On Wednesday the Kia Tigers are taking to the road to face the Samsung Lions. The Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions 5/9/24 game is being held at Daegu Samsung Lions park at 5:30 AM EST. The Tigers vs Lions game is broadcast on MBC Sports+.
Kia Tigers Preview
The Kia Tigers are coming here after getting a small win over the Samsung Lions. The final score in the game came in at 4-2. With the win the Tigers held onto first place and have posted a 24-12 record overall, but are 13-6 on the road.
James Naile is the starter going to the mound here for the Tigers for his 8th start of the year. Naile has posted a 4-1 record with a 1.26 ERA and a 1.05 WHIP. James has thrown a total of 43 innings while giving up 15 runs of which 6 were earned runs. He has allowed 41 hits with 1 homers, but walked only 4 batters while striking out 44. As a team the Tiger have a 3.73 ERA and have allowed 321 hits with 30 homers. The Tigers are allowing the opponents to hit at a clip of .256 with a 1.44 WHIP.
The Kia Tigers is coming in with a .299 average on the year with a total of 217 runs scored. Kia has ended up getting a total of 384 hits with 72 doubles, 4 triples, and 42 homers on the season. The Tigers have ended up getting 46 steals on the year and have had 12 runners caught stealing.
Samsung Lions Preview
The loss for the Lions was not expected since the Samsung team was playing at home. However, it was a loss and dropped the Lions securely into 3rd place. The Lions are sitting on a 20-16-1 record overall, but at home the Lions are struggling with a 6-11 mark.
Lee Seung-hyun is coming in for his 4th start of the year. So far Lee has posted a 2-1 record and a 1.80 ERA and a 1.00 WHIP. Lee has thrown a total of 15 innings giving up 3 runs of which all were earned. He has allowed only 5 hits while striking out 17 batters and walking only 10. With the Samsung team they are coming to this game with a team ERA of 4.37 with a total of 338 hits allowed, but has given up 36 homers on the year. Samsung is heading into the game here with a pitching staff that allows the opponents to hit at a clip of .263 with a 1.39 WHIP.
Samsung has managed to get a team batting average of .272 with a total of 188 runs scored. The Lions have managed to get a total of 358 hits with 62 doubles, 3 triples, but 34 homers on the year. The Lions have managed to get 33 steals, but only 6 of their runners have been thrown out on the year.
Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions 5/9/24 Pick: Kia Tigers
Kia is heading to the game here after getting an impressive win in their last game. In this game here, we are thinking that will continue as the Tigers are playing great on the road so far and have not really looked like they have had a drop off on the road. The Lions, though, are coming in with a lot of home field anxiety it would seem with the way the Lions drop off in the games when playing at home this year.
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