Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 10/26/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions

Date: Saturday, October 26, 2024

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Young Woong Kim and the Samsung Lions (78-64, 2nd in KBO) play the Kia Tigers (87-55, 1st in KBO) at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Saturday, October 26, 2024.

Kia has a slugging rate of .459 and have struck out 915 times, while taking a walk on 529 occasions. They have accrued 812 runs batted in and 1,542 hits so far this year, while their team batting average is at .301. The Tigers have recorded 266 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 163 balls out of the park. They have racked up 858 runs scored while having a team OBP of .370. As a team, the Kia Tigers are notching 6.0 runs per contest, which puts them at 1st in the league.

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Chan Ho Park is a hitter who should impact this game for Kia. Park is sitting with a batting avereage of .262 in his time in baseball, with 439 runs scored and an OPS of .649. He has fanned 466 times and has walked on 274 occasions, which contributes in part to a .322 on-base %. In his pro baseball career, Park has slapped 18 balls over the fence while driving in 311 runs. His career slugging percentage is .327 in addition to earning 1,003 bases. In his time in the Majors, he stepped into the batters box 3,424 times and has notched a hit 803 times.

The Kia Tigers have a tally of 3,864 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 1,400 assists and 146 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .973 which puts them in 10th in the league and they have turned 133 double plays. The Tigers have swiped 108 bases and have been gunned down 31 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 22.3%.

The Tigers have compiled a team earned run average of 4.40 for the year (1st in the league), and their staff has rung up 1,125 batters. Tigers pitchers have allowed 141 home runs in addition to 759 runs in total (7th in KBO). Kia has surrendered 1,365 hits (9.5 per 9 innings) as well as 629 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.09 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.48.

The Samsung Lions hold a team on-base percentage of .347 and a batting average of .269 this year. They have been rung up on 1,150 occasions (2nd in the league) and have earned 1,336 hits. Samsung is sitting with 185 home runs this year as well as 734 runs batted in. The Lions have a team slugging percentage of .428 and they are recording 5.35 runs per game (6th in baseball). They have hit 204 doubles, while taking a walk 531 times and putting up 770 runs.

Young Woong Kim is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. Kim has recorded a free base 53 times while fanning on 190 chances. His OBP sits at .305 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .759. For the 562 at-bats in his professional career, Kim has compiled an average at the plate of .238 with 134 base hits. He has scored 78 runs and also has 92 RBIs. He has gone yard 31 times, as well as 255 total bases and a .454 slugging %.

In their 164 attempts at stealing a base, they have made it 114 times and been caught 50 times (30.5% caught stealing percentage). The Samsung Lions have turned 105 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .984 (1st in the league). The Lions have accrued 1,252 assists, 81 errors and are sitting with 3,848 putouts for the year.

The Lions hold a team WHIP of 1.451 with a FIP of 5.04 as a squad on the campaign. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.05 (980 strikeouts against 477 bases on balls). They are sitting at 6th in KBO as a staff in total hits given up with 1,384. They have allowed 164 long balls and they yield 5.04 runs per 9 innings (1st in KBO). The Samsung pitching staff have given up 719 runs over the course of the season while holding an ERA of 4.68 (667 earned runs yielded).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung

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