LG Twins vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 9/30/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: LG Twins vs Doosan Bears

Date: Saturday, September 30, 2023

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Soo Bin Jung and the Doosan Bears (67-59, 4th in KBO) play the LG Twins (78-48, 1st in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Saturday, September 30, 2023.

The Twins have recorded 205 doubles as a unit and have hit 85 balls out of the park. LG is slugging .400 and have struck out 723 times, while drawing a walk on 527 occasions. As a team, the LG Twins are scoring 5.5 runs per outing, which ranks them 1st in KBO. They have accounted for 659 runs batted in and 1,241 hits for the season, and their average at the plate comes in at .284. They have racked up 709 runs scored and have an OBP of .365.

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Chang-ki Hong is a batter who should be able to impact this game for LG. Hong has an average at the plate of .310 in his time in baseball, with 403 scored runs and an OPS of .836. He has been struck out 390 times and has walked on 369 occasions, which has contributed to a .431 OBP. In his professional baseball career, Hong has slapped 14 balls out of the park while driving in 227 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .405 in addition to earning 817 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped up to bat 2,484 times and came through with a base hit 624 times.

The Twins have swiped 104 bags and have been caught 27 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 20.6%. The LG Twins have a tally of 3,458 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,170 assists and 111 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .977 which has them ranked 9th in the league and have 113 double plays.

The Twins hold a team earned run average of 3.69 for the season (2nd in the league), and their staff has rung up 894 hitters. Twins pitchers have given up 65 long balls and also 544 runs in total (9th in the league). LG has allowed 1,124 base knocks (8.8 per 9 innings) as well as 472 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.06 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.35.

Doosan has accumulated 89 home runs on the year as well as 505 RBIs. They hit 185 two-baggers, while taking a walk 444 times and scoring 554 runs. The Doosan Bears have an OBP of .332 and a team batting average of .256 on the season. The Bears hold a team slugging percentage of .373 and they score 4.36 runs per game (7th in KBO). They have been called out on strikes on 870 occasions (6th in KBO) and have earned 1,101 base hits.

Soo Bin Jung is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Jung has tallied a walk 461 times while striking out on 700 attempts. He has compiled 810 runs in addition to having earned 495 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .349 and he has earned a has a OPS in his career of .721. He has gone deep 32 times, in addition to having 1,755 total bases and a .372 slugging percentage. During the 4,715 at-bats in his pro career, Jung has hit .279 with 1,315 base hits.

The Doosan Bears have turned 95 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .978 (7th in KBO). The Bears have accrued 1,146 assists, 101 errors and have earned a total of 3,408 putouts this year. Of their 91 chances at swiping a bag, they have had success 55 times and been caught 36 times (39.6% caught stealing rate).

The Bears hold a team WHIP of 1.350 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.36 as a team for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.07 (898 strikeouts against 434 bases on balls). They sit at 8th in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 1,100. They have yielded 79 dingers and they relinquish 4.36 runs per 9 innings (4th in KBO). The Doosan pitching staff have relinquished 550 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 3.89 (491 earned runs surrendered).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take LG

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