Samsung Lions vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 10/22/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Kia Tigers

Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Chan Ho Park and the Kia Tigers (87-55, 1st in KBO) play the Samsung Lions (78-64, 2nd in KBO) at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Tuesday, October 22, 2024.

Samsung is slugging .428 and have been called out on strikes 1,150 times, while being walked on 531 occasions. They have accumulated 734 runs batted in and 1,336 base knocks over the course of the season, while their average at the plate sits at .269. The Lions have tallied 204 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 185 balls out of the stadium. They have 770 runs scored and have an OBP of .347. As a squad, the Samsung Lions are compiling 5.4 runs per game, which is 6th in KBO.

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Young Woong Kim is a hitter who should impact this game for Samsung. For his pro baseball career, Kim has hit 31 baseballs out of the park while driving in 92 runs. For his time in the league, he stepped into the batters box 627 times and came through with a base base hit 134 times. Kim has recorded a batting average of .238 in his time in baseball, in addition to 78 scored runs and an OPS of .759. His slugging percentage is .454 in addition to having tallied 255 bases. He has been struck out 190 times and earned a walk on 53 occasions, which contributes in part to a .305 on-base %.

The Lions have swiped 114 bags and have been thrown out 50 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 30.5%. The Samsung Lions have notched a total of 3,848 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,252 assists and 81 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .984 which has them sitting 1st in KBO and they have turned 105 double plays.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.05 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.45. Lions pitchers have surrendered 164 long balls and 719 runs in total (10th in KBO). Samsung has relinquished 1,384 hits (9.7 per 9 innings) and 667 earned runs. The Lions hold a team earned run average of 4.68 so far this season (3rd in KBO), and their staff has struck out 980 hitters.

The Kia Tigers have an OBP of .370 as well as a batting average of .301 on the year. They have been rung up on 915 instances (10th in the league) and have tallied 1,542 base hits. Kia has knocked in 163 long balls for the year as well as 812 runs batted in. The Tigers hold a slugging % of .459 and they average 5.96 runs per game (1st in the league). They have notched 266 doubles, while taking a walk 529 times and putting up 858 runs.

Chan Ho Park is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Kia. Park has recorded a walk 274 times while going down on strikes on 466 chances. He has accumulated 439 runs in addition to having 311 runs batted in. His OBP is .322 and he holds a career OPS of .649. He has hit the long ball 18 times, as well as 1,003 total bases and also a .327 slugging %. Over the course of the 3,063 at-bats in his pro career, Park has hit .262 in addition to having 803 base hits.

The Kia Tigers have turned 133 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .973 (10th in the league). The Tigers have racked up 1,400 assists, 146 errors and have accumulated 3,864 putouts during this campaign. In their 139 tries at stealing a base, they have been successful 108 times and been caught 31 times (22.3% caught stealing rate).

The Tigers have a team WHIP of 1.478 in addition to having a FIP of 5.30 as a unit so far this year. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.09 (1,125 strikeouts against 539 free passes). They sit at 8th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,365. They have allowed 141 homers and they surrender 5.30 runs per 9 innings (4th in baseball). The Kia pitching staff have yielded 759 runs on the campaign while having a team ERA of 4.40 (629 earned runs yielded).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Samsung

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