Kiwoom Heroes vs LG Twins Prediction, 9/26/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs LG Twins

Date: Thursday, September 26, 2024

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Chang-ki Hong and the LG Twins (74-65, 3rd in KBO) play the Kiwoom Heroes (58-81, 10th in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Thursday, September 26, 2024.

As a squad, the Kiwoom Heroes are knocking in 4.7 runs per game, which has them sitting at 10th in the league. They have accounted for 650 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .338. The Heroes have accounted for 215 doubles as a team and have hit 99 balls out of the stadium. They have earned 619 runs batted in and 1,280 hits so far this year, and their team batting average is at .265. Kiwoom has a slugging percentage of .380 and have been rung up 1,090 times, while being walked on 479 occasions.

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Hye Seong Kim is a batter who should impact this game for Kiwoom. Kim has earned a batting average of .303 for his baseball career, in addition to 588 scored runs and an OPS of .765. He has gone down on strikes 620 times and has walked on 322 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .363 on-base percentage. For his career, Kim has slapped 37 balls over the fence while knocking in 384 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .402 and he has accumulated 1,375 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped into the batters box 3,801 times and came through with a base base hit 1,037 times.

The Kiwoom Heroes have 3,687 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,265 assists and 103 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .980 which is 6th in the league and have a total of 125 double plays. The Heroes have stolen 115 bases and have been gunned down 40 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 25.8%.

The Heroes have an ERA of 5.10 this year (8th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 896 hitters. Kiwoom has allowed 1,360 base hits (10.0 per 9 innings) as well as 696 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.86 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.50. Heroes pitchers have conceded 144 long balls and 759 total runs (5th in KBO).

LG has 113 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 747 runs batted in. They have put up 233 doubles, while taking a walk 608 times as well as scoring 789 runs. The LG Twins have compiled an OBP of .366 and a batting average of .283 so far this year. The Twins hold a team slugging % of .413 and they average 5.60 runs per game (2nd in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 953 occasions (9th in KBO) and have notched a total of 1,362 base knocks.

Chang-ki Hong is a hitter who can be a difference maker for LG. Hong has earned a walk 470 times while being called out on strikes on 491 occasions. His on-base percentage is .432 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .835. Over the course of the 2,580 at-bats in his baseball career, Hong has hit .313 in addition to having 808 base knocks. He has scored 502 runs in addition to having 300 runs batted in. He has gone deep 19 times, with 1,040 total bases and also a .403 slugging %.

The LG Twins have turned 133 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .981 (3rd in KBO). The Twins have 1,326 assists, 100 errors and have notched a total of 3,750 putouts for the season. Of their 164 tries at stealing a base, they have been successful 124 times and been caught 40 times (24.4% caught stealing percentage).

The Twins have a team WHIP of 1.497 and have a FIP of 5.16 as a pitching staff so far this year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.01 (1,055 strikeouts vs 524 walks). They come in at 6th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,347. They have conceded 123 long balls and they yield 5.16 runs per 9 innings (2nd in the league). The LG pitching staff have allowed 717 runs so far this year while holding a team ERA of 4.65 (646 earned runs conceded).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kiwoom

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