Kiwoom Heroes vs LG Twins Prediction, 5/10/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs LG Twins

Date: Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SBS SPORTS

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the site where Austin Dean and the LG Twins (18-11, 3rd in KBO) will take on the Kiwoom Heroes (13-17, 8th in KBO) on Wednesday, May 10, 2023.

As a squad, the Kiwoom Heroes are knocking in 3.8 runs per game, which is 9th in the league. They have accumulated 113 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .319. The Heroes have tallied 46 two-baggers as a team and have hit 13 balls out of the park. They have amassed 106 runs batted in as well as 255 hits this year, and their batting average is at .243. Kiwoom owns a slugging percentage of .336 and have struck out 229 times, while getting the free base on 102 occasions.

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Jung Hoo Lee is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. Lee has recorded a batting average of .338 for his time in baseball, in addition to 544 runs scored and an OPS of .893. He has gone down on strikes 292 times and has walked on 349 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .404 OBP. For his pro baseball career, Lee has drilled 62 balls over the fence while knocking in 484 runs. His slugging percentage is .489 and he has a total of 1,595 bases. For his career, he came to the plate 3,689 times and has notched a hit 1,101 times.

The Heroes have swiped 26 bags and have been gunned down 10 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 27.8%. The Kiwoom Heroes have 804 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 295 assists and 25 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .978 which has them ranked 6th in Korean baseball and have 30 double plays.

The Heroes hold a team ERA of 3.59 over the course of the season (4th in the league), and their staff has rung up 218 hitters. Heroes pitchers have conceded 12 long balls and also 122 total runs (7th in baseball). Kiwoom has given up 269 base knocks (9.0 per 9 innings) and 107 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.60 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.32.

LG has knocked in 16 home runs on the campaign to go along with 157 runs batted in. They have hit 51 two-baggers, while taking a walk 144 times and scoring 165 runs. The LG Twins have compiled an OBP of .387 and a team batting average of .294 this year. The Twins have a team slugging percentage of .407 and they average 5.69 runs per outing (1st in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 174 occasions (9th in KBO) and have totaled 290 base hits.

Austin Dean is a batter who can be a difference maker for LG. Over the course of the 333 at-bats in his professional career, Dean has hit .228 with 76 base hits. He has hit it out of the park 11 times, as well as 130 total bases and also a .390 slugging percentage. Dean has drawn a walk 26 times while fanning on 82 attempts. He has recorded 40 runs and notched 42 runs batted in. His OBP comes in at .286 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .676.

The LG Twins have twisted 26 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .969 (9th in KBO). The Twins have accrued 273 assists, 34 errors and have notched a total of 786 putouts so far this year. Of their 36 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 29 times and been caught 7 times (19.4% caught stealing percentage).

The Twins have a WHIP of 1.328 with a FIP of 4.40 as a staff over the course of the season. They rank 5th in KBO as a staff in total hits relinquished with 243. The LG pitching staff have conceded 128 runs on the year while having a team ERA of 3.26 (95 earned runs given up). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.88 (197 strikeouts vs 105 bases on balls). They have given up 13 homers and they surrender 4.40 runs per 9 innings (5th in KBO).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kiwoom

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