LG Twins vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 6/19/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: LG Twins vs Kia Tigers

Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Gwangju Kia Champions Field is the site where Socrates Brito and the Kia Tigers (41-28, 1st in KBO) will play the LG Twins (40-30, 2nd in KBO) on Wednesday, June 19, 2024.

LG owns a slugging percentage of .413 and have been called out on strikes 483 times, while drawing a walk on 350 occasions. They have accumulated 390 RBI's and 704 hits on the campaign, while their batting average is sitting at .287. The Twins have accumulated 118 doubles as a team and have hit 53 balls out of the stadium. They have a total of 414 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .377. As a unit, the LG Twins are notching 5.8 runs per game, which puts them at 1st in the league.

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Austin Dean is a batter who should impact this game for LG. Dean has an average at the plate of .284 for his baseball career, with 654 runs scored and an OPS of .801. He has gone down on strikes 832 times and has walked on 415 occasions, contributing to a .349 on-base percentage. For his career, Dean has hit 134 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 646 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .452 in addition to earning 1,951 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped up to bat 4,832 times and has reached base with a base hit 1,224 times.

The LG Twins have a total of 1,917 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 673 assists and 58 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .978 which has them sitting 7th in KBO and have 62 double plays. The Twins have stolen 74 bases and have been thrown out 19 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 20.4%.

The Twins have compiled a team ERA of 4.69 on the campaign (5th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 551 hitters. LG has allowed 700 base knocks (9.9 per 9 innings) as well as 333 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.97 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.53. Twins pitchers have relinquished 64 home runs in addition to 366 runs in total (4th in KBO).

The Tigers have a team SLG% of .440 and they score 5.66 runs per contest (2nd in baseball). They have hit 117 two-baggers, while taking a walk 271 times and putting up 396 runs. Kia has a total of 76 home runs so far this season in addition to 377 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 461 occasions (10th in the league) and have 721 base knocks. The Kia Tigers have earned a team OBP of .363 and a batting average of .289 this season.

Socrates Brito is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Brito has tallied a walk 477 times while going down on strikes on 1,318 occasions. He has a total of 938 runs in addition to having 827 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .333 and he has a has a OPS in his career of .768. He has hit a home run 148 times, with 2,720 bases in total and also a .435 slugging %. During the 6,255 at-bats in his pro career, Brito is sitting with a batting avereage of .282 with 1,762 base hits.

Out of their 76 tries at swiping a bag, they have been successful 59 times and been caught 17 times (22.4% caught stealing percentage). The Kia Tigers have turned 73 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .973 (10th in KBO). The Tigers have racked up 700 assists, 71 errors and are sitting with 1,884 putouts this season.

The Kia pitching staff have allowed 344 runs on the year while having a team ERA of 4.16 (290 earned runs given up). They have allowed 71 HR's and they allow 4.93 runs per 9 innings (1st in KBO). The Tigers hold a team WHIP of 1.470 in addition to having a FIP of 4.93 as a team for the season. Their K/BB ratio is 1.99 (532 strikeouts vs 268 walks). They are sitting at 9th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 655.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take LG

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