LG Twins vs KT Wiz Prediction, 8/30/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: LG Twins vs KT Wiz

Date: Friday, August 30, 2024

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Suwon KT Wiz Park is the site where Baek Ho Kang and the KT Wiz (60-62, 5th in KBO) will take on the LG Twins (64-56, 3rd in KBO) on Friday, August 30, 2024.

LG has a slugging percentage of .406 and have been called out on strikes 821 times, while drawing a walk on 545 occasions. They have recorded 637 RBI's in addition to 1,165 hits over the course of the season, and their batting average is .281. The Twins have hit 195 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 92 balls out of the stadium. They have earned a total of 671 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .367. As a team, the LG Twins are notching 5.5 runs per game, which ranks them 4th in the league.

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Hyun Soo Kim is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for LG. For his career, Kim has hit 7 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 36 runs. In his time in the Majors, he approached the plate 584 times and has notched a base hit 141 times. Kim has hit .273 in his time in baseball, with 56 runs scored and an OPS of .719. His career slugging percentage is .368 and he has totaled 190 bases. He has struck out 97 times and has gotten a free base on 58 at-bats, contributing to a .351 OBP.

The LG Twins have notched a total of 3,243 putouts on the year, as well as 1,139 assists and 91 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .980 which has them sitting 4th in Korean baseball and have a total of 111 double plays. The Twins have swiped 110 bases and have been caught 33 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 23.1%.

They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.97 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.51. Twins pitchers have yielded 105 home runs and 622 total runs (9th in the league). LG has surrendered 1,165 base hits (9.7 per 9 innings) and also 557 earned runs. The Twins have an earned run average of 4.64 so far this season (3rd in baseball), and the staff has rung up 914 hitters.

KT has accounted for 125 home runs for the year as well as 602 RBIs. They have recorded 190 doubles, while taking a walk 504 times and notching 641 runs. The KT Wiz have recorded a team on-base percentage of .353 as well as a batting average of .275 so far this year. The Wiz have a slugging percentage of .410 and they earn 5.17 runs per game (8th in the league). They have struck out on 987 occasions (3rd in KBO) and have earned 1,202 base knocks.

Baek Ho Kang is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for KT. Kang has drawn a free base 386 times while fanning on 603 attempts. He has tallied 484 runs in addition to having earned 495 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .387 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .882. He has gone yard 120 times, as well as 1,455 bases in total and also a .495 slugging percentage. In the 2,941 at-bats in his professional career, Kang has a batting average of .307 with 903 hits.

The KT Wiz have turned 89 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .977 (8th in the league). The Wiz have racked up 1,109 assists, 104 errors and are sitting with 3,310 putouts on the season. Of their 161 tries at swiping a bag, they have made it 124 times and been caught 37 times (23.0% caught stealing rate).

The Wiz have a team WHIP of 1.478 and have a FIP of 5.66 as a team on the year. They sit at 1st in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 1,246. The KT pitching staff have surrendered 694 runs on the season while having an ERA of 5.12 (627 earned runs conceded). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.53 (973 strikeouts against 384 free passes). They have given up 129 long balls and they surrender 5.66 runs per 9 innings (9th in baseball).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take LG

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