Samsung Lions vs LG Twins Prediction, 8/1/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs LG Twins

Date: Thursday, August 1, 2024

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the venue where Hyun Soo Kim and the LG Twins (53-43, 2nd in KBO) will take on the Samsung Lions (51-47, 3rd in KBO) on Thursday, August 1, 2024.

As a unit, the Samsung Lions are notching 5.1 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 9th in the league. They have earned a total of 508 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .342. The Lions have earned 146 doubles as a squad and have knocked 115 balls out of the park. They have recorded 480 runs batted in in addition to 903 hits on the campaign, while their average at the plate sits at .263. Samsung owns a slugging percentage of .412 and have struck out 793 times, while being walked on 367 occasions.

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Ji Chan Kim is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. In his professional baseball career, Kim has hit 6 baseballs out of the park while driving in 105 runs. His slugging percentage sits at .324 and he has racked up 491 bases. In his time in the Majors, he stepped up to bat 1,776 times and has come through with a hit 421 times. He has struck out 203 times and has taken a walk on 183 at-bats, contributing to a .362 on-base percentage. Kim has hit .278 for his baseball career, with 281 scored runs and an OPS of .686.

The Samsung Lions have accounted for 2,671 putouts on the year, in addition to 851 assists and 66 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .982 which puts them in 3rd in the league and have a total of 67 double plays. The Lions have stolen 92 bags and have been thrown out 37 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 28.7%.

The Lions are sitting with a team ERA of 4.58 for the season (3rd in KBO), and their staff has rung up 695 hitters. Lions pitchers have yielded 109 home runs and also 492 runs in total (9th in baseball). Samsung has allowed 947 base hits (9.6 per 9 innings) as well as 453 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.97 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.46.

LG has hit 75 long balls so far this year in addition to 511 runs batted in. They have 148 doubles, while walking 444 times and putting up 540 runs. The LG Twins have recorded a team OBP of .368 and a batting average of .282 this year. The Twins hold a team SLG% of .405 and they tally 5.51 runs per contest (2nd in KBO). They have been rung up on 670 occasions (9th in the league) and have 939 hits.

Hyun Soo Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for LG. Kim has tallied a walk 1,059 times while striking out on 976 tries. His OBP comes in at .392 and he also has a career OPS of .864. Over the course of the 7,990 at-bats in his baseball career, Kim has recorded a batting average of .311 with 2,485 base hits. He has scored 1,233 runs and racked up 1,451 runs batted in. He has hit a home run 256 times, with 3,769 bases in total and also a .472 slugging percentage.

The LG Twins have turned 86 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .979 (6th in KBO). The Twins have racked up 910 assists, 75 errors and have a total of 2,610 putouts so far this season. Out of their 121 attempts at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 93 times and been caught 28 times (23.1% caught stealing percentage).

The LG pitching staff have allowed 492 runs on the season while having an ERA of 4.55 (440 earned runs yielded). They have surrendered 80 homers and they relinquish 5.09 runs per 9 innings (2nd in baseball). The Twins are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.499 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.09 as a unit on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.93 (726 strikeouts vs 376 walks). They sit at 9th in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 928.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Samsung

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