SSG Landers vs LG Twins Prediction, 8/20/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: SSG Landers vs LG Twins
Date: Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea
TV: SPO-T
Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the venue where Hyun Soo Kim and the LG Twins (60-51, 3rd in KBO) will play the SSG Landers (56-57, 5th in KBO) on Tuesday, August 20, 2024.
The Landers have accrued 184 two-baggers as a team and have hit 117 balls out of the stadium. SSG has a slugging rate of .415 and have been called out on strikes 862 times, while drawing a walk on 387 occasions. As a unit, the SSG Landers are compiling 5.3 runs per game, which ranks them 7th in baseball. They have amassed 574 runs batted in as well as 1,078 hits on the season, while their average at the plate is sitting at .273. They have earned a total of 599 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .344.
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Seong Han Park is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for SSG. In his professional baseball career, Park has hit 24 balls out of the park while knocking in 209 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .369 and he has racked up 709 bases. For his time in baseball, he came to the plate 2,210 times and got on base with a base knock 540 times. He has been struck out 320 times and earned a walk on 239 occasions, which has contributed to a .360 OBP. Park has compiled an average at the plate of .281 for his career in baseball, in addition to 248 runs scored and an OPS of .729.
The SSG Landers are sitting with 3,017 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,060 assists and 100 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .976 which has them ranked 9th in KBO and have earned 100 double plays. The Landers have stolen 96 bases and have been gunned down 32 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 25.0%.
The Landers hold a team earned run average of 5.26 so far this season (9th in KBO), and their staff has struck out 953 hitters. SSG has conceded 1,062 base hits (9.5 per 9 innings) and also 587 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 1.91 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.55. Landers pitchers have conceded 132 home runs in addition to 650 total runs (2nd in the league).
The LG Twins have tallied an on-base percentage of .368 as well as a batting average of .282 this year. They have been rung up on 777 occasions (9th in the league) and are sitting with 1,086 base hits. LG has recorded 86 HRs on the campaign in addition to 597 RBIs. The Twins have a slugging percentage of .406 and they are scoring 5.57 runs per contest (3rd in the league). They have 175 two-baggers, while taking a walk 509 times as well as scoring 629 runs.
Hyun Soo Kim is a batter who can be a difference maker for LG. Kim has tallied a walk 1,066 times while striking out on 987 occasions. His on-base percentage comes in at .392 and he has a career OPS of .863. In the 8,045 at-bats in his professional career, Kim has accrued an average at the plate of .311 with 2,502 hits. He has compiled 1,238 runs in addition to having 1,455 RBIs. He has gone yard 256 times, with 3,792 total bases and a .471 slugging percentage.
The LG Twins have turned 104 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .979 (5th in KBO). The Twins have 1,047 assists, 86 errors and have amassed 3,003 putouts this season. Of their 131 tries at swiping a bag, they have been successful 100 times and been caught 31 times (23.7% caught stealing rate).
The Twins hold a team WHIP of 1.517 and have a FIP of 5.24 as a pitching staff on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.93 (847 strikeouts vs 438 walks). They are currently ranked 8th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 1,081. They have yielded 99 homers and they relinquish 5.24 runs per 9 innings (2nd in the league). The LG pitching staff have surrendered 583 runs this season and come in with a team ERA of 4.71 (524 earned runs relinquished).
Who will win tonight's KBO game against the spread?
Tony Sink's Pick: Take SSG
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