Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 8/31/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions

Date: Saturday, August 31, 2024

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Young Woong Kim and the Samsung Lions (68-54, 2nd in KBO) play the Kia Tigers (73-48, 1st in KBO) at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Saturday, August 31, 2024.

The Tigers have tallied 231 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 139 balls out of the park. Kia has a slugging percentage of .457 and have been rung up 782 times, while getting the free base on 462 occasions. As a squad, the Kia Tigers are putting up 5.9 runs per game, which has them at 1st in the league. They have 688 runs batted in in addition to 1,308 hits on the year, while their average at the plate is at .298. They have earned a total of 724 runs and have an on-base percentage of .369.

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Chan Ho Park is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. For his career, Park has slapped 15 baseballs over the fence while driving in 298 runs. His slugging percentage is .323 in addition to earning 964 bases. For his career, he faced a pitcher 3,337 times and got on base with a hit 777 times. He has struck out 459 times and has taken a walk on 264 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .319 on-base percentage. Park has hit .260 for his baseball career, with 421 scored runs and an OPS of .642.

The Tigers have stolen 95 bases and have been caught 28 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 22.8%. The Kia Tigers have notched a total of 3,300 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,203 assists and 123 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .973 which is 10th in the league and have a total of 109 double plays.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.00 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.50. Tigers pitchers have allowed 124 home runs and 656 total runs (4th in the league). Kia has conceded 1,177 hits (9.6 per 9 innings) and 543 earned runs. The Tigers have a team ERA of 4.44 this year (1st in the league), and the staff has rung up 946 batters.

The Lions have a SLG% of .419 and they are earning 5.21 runs per outing (7th in baseball). The have tallied 181 doubles, while taking a walk 452 times as well as putting up 646 runs. Samsung has compiled 147 home runs so far this year as well as 614 runs batted in. They have struck out on 987 occasions (2nd in the league) and have accounted for 1,148 hits. The Samsung Lions have a team OBP of .346 as well as a team batting average of .268 this season.

Young Woong Kim is a batter who should impact this game for Samsung. Kim has drawn a walk 49 times while striking out on 182 plate appearances. His on-base rate is .306 and he has a career OPS of .755. For the 534 official at-bats in his career, Kim has hit .242 in addition to having 129 base hits. He has a total of 74 runs and notched 85 runs batted in. He has gone yard 28 times, with 240 total bases and a .449 slugging percentage.

In their 145 chances at getting a steal, they have had success 101 times and been caught 44 times (30.3% caught stealing percentage). The Samsung Lions have turned 80 double plays and have a fielding rate of .983 (1st in KBO). The Lions have recorded 1,076 assists, 74 errors and have accounted for 3,320 putouts this season.

The Samsung pitching staff have conceded 594 runs this year while having a team ERA of 4.48 (551 earned runs relinquished). They have conceded 137 homers and they relinquish 4.83 runs per 9 innings (1st in baseball). The Lions hold a team WHIP of 1.416 in addition to having a FIP of 4.83 as a unit on the year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.09 (850 strikeouts against 406 walks). They sit at 7th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 1,160.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kia

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