Samsung Lions vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 6/8/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Saturday, June 8, 2024

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: TVING

Gocheok Sky Dome is the site where Hye Seong Kim and the Kiwoom Heroes (23-35, 10th in KBO) will take on the Samsung Lions (33-26, 3rd in KBO) on Saturday, June 8, 2024.

The Lions have compiled 98 doubles as a team and have hit 59 balls out of the park. Samsung has a slugging rate of .405 and have been rung up 473 times, while being walked on 228 occasions. As a team, the Samsung Lions are notching 5.0 runs per contest, which ranks them 8th in KBO. They have accrued 285 RBI's in addition to 560 hits over the course of the season, and their batting average is at .268. They have earned 299 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .348.

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Young Woong Kim is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. In his pro baseball career, Kim has slapped 63 baseballs out of the park while driving in 431 runs. His slugging percentage is .429 in addition to having tallied 1,349 bases. For his career, he stepped up to the plate 3,693 times and came through with a base base knock 955 times. He has struck out 544 times and has taken a walk on 454 occasions, contributing to a .396 on-base percentage. Kim has accrued an average at the plate of .304 for his baseball career, in addition to 496 runs scored and an OPS of .825.

The Samsung Lions have accumulated 1,625 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 521 assists and 40 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .982 which ranks 3rd in KBO and they have turned 45 double plays. The Lions have swiped 60 bases and have been thrown out 23 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 27.7%.

The Lions have a team earned run average of 4.61 on the campaign (5th in KBO), and they have rung up 425 hitters. Samsung has given up 574 base hits (9.5 per 9 innings) as well as 277 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.05 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.44. Lions pitchers have conceded 59 long balls and 300 runs (9th in KBO).

The Kiwoom Heroes have accumulated a team on-base percentage of .341 and a batting average of .269 this year. They have struck out on 427 instances (8th in KBO) and have 543 base knocks. Kiwoom has recorded 45 HRs on the campaign and 257 runs batted in. The Heroes have a team SLG% of .383 and they score 4.62 runs per contest (10th in baseball). They have recorded 81 two-baggers, while walking 199 times as well as notching 268 runs.

Hye Seong Kim is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kiwoom. Kim has tallied a free base 488 times while striking out on 994 chances. His on-base % is .363 and he has a lifetime OPS of .811. Over the course of the 4,148 at-bats in his career, Kim has an average at the plate of .276 with 1,143 base knocks. He has compiled 700 runs and also has 586 RBIs. He has hit it out of the park 136 times, with 1,858 total bases and a .448 slugging percentage.

Out of their 64 chances at stealing a base, they got to the bag before the ball 49 times and been caught 15 times (23.4% caught stealing percentage). The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 55 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .978 (8th in KBO). The Heroes have racked up 528 assists, 46 errors and have amassed 1,540 putouts for the year.

The Heroes hold a team WHIP of 1.505 and have a FIP of 5.36 as a squad so far this year. They rank 7th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 560. The Kiwoom pitching staff have surrendered 306 runs so far this year while holding a team ERA of 4.86 (277 earned runs surrendered). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.75 (370 strikeouts against 212 bases on balls). They have yielded 57 home runs and they allow 5.36 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Samsung

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