SSG Landers vs LG Twins Prediction, 8/21/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs LG Twins

Date: Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the venue where Chang-ki Hong and the LG Twins (60-52, 3rd in KBO) will take on the SSG Landers (56-58, 5th in KBO) on Wednesday, August 21, 2024.

SSG is slugging .414 and have been rung up 874 times, while getting the free base on 390 occasions. They have accumulated 575 RBI's as well as 1,086 hits so far this year, and their team batting average is .272. The Landers have tallied 185 doubles as a team and have hit 117 balls out of the park. They have notched a total of 600 runs while having a team OBP of .344. As a team, the SSG Landers are notching 5.2 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 8th in baseball.

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Ji Hoon Choi is a batter who should impact this game for SSG. In his career, Choi has hit 29 balls out of the park while driving in 210 runs. His slugging percentage is .381 in addition to racking up 920 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped up to bat 2,710 times and has notched a base hit 664 times. He has gone down on strikes 346 times and has walked on 211 at-bats, which contributes in part to a .337 OBP. Choi is sitting with a batting avereage of .275 for his baseball career, in addition to 384 scored runs and an OPS of .719.

The Landers have swiped 96 bases and have been gunned down 32 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 25.0%. The SSG Landers have earned 3,044 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 1,069 assists and 100 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .976 which has them sitting 9th in Korean baseball and have a total of 101 double plays.

The Landers hold a team earned run average of 5.27 this year (10th in the league), and the staff has rung up 961 hitters. Landers pitchers have allowed 136 home runs in addition to 657 total runs (2nd in the league). SSG has given up 1,070 hits (9.5 per 9 innings) and 594 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.91 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.55.

The LG Twins have accounted for an OBP of .367 and a team batting average of .281 this season. They have been rung up on 784 instances (9th in the league) and have tallied 1,090 hits. LG has knocked in 86 home runs on the season to go along with 597 runs batted in. The Twins hold a slugging percentage of .404 and they have an average of 5.52 runs per outing (4th in KBO). They hit 175 doubles, while taking a walk 511 times as well as notching 629 runs.

Chang-ki Hong is a hitter who should impact this game for LG. Hong has drawn a walk 454 times while striking out on 473 occasions. His OBP is .429 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .826. Over the course of the 2,472 at-bats in his pro career, Hong is sitting with a batting avereage of .308 in addition to 762 base hits. He has accrued 481 runs in addition to having earned 282 RBIs. He has homered 18 times, with 982 total bases and also a .397 slugging percentage.

Out of their 135 tries at getting a steal, they got to the bag before the ball 102 times and been caught 33 times (24.4% caught stealing percentage). The LG Twins have turned 106 double plays and have a fielding rate of .979 (5th in Korean baseball). The Twins have accrued 1,063 assists, 86 errors and have 3,030 putouts during this campaign.

The LG pitching staff have given up 587 runs so far this season while holding a team ERA of 4.70 (528 earned runs relinquished). They have conceded 99 long balls and they surrender 5.23 runs per 9 innings (2nd in KBO). The Twins are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.519 and have a FIP of 5.23 as a staff on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.94 (853 strikeouts against 439 walks). They sit at 8th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,095.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take SSG

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