Samsung Lions vs LG Twins Prediction, 10/18/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs LG Twins

Date: Friday, October 18, 2024

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: TVING

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the venue where Austin Dean and the LG Twins (76-66, 3rd in KBO) will take on the Samsung Lions (78-64, 2nd in KBO) on Friday, October 18, 2024.

The Lions have tallied 204 doubles as a team and have smacked 185 balls out of the park. Samsung has a slugging % of .428 and have been called out on strikes 1,150 times, while being walked on 531 occasions. As a squad, the Samsung Lions are putting up 5.4 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 6th in KBO. They have 734 RBI's as well as 1,336 base knocks so far this season, while their team batting average comes in at .269. They have racked up 770 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .347.

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Ja Wook Koo is a hitter who should impact this game for Samsung. In his professional baseball career, Koo has hit 167 baseballs out of the park while driving in 786 runs. His career slugging percentage is .512 in addition to earning 2,408 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he came to bat 5,307 times and came through with a base base knock 1,495 times. He has struck out 910 times and has taken a walk on 478 occasions, which contributes in part to a .385 on-base percentage. Koo is sitting with a batting avereage of .318 for his career, in addition to 879 runs scored and an OPS of .897.

The Samsung Lions have amassed 3,848 putouts so far this season, as well as 1,252 assists and 81 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .984 which has them ranked 1st in KBO and they have turned 105 double plays. The Lions have swiped 114 bags and have been caught 50 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 30.5%.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.05 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.45. Lions pitchers have relinquished 164 home runs and also 719 runs (10th in the league). Samsung has surrendered 1,384 hits (9.7 per 9 innings) in addition to 667 earned runs. The Lions have an ERA of 4.68 this year (3rd in the league), and the staff has rung up 980 batters.

LG has compiled 115 HRs this season to go along with 765 runs batted in. They have recorded 238 two-baggers, while walking 616 times as well as scoring 808 runs. The LG Twins have earned an OBP of .366 in addition to a team batting average of .283 on the season. The Twins hold a team slugging % of .414 and they are scoring 5.61 runs per contest (2nd in baseball). They have struck out on 969 occasions (9th in KBO) and have notched a total of 1,394 base knocks.

Austin Dean is a hitter who should impact this game for LG. Dean has recorded a free base 442 times while striking out on 865 occasions. His on-base percentage is .351 and he has earned a has a OPS in his career of .812. For the 4,577 official at-bats in his pro career, Dean has an average at the plate of .287 with 1,313 hits. He has accumulated 708 runs and also has 718 RBIs. He has hit a home run 151 times, in addition to having 2,111 total bases and also a .461 slugging percentage.

The LG Twins have turned 135 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .981 (3rd in KBO). The Twins have recorded 1,348 assists, 102 errors and have earned 3,831 putouts over the course of the season. In their 166 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 126 times and been caught 40 times (24.1% caught stealing rate).

The Twins have a WHIP of 1.491 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.13 as a team so far this season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 2.05 (1,082 strikeouts vs 529 walks). They are sitting at 7th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,375. They have conceded 126 HR's and they allow 5.13 runs per 9 innings (2nd in the league). The LG pitching staff have conceded 728 runs this season while having a team ERA of 4.63 (657 earned runs surrendered).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Samsung

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