Kiwoom Heroes vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 9/21/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Samsung Lions

Date: Saturday, September 21, 2024

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: TVING

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the site where Ja Wook Koo and the Samsung Lions (75-60, 2nd in KBO) will play the Kiwoom Heroes (57-79, 10th in KBO) on Saturday, September 21, 2024.

As a squad, the Kiwoom Heroes are recording 4.6 runs per game, which has them sitting at 10th in KBO. They have racked up 631 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .338. The Heroes have tallied 211 doubles as a unit and have knocked 97 balls out of the park. They have earned 600 runs batted in as well as 1,247 base knocks for the season, while their team batting average sits at .264. Kiwoom has a slugging percentage of .379 and have struck out 1,068 times, while being walked on 469 occasions.

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Sung Mun Song is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. Song has hit .273 in his time in baseball, in addition to 296 runs scored and an OPS of .737. He has struck out 341 times and earned a walk on 221 at-bats, contributing to a .335 on-base %. In his career, Song has hit 52 balls out of the park while driving in 357 runs. His slugging percentage is .402 and he has totaled 918 bases. In his time in the Majors, he came to the plate 2,552 times and has come through with a hit 623 times.

The Heroes have swiped 111 bases and have been gunned down 39 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 26.0%. The Kiwoom Heroes have accounted for 3,612 putouts for the season, in addition to 1,245 assists and 103 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .979 which ranks 6th in KBO and have a total of 123 double plays.

The Heroes have a team ERA of 5.05 on the season (6th in KBO), and the staff has struck out 876 hitters. Heroes pitchers have yielded 138 home runs and also 738 runs (5th in the league). Kiwoom has given up 1,331 hits (9.9 per 9 innings) in addition to 675 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 1.86 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.50.

The Samsung Lions have a team OBP of .348 in addition to a team batting average of .270 on the season. They have been called out on strikes on 1,095 occasions (2nd in baseball) and have earned a total of 1,280 base hits. Samsung has knocked in 174 home runs on the campaign in addition to 699 RBIs. The Lions hold a team SLG% of .428 and they average 5.36 runs per outing (6th in baseball). They have 196 doubles, while taking a walk 505 times as well as notching 734 runs.

Ja Wook Koo is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. In the 4,689 at-bats in his career, Koo has accrued an average at the plate of .318 with 1,489 base hits. He has homered 165 times, as well as 2,396 bases in total and also a .511 slugging percentage. Koo has tallied a free base 476 times while going down on strikes on 909 chances. He has compiled 877 runs in addition to having earned 782 RBIs. His on-base rate is .384 and he has a career OPS of .895.

The Samsung Lions have turned 97 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .985 (1st in Korean baseball). The Lions have 1,183 assists, 76 errors and have 3,668 putouts for the year. Out of their 159 attempts at swiping a bag, they have had success 111 times and been caught 48 times (30.2% caught stealing percentage).

The Lions have a WHIP of 1.429 with a FIP of 4.91 as a unit this season. They are sitting at 6th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 1,296. The Samsung pitching staff have conceded 667 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 4.59 (624 earned runs relinquished). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.10 (943 strikeouts vs 450 free passes). They have conceded 152 dingers and they relinquish 4.91 runs per 9 innings (1st in the league).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung

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