Samsung Lions vs KT Wiz Prediction, 8/30/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs KT Wiz

Date: Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Suwon KT Wiz Park is the venue where ByungHo Park and the KT Wiz (62-47, 2nd in KBO) will take on the Samsung Lions (48-61, 8th in KBO) on Wednesday, August 30, 2023.

The Lions have accounted for 169 doubles as a team and have hit 69 balls out of the stadium. Samsung has a slugging percentage of .374 and have struck out 735 times, while drawing a walk on 357 occasions. As a team, the Samsung Lions are compiling 4.5 runs per outing, which has them at 5th in the league. They have accounted for 467 runs batted in and 1,009 base knocks on the season, and their batting average sits at .266. They have 492 runs scored while having a team OBP of .335.

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Jose Pirela is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Pirela has compiled an average at the plate of .286 for his baseball career, in addition to 1,281 scored runs and an OPS of .784. He has struck out 1,296 times and has walked on 723 at-bats, contributing to a .349 on-base %. In his career, Pirela has slapped 207 balls out of the park while knocking in 1,068 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .435 and he has totaled 3,557 bases. In his time in the Majors, he stepped up to bat 9,111 times and has reached base with a base knock 2,336 times.

The Samsung Lions have 2,953 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,091 assists and 76 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .982 which puts them in 2nd in KBO and they have twisted 89 double plays. The Lions have swiped 56 bases and have been thrown out 23 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 29.1%.

The Lions have compiled a team earned run average of 4.59 so far this year (10th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 704 batters. Lions pitchers have conceded 91 home runs and 555 runs (2nd in baseball). Samsung has surrendered 1,091 base knocks (10.0 per 9 innings) and also 502 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.03 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.46.

The KT Wiz have compiled a team on-base percentage of .335 and a batting average of .268 on the campaign. They have struck out on 857 occasions (3rd in baseball) and have accounted for 1,034 hits. KT has accumulated 64 home runs for the season to go along with 479 runs batted in. The Wiz hold a team slugging percentage of .372 and they average 4.72 runs per game (4th in KBO). They have 188 doubles, while getting a free base 379 times and scoring 524 runs.

ByungHo Park is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for KT. Park has earned a walk 782 times while fanning on 1,671 chances. His on-base percentage comes in at .371 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .897. In the 5,593 official at-bats in his career, Park has a batting average of .272 with 1,522 base hits. He has compiled 986 runs in addition to having 1,187 RBIs. He has hit the long ball 395 times, in addition to having 2,983 total bases and also a .533 slugging percentage.

The KT Wiz have twisted 91 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .980 (5th in Korean baseball). The Wiz have recorded 1,036 assists, 83 errors and have amassed 2,985 putouts for the season. In their 90 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 80 times and been caught 10 times (11.1% caught stealing percentage).

The Wiz have a team WHIP of 1.353 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.40 as a staff on the campaign. They are sitting at 3rd in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,033. The KT pitching staff have conceded 486 runs this year while having an ERA of 4.03 (446 earned runs surrendered). Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.40 (751 strikeouts against 313 bases on balls). They have allowed 70 home runs and they surrender 4.40 runs per 9 innings (3rd in the league).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

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

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