The Lotte Giants are taking on the Samsung Lions in this game at Diego Samsung Lions Park. The Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions 5/4/24 game is being played at 4:00 AM EST. The game will be broadcast locally for those in South Korea or streaming on SPOTV2.
Lotte Giants Preview
The Lotte Giants are heading to the game here after battling back to beat the Samsung Lions. The game ended up being a great battle with a final score of 8-7. The Giants are still in dead last in the KBO with a record of 10-22-1. When it comes to the road record the Giants have posted a 3-13 mark.
Aaron Wilkerson is going to the mound for his 8th start of the year while posting a 1-3 record with a 5.12 ERA and a 1.16 WHIP. He has thrown a total of 38 2/3 innings while giving up 23 runs of which 22 were earned. He has allowed 40 hits with 6 homers, but has walked only 5 batters. Control and deception has been great for Wilkerson with 33 strikeouts on the year. This year the Giants have posted a 5.34 ERA and have allowed 337 hits with 35 homers allowed. Lotte has ended up getting a 1.60 WHIP and the opponents have hit at a clip of .297.
Lotte is a poorly hitting team with a .263 average and 140 runs scored. The Giants have managed to get a total of 305 hits with 55 doubles, 10 triples, but have some good power hitting finally with 22 homers. The Giants have stolen 31 bases and have been caught stealing 10 times.
Samsung Lions Preview
Samsung is coming off of the loss in their last game, but have fallen to 3rd place in the KBO. The Lions are now sitting on a record of 20-14-1 overall. However, Samsung has managed to get a record of 6-9 on their home field on the year so far.
Denyi Reyes is the pitcher going to the mound for the Lions in this game for the 8th start. Reyes has posted a 4-2 record with a 4.46 ERA and a 1.35 WHIP. Denyi has thrown a total of 36 1/3 innings while giving up 18 runs of which all were earned. Reyes has been hit at times with 42 hits allowed of which 3 were homers. When it comes to control Denyi has struck out 30 batters while walking only 7. The Samsung Lions have posted a team ERA of 4.32 on the year overall, but have allowed only 309 hits with 34 homers given up. The opponents are hitting at a clip of .258 while the Lions have posted a 1.35 WHIP.
The Lions come to the game here hitting at a clip of .276 with a total of 184 runs. The Samsung Lions have recorded a total of 340 hits with 58 doubles, 3 triples, and 32 homers. The base running has managed to see the Lions pick up a total of 33 steals with only 6 runners being thrown out.
Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions 5/4/24 Pick: Under 9.5
The Lions and the Giants are going to have a great game here. Now, I do think the home team will win in this game here, but the main thing that I really like is the pitchers duel in this game. Both of these starters have done really well for their team and have looked impressive on the mound, not to mention Reyes already holds a win over the Giants. Still, I think this pitching matchup will keep the score down in this game here as the total and being under is what I am picking here.
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