Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 7/3/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions

Date: Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Ja Wook Koo and the Samsung Lions (44-36, 3rd in KBO) play the Kia Tigers (45-33, 1st in KBO) at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Wednesday, July 3, 2024.

The Tigers have hit 139 doubles as a team and have hit 89 balls out of the park. Kia is slugging .447 and have been called out on strikes 520 times, while drawing a walk on 320 occasions. As a unit, the Kia Tigers are putting up 5.8 runs per game, which ranks them 1st in the league. They have amassed 440 RBI's and 839 hits on the year, while their team batting average comes in at .294. They have racked up 465 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .368.

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Socrates Brito is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. For his career, Brito has hit 152 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 837 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .437 in addition to racking up 2,747 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to bat 6,877 times and has delivered with a hit 1,775 times. He has gone down on strikes 1,325 times and earned a walk on 485 occasions, which contributes in part to a .334 OBP. Brito has earned a batting average of .282 for his baseball career, with 949 runs scored and an OPS of .771.

The Tigers have stolen 65 bases and have been caught 20 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 23.5%. The Kia Tigers are sitting with 2,157 putouts this season, in addition to 810 assists and 84 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .972 which has them ranked 10th in KBO and have a total of 80 double plays.

The Tigers have a team earned run average of 4.43 this season (2nd in baseball), and their staff has struck out 610 batters. Kia has surrendered 772 hits (9.7 per 9 innings) in addition to 354 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.96 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.51. Tigers pitchers have surrendered 82 home runs and also 422 total runs (7th in the league).

Samsung has tallied 87 long balls so far this year in addition to 380 runs batted in. They have recorded 123 two-baggers, while getting a free base 299 times and earning 400 runs. The Samsung Lions hold an on-base percentage of .341 as well as a batting average of .262 over the course of the season. The Lions have a team slugging % of .404 and they score 4.88 runs per contest (10th in the league). They have struck out on 635 instances (3rd in the league) and are sitting with 740 base hits.

Ja Wook Koo is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Koo has drawn a walk 449 times while being called out on strikes on 885 plate appearances. He is sitting with 836 runs and also has 731 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .381 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .883. He has hit it out of the park 150 times, with 2,270 bases in total and also a .502 slugging percentage. For the 4,518 at-bats in his pro career, Koo has accrued an average at the plate of .315 with 1,423 base knocks.

The Samsung Lions have turned 50 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .984 (1st in KBO). The Lions have recorded 683 assists, 48 errors and have amassed 2,195 putouts on the campaign. In their 110 attempts at swiping a bag, they have had success 79 times and been caught 31 times (28.2% caught stealing percentage).

The Lions have a WHIP of 1.437 in addition to having a FIP of 4.75 as a squad on the season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.91 (570 strikeouts vs 298 walks). They have a ranking of 10th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 753. They have conceded 83 homers and they surrender 4.75 runs per 9 innings (1st in KBO). The Samsung pitching staff have yielded 386 runs over the course of the season while holding a team ERA of 4.42 (359 earned runs conceded).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung

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