Doosan Bears vs LG Twins Prediction, 8/29/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs LG Twins

Date: Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the site where Chang-ki Hong and the LG Twins (65-41, 1st in KBO) will take on the Doosan Bears (54-53, 6th in KBO) on Tuesday, August 29, 2023.

Doosan has a slugging rate of .373 and have struck out 737 times, while drawing a walk on 382 occasions. They have accrued 428 RBI's and 934 base knocks over the course of the season, while their team batting average is .256. The Bears have accumulated 161 doubles as a team and have hit 73 balls out of the stadium. They have racked up 470 runs scored and hold an OBP of .333. As a squad, the Doosan Bears are scoring 4.4 runs per game, which puts them at 8th in the league.

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Soo Bin Jung is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. For his career, Jung has hit 31 balls over the fence while knocking in 491 runs. In his time spent in pro baseball, he approached the plate 5,312 times and has delivered a base hit 1,297 times. Jung has accumulated a batting average of .279 for his baseball career, in addition to 799 runs scored and an OPS of .721. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .372 and he has totaled 1,728 bases. He has struck out 688 times and has walked on 450 attempts at the plate, which contributes in part to a .349 on-base percentage.

The Bears have swiped 44 bases and have been thrown out 32 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 42.1%. The Doosan Bears have earned 2,893 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 957 assists and 83 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .979 which has them sitting 8th in the league and they have turned 81 double plays.

The Bears hold a team ERA of 4.11 on the campaign (5th in the league), and the staff has struck out 777 hitters. Bears pitchers have allowed 69 long balls and also 493 total runs (5th in the league). Doosan has surrendered 949 base hits (8.9 per 9 innings) as well as 440 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.08 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.37.

LG has accounted for 68 long balls on the season in addition to 551 RBIs. They have hit 180 doubles, while getting a free base 457 times and scoring 590 runs. The LG Twins have accounted for an OBP of .366 in addition to a team batting average of .282 this season. The Twins hold a team SLG% of .397 and they average 5.46 runs per game (1st in baseball). They have struck out on 621 instances (10th in the league) and are sitting with 1,048 hits.

Chang-ki Hong is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for LG. Hong has drawn a walk 355 times while being called out on strikes on 383 tries. His OBP is .428 and he holds a has a OPS in his career of .830. For the 1,941 at-bats in his career, Hong is sitting with a batting avereage of .305 and has racked up 592 hits. He has compiled 383 runs in addition to having earned 212 runs batted in. He has homered 14 times, as well as 780 total bases and also a .402 slugging percentage.

In their 108 attempts at swiping a bag, they have had success 85 times and been caught 23 times (21.3% caught stealing rate). The LG Twins have turned 99 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .976 (10th in KBO). The Twins have 1,001 assists, 98 errors and have notched a total of 2,934 putouts during this campaign.

The Twins have a team WHIP of 1.342 with a FIP of 4.28 as a squad on the season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.07 (758 strikeouts against 366 bases on balls). They come in at 7th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 946. They have conceded 56 homers and they relinquish 4.28 runs per 9 innings (2nd in KBO). The LG pitching staff have given up 465 runs on the year while having an ERA of 3.70 (402 earned runs conceded).

Who will win tonight's baseball game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Doosan

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