SSG Landers vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 8/8/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Thursday, August 8, 2024

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Gocheok Sky Dome is the venue where Ronnie Dawson and the Kiwoom Heroes (45-57, 10th in KBO) will play the SSG Landers (51-52, 5th in KBO) on Thursday, August 8, 2024.

As a team, the SSG Landers are scoring 5.2 runs/g, which puts them at 9th in the league. They have tallied 541 runs scored and have an OBP of .344. The Landers have tallied 161 doubles as a unit and have knocked 101 balls out of the stadium. They have accumulated 517 RBI's and 985 base knocks on the season, and their average at the plate comes in at .273. SSG has a slugging % of .409 and have been called out on strikes 778 times, while taking a walk on 354 occasions.

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Seong Han Park is a batter who should be able to impact this game for SSG. Park has accrued an average at the plate of .283 for his baseball career, with 245 scored runs and an OPS of .733. He has struck out 310 times and has taken a walk on 232 occasions, which contributes in part to a .361 on-base percentage. In his career, Park has hit 24 balls out of the park while driving in 207 runs. His slugging percentage is .372 and he has racked up 704 bases. For his time in baseball, he stepped into the batters box 2,175 times and has notched a base knock 536 times.

The SSG Landers have earned a total of 2,750 putouts this season, in addition to 971 assists and 92 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .976 which is 9th in KBO and have a total of 91 double plays. The Landers have swiped 85 bags and have been thrown out 32 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 27.4%.

The Landers have a team earned run average of 5.27 for the year (9th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 865 batters. Landers pitchers have conceded 118 long balls in addition to 596 runs in total (2nd in KBO). SSG has given up 956 base knocks (9.4 per 9 innings) in addition to 536 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.88 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.54.

The Heroes have a team SLG% of .391 and they are scoring 4.96 runs per game (10th in baseball). The have tallied 157 two-baggers, while taking a walk 362 times as well as putting up 506 runs. Kiwoom has recorded 76 HRs on the campaign to go along with 484 runs batted in. They have struck out on 766 occasions (6th in baseball) and have notched a total of 969 base hits. The Kiwoom Heroes have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .347 in addition to a batting average of .273 for the year.

Ronnie Dawson is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. Dawson has recorded a walk 507 times while going down on strikes on 1,013 occasions. His on-base percentage is .363 and he has a career OPS of .809. For the 4,301 official at-bats in his pro career, Dawson has an average at the plate of .275 in addition to 1,184 base hits. He has tallied 730 runs in addition to having 610 runs batted in. He has gone deep 139 times, with 1,918 total bases and a .446 slugging percentage.

In their 116 tries at getting a steal, they have been successful 83 times and been caught 33 times (28.4% caught stealing percentage). The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 93 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .980 (5th in Korean baseball). The Heroes have recorded 936 assists, 76 errors and have earned 2,710 putouts over the course of the season.

The Kiwoom pitching staff have conceded 562 runs so far this season and come in with a team ERA of 5.13 (515 earned runs relinquished). They have given up 102 home runs and they surrender 5.60 runs per 9 innings (8th in baseball). The Heroes are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.523 and have a FIP of 5.60 as a staff so far this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.81 (669 strikeouts vs 370 free passes). They come in at 4th in KBO as a staff in total hits given up with 1,005.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take SSG

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