LG Twins vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 6/13/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: LG Twins vs Samsung Lions

Date: Thursday, June 13, 2024

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the venue where David MacKinnon and the Samsung Lions (35-29, 4th in KBO) will play the LG Twins (38-27, 1st in KBO) on Thursday, June 13, 2024.

The Twins have hit 110 two-baggers as a team and have hit 50 balls out of the stadium. LG has a slugging rate of .413 and have struck out 446 times, while being walked on 326 occasions. As a squad, the LG Twins are notching 5.8 runs per outing, which puts them at 1st in the league. They have accumulated 362 RBI's and 652 hits this season, while their average at the plate is .286. They have tallied 385 runs and have an on-base percentage of .377.

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Hae Min Park is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for LG. For his professional baseball career, Park has drilled 52 baseballs out of the park while driving in 550 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped up to the plate 6,037 times and has delivered with a base knock 1,513 times. Park has a batting average of .286 for his baseball career, with 918 scored runs and an OPS of .733. His slugging percentage is .381 and he has totaled 2,015 bases. He has struck out 883 times and has been walked on 523 occasions, contributing to a .352 OBP.

The Twins have swiped 71 bags and have been thrown out 17 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 19.3%. The LG Twins have a total of 1,785 putouts this year, as well as 622 assists and 53 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .978 which puts them in 7th in Korean baseball and have a total of 62 double plays.

They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.97 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.54. Twins pitchers have conceded 55 long balls in addition to 335 total runs (4th in the league). LG has relinquished 651 hits (9.8 per 9 innings) as well as 305 earned runs. The Twins have an ERA of 4.61 for the year (4th in the league), and their staff has rung up 521 hitters.

The Lions have a team slugging % of .400 and they are scoring 4.92 runs per contest (8th in KBO). They have recorded 102 doubles, while walking 245 times and putting up 320 runs. Samsung has knocked in 62 long balls on the campaign to go along with 303 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 519 occasions (2nd in baseball) and have notched a total of 605 base hits. The Samsung Lions have compiled an on-base percentage of .348 in addition to a batting average of .267 this year.

David MacKinnon is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. MacKinnon has tallied a free base 454 times while striking out on 548 attempts. His on-base percentage comes in at .394 and he holds a has a OPS in his career of .820. For the 3,174 at-bats in his baseball career, MacKinnon has an average at the plate of .302 in addition to having 959 base hits. He has tallied 497 runs and has 432 RBIs. He has gone deep 63 times, with 1,353 total bases and a .426 slugging percentage.

The Samsung Lions have turned 45 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .982 (2nd in the league). The Lions have recorded 559 assists, 42 errors and have 1,751 putouts over the course of the season. In their 86 tries at swiping a bag, they have had success 63 times and been caught 23 times (26.7% caught stealing percentage).

The Lions have a team WHIP of 1.461 with a FIP of 5.03 as a unit over the course of the season. They are currently ranked 4th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 623. The Samsung pitching staff have given up 326 runs on the year and come in with a team ERA of 4.68 (303 earned runs given up). They currently have a K/BB ratio of 1.97 (452 strikeouts against 229 walks). They have allowed 63 home runs and they yield 5.03 runs per 9 innings (3rd in KBO).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take LG

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