Samsung Lions vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 10/1/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Lotte Giants

Date: Sunday, October 1, 2023

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Sajik Baseball Stadium is the site where Chi-Hong Ahn and the Lotte Giants (61-67, 7th in KBO) will take on the Samsung Lions (55-75, 9th in KBO) on Sunday, October 1, 2023.

The Lions have accrued 186 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 78 balls out of the stadium. Samsung is slugging .367 and have been rung up 867 times, while drawing a walk on 442 occasions. As a team, the Samsung Lions are scoring 4.4 runs per game, which has them sitting at 6th in baseball. They have tallied 550 RBI's in addition to 1,189 base knocks so far this year, while their batting average comes in at .264. They have tallied 578 runs scored and hold an OBP of .335.

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Jose Pirela is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. In his pro baseball career, Pirela has hit 209 balls out of the park while driving in 1,074 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .435 in addition to racking up 3,586 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped up to bat 9,197 times and has delivered with a hit 2,357 times. He has struck out 1,307 times and has gotten a free base on 733 occasions, contributing to a .349 on-base percentage. Pirela has hit .286 in his time in baseball, with 1,291 runs scored and an OPS of .784.

The Lions have swiped 74 bases and have been caught 28 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 27.5%. The Samsung Lions have earned 3,502 putouts on the campaign, as well as 1,292 assists and 94 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .981 which is 2nd in the league and have a total of 107 double plays.

The Lions hold a team earned run average of 4.59 on the season (10th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 838 hitters. Samsung has allowed 1,289 base knocks (9.9 per 9 innings) as well as 595 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.99 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.47. Lions pitchers have yielded 113 home runs in addition to 663 runs (1st in baseball).

The Giants hold a team slugging % of .359 and they earn 4.36 runs per game (8th in baseball). They have 198 doubles, while walking 465 times and putting up 558 runs. Lotte has tallied 61 HRs so far this year as well as 519 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 893 instances (5th in the league) and have earned a total of 1,125 hits. The Lotte Giants have earned a team OBP of .336 and a team batting average of .262 this season.

Chi-Hong Ahn is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. During the 5,663 at-bats in his professional career, Ahn has hit .297 with 1,684 base hits. He has hit a home run 140 times, as well as 2,477 bases in total and also a .437 slugging percentage. Ahn has tallied a free base 552 times while being called out on strikes on 847 occasions. He has a total of 832 runs in addition to having 842 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .363 and he has a lifetime OPS of .800.

In their 115 tries at swiping a bag, they have been successful 75 times and been caught 40 times (34.8% caught stealing rate). The Lotte Giants have turned 96 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .980 (4th in the league). The Giants have recorded 1,207 assists, 92 errors and have accumulated 3,400 putouts for the year.

The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.472 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.62 as a staff on the season. They are sitting at 5th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,192. The Lotte pitching staff have given up 582 runs this season and come in with a team ERA of 4.10 (516 earned runs relinquished). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.02 (962 strikeouts against 476 bases on balls). They have given up 70 long balls and they relinquish 4.62 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Samsung

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