LG Twins vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 8/25/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: LG Twins vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Sunday, August 25, 2024

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Austin Dean and the LG Twins (62-53, 3rd in KBO) travel to Gocheok Sky Dome on Sunday, August 25, 2024, where they'll meet the Kiwoom Heroes (51-66, 10th in KBO).

LG is slugging .404 and have been rung up 796 times, while drawing a walk on 529 occasions. They have accrued 615 RBI's in addition to 1,115 base knocks on the season, while their batting average is .280. The Twins have hit 183 two-baggers as a team and have hit 88 balls out of the stadium. They are sitting with 647 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .367. As a squad, the LG Twins are notching 5.5 runs per game, which has them at 3rd in the league.

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Austin Dean is a batter who can be a difference maker for LG. In his career, Dean has hit 147 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 693 runs. His slugging percentage is .459 in addition to earning 2,057 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he faced a pitcher 5,015 times and got on base with a base hit 1,278 times. He has struck out 855 times and has walked on 432 occasions, contributing to a .350 on-base percentage. Dean has compiled an average at the plate of .285 for his career in baseball, in addition to 690 runs scored and an OPS of .809.

The Twins have stolen 105 bags and have been thrown out 33 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 23.9%. The LG Twins have 3,111 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,084 assists and 89 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .979 which has them ranked 5th in KBO and they have turned 108 double plays.

The Twins hold a team earned run average of 4.66 on the campaign (3rd in baseball), and the staff has rung up 878 hitters. LG has conceded 1,119 base hits (9.7 per 9 innings) and 537 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 1.96 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.51. Twins pitchers have allowed 100 home runs and 598 runs in total (9th in baseball).

The Heroes have a team slugging % of .385 and they tally 4.68 runs per game (10th in the league). The have tallied 178 two-baggers, while taking a walk 395 times as well as recording 548 runs. Kiwoom has hit 85 long balls over the course of the season and 524 RBIs. They have struck out on 894 occasions (6th in baseball) and have totaled 1,088 hits. The Kiwoom Heroes have earned an OBP of .340 in addition to a team batting average of .268 for the year.

Sung Mun Song is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. Over the course of the 2,204 at-bats in his career, Song has accumulated a batting average of .273 in addition to 601 base knocks. He has homered 50 times, with 884 total bases and a .401 slugging percentage. Song has drawn a free base 212 times while striking out on 326 chances. He has accrued 283 runs and racked up 344 runs batted in. His on-base % is .334 and he is the owner of a has a OPS in his career of .735.

Out of their 130 attempts at swiping a bag, they have had success 93 times and been caught 37 times (28.5% caught stealing rate). The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 108 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .979 (6th in KBO). The Heroes have accrued 1,078 assists, 90 errors and have earned 3,103 putouts on the campaign.

The Kiwoom pitching staff have yielded 626 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 5.01 (576 earned runs conceded). They have allowed 117 home runs and they concede 5.45 runs per 9 innings (5th in KBO). The Heroes are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.506 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.45 as a staff on the campaign. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.85 (760 strikeouts vs 411 free passes). They come in at 2nd in KBO as a staff in total hits conceded with 1,146.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take LG

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