LG Twins vs KT Wiz Prediction, 9/5/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: LG Twins vs KT Wiz

Date: Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Chang-ki Hong and the LG Twins (67-43, 1st in KBO) are headed to Suwon KT Wiz Park on Tuesday, September 5, 2023, where they'll take on the KT Wiz (63-50, 2nd in KBO).

LG is slugging .397 and have struck out 641 times, while being walked on 471 occasions. They have recorded 569 runs batted in as well as 1,090 base knocks on the year, while their average at the plate is sitting at .283. The Twins have accumulated 183 doubles as a team and have knocked 71 balls out of the stadium. They have accumulated 609 runs while having a team OBP of .366. As a squad, the LG Twins are scoring 5.4 runs per game, which puts them at 1st in baseball.

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Chang-ki Hong is a hitter who should impact this game for LG. In his career, Hong has hit 14 balls out of the park while driving in 212 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped up to bat 2,398 times and got on base with a hit 593 times. Hong has earned a batting average of .305 for his career, with 383 scored runs and an OPS of .830. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .402 and he has racked up 781 bases. He has been struck out 383 times and has been walked on 356 occasions, contributing to a .428 on-base percentage.

The LG Twins have earned 3,045 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,037 assists and 101 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .976 which has them ranked 9th in KBO and have a total of 101 double plays. The Twins have stolen 86 bags and have been gunned down 25 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 22.5%.

They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.11 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.33. Twins pitchers have allowed 57 home runs and also 477 runs in total (8th in the league). LG has allowed 977 base hits (8.7 per 9 innings) and 411 earned runs. The Twins are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.64 on the season (1st in KBO), and their staff has rung up 790 batters.

The Wiz hold a team SLG% of .367 and they score 4.63 runs per outing (4th in baseball). They have put up 188 doubles, while walking 398 times and scoring 532 runs. KT has knocked in 66 home runs over the course of the season and 486 runs batted in. They have struck out on 883 occasions (3rd in baseball) and have 1,051 base hits. The KT Wiz have accounted for an OBP of .334 and a team batting average of .264 on the campaign.

Sung-Woo Jang is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for KT. During the 2,832 at-bats in his professional career, Jang has accrued an average at the plate of .253 and has racked up 717 hits. He has homered 85 times, in addition to having 1,074 total bases and a .379 slugging percentage. Jang has drawn a walk 327 times while going down on strikes on 587 plate appearances. He has amassed 293 runs in addition to having earned 418 runs batted in. His OBP sits at .330 and he has a has a OPS in his career of .709.

The KT Wiz have turned 95 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .980 (5th in Korean baseball). The Wiz have recorded 1,070 assists, 85 errors and are sitting with 3,084 putouts for the year. In their 92 tries at swiping a bag, they have made it 82 times and been caught 10 times (10.9% caught stealing percentage).

The Wiz have a WHIP of 1.358 and have a FIP of 4.43 as a unit this year. They rank 3rd in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,074. The KT pitching staff have given up 506 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 4.06 (464 earned runs yielded). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.41 (777 strikeouts vs 322 bases on balls). They have relinquished 72 long balls and they surrender 4.43 runs per 9 innings (3rd in baseball).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take KT

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