The Samsung Lions are going on the road to face the SSG Landers club at Incheon SSG Landers Field. The Lions vs Landers 5/16/24 game is set to take place at an early 5:30 AM EST, but if you are local in South Korea the game is being broadcast of SPOTV2.
Samsung Lions Preview
Samsung is heading to this game here after getting crushed by the SSG team in the opening game. The Lions ended up putting in only 2 runs, but allowed 9 runs to be scored. The Lions are now sitting in 4th place in the KBO with a 23-18-1 record. The Samsung team when playing on the road have been playing great with a 16-7-1 record.
Connor Seabold is the pitcher that heads to this mound for his 10th start. Seaboldhas posted a 2-3 record with a 4.76 ERA and a 1.41 WHIP. Sea bolt has thrown a total of 45 1/3 innings on the year with 24 earned runs out of 27 runs allowed. He has allowed 48 hits, 8 homers, 17 walks and has managed to strike out 45 batters. Samsung as a team has posted a 4.44 ERA and has allowed 378 hits with 41 homers. The Lions have allowed the opponents to hit at a clip of .260 with a 1.38 WHIP.
Hitting for Samsung is sitting at a .267 average with 208 runs scored. The Lions have ended up with 394 hits and 73 doubles, 4 triples and 38 homers. The Lions have stolen a total of 34 bases with 8 runners being thrown out on the year.
SSG Landers Preview
Landers was able to get a nice win in their last game. However, SSG is going to need to keep that momentum going in this game here to get the wins to move up in the standings. Landers is tied for 5th place in the KBO with a 23-19-1 record. When playing at home SSG is 12-10-1.
Kim Kwang-Hyun is the starter going to the mound for the Landers in this game. Kwang-Hyundai has started in 9 games on the year and posted a 3-3 record on the year with a 5.13 ERA and a 1.25 WHIP. Kim has town a total of 47 1/3 innings on the year giving up 27 earned runs out of 27 runs. This year he has allowed 44 hits, 8 homers, 15 walks, and has managed to strike out a total of 52 batters. SSG heads to this game here with a 5.48 ERA on the year. The Landers have allowed 396 hits with 51 homers given up. SSG has allowed the opponents to hit at a clip of only .269 on the year with a 1.52 WHIP.
The SSG Landers are coming in hitting at a clip of .269 with a total of 226 runs scored. The Landers have ended up getting a total of 404 hits with 62 doubles, 1 triples, and 45 homers. When it comes to the base running the Landers have swiped 46 bases and been caught only 15 times.
Lions vs Landers 5/16/24 Pick: SSG Landers
SSG is keeping with Kim Kwang-Hyun on the mound in this game and I think that is a good choice. Kim has picked up a win against Samsung and has a 1.50 ERA. However, Samsung decided to change up their starter and are putting Connor Seabold on the mound. This year Seabold has been decent overall, but against SSG has looked horrible with an 0-1 record and a 9.00 ERA and that means the Landers hitters know how to hit Seabold and we think that continues here.
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