Samsung Lions at Shinsegae Landers
INCHEON (Interstat) — The Samsung Lions will visit the Shinsegae Landers on Friday at Munhak Baseball Stadium in Incheon, where the forecast calls for 64 degrees at game time. Samsung will be the visiting team, and Shinsegae will be the home team.
Samsung enters 81-53-2, while Shinsegae is 61-71-5. The Lions have won seven of the past 10 meetings between the clubs, including the most recent, a 5-4 Samsung victory. Samsung has scored 10 or more runs in four of the past 10 meetings. Its wins in that stretch include 18-4, 13-3 and 13-7 decisions. Shinsegae’s wins were 6-4, 5-4 and 5-3. Samsung most recently lost 9-3 at KT Wiz. Won Tae-in took the loss after allowing two earned runs on four hits over five innings with two walks and three strikeouts. Lewin Diaz went 1-for-4 with three RBIs, and Kim Tae-hoon pitched a scoreless inning with one hit, one walk and two strikeouts.
Shinsegae most recently beat NC Dinos 6-3. Kim Min-jun allowed one hit over seven scoreless innings with one walk and eight strikeouts. Jeon Ui-san went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs, while Jo Byeong-hyeon tossed a scoreless inning with one walk.
Won is scheduled to start for Samsung. In his last outing, he gave up two earned runs on four hits over five innings in a loss at KT, with two walks and three strikeouts. Before that, he allowed one earned run on six hits over five innings against Hanwha with two walks and four strikeouts. Earlier in the sample, he allowed nine earned runs on 11 hits over 3.1 innings at Lotte with two walks and two strikeouts, and he gave up two earned runs on four hits over 5.2 innings against Lotte with two walks and four strikeouts.
Kim is slated for Shinsegae. He held NC to one hit over seven scoreless innings with one walk and eight strikeouts in his last start. He allowed four earned runs on five hits over five innings against LG with three walks and six strikeouts. Against Samsung, he allowed four earned runs on seven hits over 6.1 innings with two walks and five strikeouts. He also gave up three earned runs on five hits over six innings against Kia with three walks and eight strikeouts.
Samsung is scheduled to host KT Wiz in its next series, while Shinsegae is scheduled to visit Kia Tigers.
Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Samsung Lions 7, Shinsegae Landers 6. Interstat’s ELO system gives Samsung a 58.5 percent probability to win.