a walk on 281 occasions. As a unit, the Samsung Lions are compiling 4.2 runs per game, which puts them at 9th in the league. They have accumulated 343 runs batted in and 759 base knocks on the campaign, and their team batting average is sitting at .258. They have 357 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .327.

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Min-ho Kang is a hitter who should impact this game for Samsung. Kang has accumulated a batting average of .276 for his baseball career, with 898 scored runs and an OPS of .817. He has struck out 1,452 times and has taken a walk on 748 occasions, contributing to a .355 on-base percentage. For his pro baseball career, Kang has drilled 315 baseballs out of the park while driving in 1,134 runs. His slugging percentage sits at .462 and he has a total of 3,258 bases. For his time in baseball, he stepped up to the plate 8,066 times and has reached base with a hit 1,944 times.

The Lions have stolen 38 bases and have been gunned down 14 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 26.9%. The Samsung Lions are sitting with 2,300 putouts on the year, as well as 841 assists and 56 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .982 which ranks 3rd in the league and have 66 double plays.

The Lions hold a team ERA of 4.58 so far this season (10th in the league), and the staff has rung up 568 hitters. Samsung has surrendered 835 base knocks (9.8 per 9 innings) as well as 390 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.99 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.46. Lions pitchers have conceded 73 home runs in addition to 433 runs in total (1st in KBO).

Kiwoom has hit 38 HRs this season to go along with 352 runs batted in. They have 145 two-baggers, while walking 324 times and notching 366 runs. The Kiwoom Heroes have accounted for a team OBP of .328 in addition to a batting average of .253 on the year. The Heroes have a slugging percentage of .345 and they earn 3.98 runs per contest (10th in KBO). They have struck out on 696 instances (1st in baseball) and have totaled 806 hits.

Hye Seong Kim is a hitter who should impact this game for Kiwoom. For the 2,730 official at-bats in his baseball career, Kim has accrued an average at the plate of .296 and has racked up 807 hits. He has gone yard 24 times, with 1,059 total bases and a .388 slugging %. Kim has recorded a free base 255 times while going down on strikes on 538 tries. He has amassed 467 runs in addition to having earned 290 RBIs. His on-base percentage comes in at .355 and he holds a has a OPS in his career of .743.

Out of their 90 tries at getting a steal, they have been successful 67 times and been caught 23 times (25.6% caught stealing rate). The Kiwoom Heroes have twisted 81 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .982 (5th in Korean baseball). The Heroes have recorded 903 assists, 63 errors and have accumulated 2,483 putouts on the season.

The Kiwoom pitching staff have conceded 393 runs on the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.83 (352 earned runs yielded). They have conceded 48 long balls and they allow 4.27 runs per 9 innings (2nd in KBO). The Heroes hold a team WHIP of 1.338 in addition to having a FIP of 4.27 as a pitching staff so far this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.35 (657 strikeouts vs 279 walks). They come in at 2nd in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 828.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung

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