LG Twins vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 9/3/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: LG Twins vs Kia Tigers

Date: Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: SS-T

Do Yeong Kim and the Kia Tigers (75-49, 1st in KBO) play the LG Twins (65-57, 3rd in KBO) at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Tuesday, September 3, 2024.

As a team, the LG Twins are knocking in 5.6 runs per outing, which puts them at 3rd in baseball. They have accounted for 689 runs and have an OBP of .367. The Twins have accumulated 201 doubles as a squad and have hit 94 balls out of the park. They have accrued 655 runs batted in in addition to 1,196 hits on the season, while their team batting average is at .282. LG has a slugging rate of .409 and have struck out 837 times, while drawing a walk on 549 occasions.

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Hyun Soo Kim is a batter who should impact this game for LG. Kim has recorded a batting average of .311 for his career, in addition to 1,241 runs scored and an OPS of .862. He has fanned 989 times and earned a walk on 1,067 at-bats, contributing to a .391 on-base %. In his career, Kim has hit 256 balls over the fence while driving in 1,460 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .471 in addition to racking up 3,805 bases. For his career, he came to bat 9,346 times and has reached base with a base hit 2,511 times.

The Twins have stolen 110 bags and have been thrown out 34 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 23.6%. The LG Twins have a tally of 3,297 putouts on the year, as well as 1,156 assists and 93 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .980 which puts them in 6th in the league and they have turned 112 double plays.

The Twins have a team ERA of 4.68 over the course of the season (3rd in baseball), and the staff has rung up 932 batters. LG has allowed 1,189 base hits (9.7 per 9 innings) in addition to 571 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.99 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.51. Twins pitchers have relinquished 109 long balls and 637 runs in total (9th in baseball).

The Kia Tigers have compiled an OBP of .370 as well as a batting average of .300 for the season. They have been rung up on 797 instances (10th in baseball) and have recorded 1,353 hits. Kia has compiled 145 home runs over the course of the season in addition to 713 RBIs. The Tigers have a team slugging percentage of .461 and they average 5.94 runs per game (1st in baseball). They have 240 doubles, while taking a walk 470 times as well as scoring 749 runs.

Do Yeong Kim is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Kia. Kim has drawn a walk 120 times while fanning on 226 chances. He has a total of 233 runs and has 164 runs batted in. His OBP comes in at .382 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .906. He has gone yard 45 times, as well as 547 bases in total and also a .524 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 1,043 official at-bats in his career, Kim has accumulated a batting average of .309 in addition to 322 base hits.

Of their 129 chances at swiping a bag, they have had success 100 times and been caught 29 times (22.5% caught stealing rate). The Kia Tigers have turned 113 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .973 (10th in KBO). The Tigers have 1,231 assists, 130 errors and have 3,381 putouts during this campaign.

The Tigers hold a team WHIP of 1.500 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.46 as a squad so far this year. They rank 3rd in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 1,204. The Kia pitching staff have given up 684 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 4.50 (564 earned runs surrendered). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.00 (974 strikeouts against 487 bases on balls). They have conceded 133 HR's and they surrender 5.46 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take LG

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