Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 7/20/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions

Date: Saturday, July 20, 2024

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: TVING

Seung Min Go and the Lotte Giants (37-46, 8th in KBO) head to Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Saturday, July 20, 2024, where they'll take on the Samsung Lions (48-40, 2nd in KBO).

Lotte has a slugging rate of .420 and have been called out on strikes 652 times, while getting the free base on 287 occasions. They have 435 RBI's and 849 base knocks on the year, and their batting average is .281. The Giants have accrued 163 two-baggers as a team and have hit 69 balls out of the park. They have earned a total of 468 runs while having a team OBP of .348. As a unit, the Lotte Giants are scoring 5.4 runs per game, which ranks them 2nd in baseball.

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Seung Min Go is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Go has earned a batting average of .276 for his career, with 126 runs scored and an OPS of .751. He has been struck out 190 times and has been walked on 101 occasions, contributing to a .349 on-base %. In his professional baseball career, Go has hit 14 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 107 runs. His career slugging percentage is .402 and he has accumulated 346 bases. For his career, he stepped up to bat 982 times and has reached base with a hit 237 times.

The Lotte Giants have earned 2,274 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 856 assists and 67 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .979 which puts them in 6th in KBO and they have turned 87 double plays. The Giants have stolen 61 bases and have been gunned down 27 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 30.7%.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.08 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.53. Giants pitchers have allowed 82 home runs in addition to 457 runs in total (8th in baseball). Lotte has yielded 850 base hits (10.1 per 9 innings) as well as 419 earned runs. The Giants have a team earned run average of 4.97 on the campaign (6th in KBO), and their staff has struck out 651 hitters.

The Lions have a team slugging percentage of .407 and they are recording 5.02 runs per game (9th in the league). They have recorded 132 two-baggers, while getting a free base 340 times and putting up 452 runs. Samsung has a total of 100 home runs on the campaign as well as 429 runs batted in. They have struck out on 714 instances (3rd in the league) and have notched a total of 806 base knocks. The Samsung Lions hold an OBP of .342 and a team batting average of .261 for the season.

Ji Chan Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Over the course of the 1,484 official at-bats in his pro career, Kim has accrued an average at the plate of .275 in addition to 408 base hits. He has hit the long ball 6 times, with 475 bases in total and also a .320 slugging percentage. Kim has drawn a free base 179 times while going down on strikes on 200 chances. He has accounted for 273 runs in addition to having 103 runs batted in. His OBP comes in at .359 and he has a lifetime OPS of .679.

The Samsung Lions have turned 56 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .983 (1st in the league). The Lions have recorded 751 assists, 54 errors and have earned a total of 2,411 putouts for the season. Of their 122 attempts at stealing a base, they have made it 88 times and been caught 34 times (27.9% caught stealing percentage).

The Samsung pitching staff have conceded 434 runs for the season while holding a team ERA of 4.49 (401 earned runs allowed). They have conceded 97 long balls and they relinquish 4.86 runs per 9 innings (1st in the league). The Lions have a team WHIP of 1.440 in addition to having a FIP of 4.86 as a staff so far this year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 1.99 (631 strikeouts against 317 walks). They have a ranking of 8th in KBO as a staff in total hits surrendered with 840.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung

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