The Samsung Lions will be taking on the Kia Tigers on Saturday. The Samsung Lions vs Kia Tigers 4/6/24 game is taking place at 4:00 AM EST. The game is being held at Gwangju Kia Champions Field and is being broadcast locally on MC Sports+
Samsung Lions Preview
Samsung heads to the game here after dropping their last game. The loss came against the Tigers in a disappointing 5-2 finish for the Lions fans. The loss dropped Samsung to a record of 2-8-1 on the year and that is only good enough for Samsung to be sitting in 9th place.
Samsung is turning the ball over to Lee Seung-min. This year Seung-min has started in a game and picked up a loss. However, Lee has posted a 13.50 ERA and a 2.25 WHIP. He has thrown in only 4 innings and allowed 6 runs and 8 hits with one being a homer. Still, Lee only walked 1 batter, but did strike out 2 batters. The team pitching for Samsung is giving up a lot of hits as the opponents are hitting at a clip of .318 and Lions have ended up with a 1.70 WHIP. The Samsung Lions have allowed 14 homers on 131 hits. When it comes to the overall pitching the Samsung team has a horrible 6.57 ERA.
Samsung is the worst hitting team in the KBO with a .218 average on the year with 42 runs scored and 84 hits. The Lions have ended up getting 16 doubles, 1 triple and 6 homers on the season. The base running for Samsung has seen 9 steal attempts with 8 of them being successful.
Kia Tigers Preview
The Tigers had a nice win in their last game. The win allowed the Tigers to move to the first place spot in the KBO. Now, the Tigers after getting the opening series win have moved to a record of 8-2 on the year so far.
Yoon Young-cheol is the starter for the Tigers in this game here. This year he has pitched in a single game and picked up a win in it. He did post a 0.00 ERA and a 0.80 WHIP. In his win he only threw 5 innings and allowed 3 hits, but struck out 5 batters while walking a single batter. Kia is the best pitching team in the KBO with a 2.76 ERA and only 67 hits allowed of which 16 were doubles and 7 were homers. The opponents are hitting at a clip of .204 with a WHIP of 1.26.
When it comes to swinging the bat the Tigers are the best in the KBO with a .301 average with 52 runs. Still, the Tigers have recorded 107 hits and 23 doubles and 8 homers. Running the bases the Tigers have tried 19 steals and have been successful 17 times on the season.
Samsung Lions vs Kia Tigers 4/6/24 Pick: Kia Tigers
The Tigers are the best hitting team and are facing the second worst pitching team. What do you think will happen? Yes, thats what we think as well that the Tigers are going to run away with this game here as the Lions struggle to keep the Kia hitters in check.
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