The Samsung Lions are staying on the road to face the Kiwoom Heroes are Gocehok Sky Dome. The Samsung Lions vs Kiwoom Heroes 4/27/24 game is taking place at 4:00 AM EST. The game actually has plenty of broadcast options with SBS Sports and SPOTV2 both airing the game.
Samsung Lions Preview
The Samsung Lions are coming off of a shutout win over the Kiwoom team. The win came by a score of 3-0. The win allowed the Lions to move up to third place in the KBO and have improved to a record of 16-12-1 on the year.
Connor Seabold is the starter that is heading to the mound for his 7th start of the year. Seabold has posted a 1-2 record with a 6.23 ERA and a 1.52 WHIP. He has thrown a total of 30 1/3 innings while giving up 22 runs, 35 hits and 7 homers. Connor has struck out 27 batters and has walked only 11 batters. Samsung as a team has posted a 4.57 ERA and has allowed 268 hits with 29 homers. The Lions have allowed the opponents to hit at a clip of .266 with a 1.41 WHIP.
Hitting for Samsung is sitting at a .265 average with 142 runs scored. The Lions have ended up with 266 hits and 47 doubles, 2 triples and 30 homers. The Lions have stolen a total of 29 bases with 6 runners being thrown out on the year.
Kiwoom Heroes Preview
After losing in their last game the Heroes have dropped down to 6th place in the KBO standings. The loss was by a shutout which does not help the Heroes offensive efforts on the year. The Heroes are also sitting on a record of 13-14 on the year.
Ariel Jurado is the starter that goes to the mound for the Heroes. He is making his 7th start here and has already posted a 3-3 record with a 5.14 ERA and a 1.40 WHIP. Jurado has thrown a total of 35 innings while giving up 20 runs, 42 hits and 6 homers. Ariel has struck out a total of 28 batters and walked 7 on the season so far. The Heroes as a team have a 4.96 ERA and have allowed 258 hits with 25 homers. Kiwoom has posted an opponents average of .273 with a WHIP of 1.47.
The Heroes are decent hitting with a .268 average with 141 runs scored. Kiwoom has managed to get 249 hits with 42 doubles, 5 triples, and 28 homers on the year. Base running is fairly weak for the Heroes with only 9 steals, but only 2 runners have been thrown out.
Samsung Lions vs Kiwoom Heroes 4/27/24 Pick: Kiwoom Heroes
Okay, the Lions did pick up a win in their last game. However, the pitching from Jurado should make up the difference in the game here. The Heroes have a better starter on the mound in this game here and it is going to make it easier for the Heroes to keep the game close and rely on their offense to actually show up for a chance. The Lions are playing good but the pitching from Seabold is questionable at best. Look for that to make the difference in the game here as the Heroes secure the win.
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