Kiwoom Heroes vs LG Twins Prediction, 10/21/2021 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs LG Twins

Date: Thursday, October 21, 2021

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SBS Sports

Odds/Point Spread: Kiwoom (-105) LG (-115)

Eric Jokisch and the Kiwoom Heroes (65-65, 5th in KBO) travel to Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Thursday where they'll take on the LG Twins (69-55, 3rd in KBO). The Twins open this game at -115 while the Heroes are priced at -105. The total has been set at 8. The men taking the mound will be Eric Jokisch and Woo Chan Lee.

Kiwoom is slugging .378 and have been called out on strikes 1,001 times, while taking a walk on 563 occasions. They have accumulated 635 runs batted in and 1,187 base knocks for the year, while their team batting average is sitting at .258. The Heroes have tallied 232 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 89 balls out of the park. They have 681 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .347. As a team, the Kiwoom Heroes are earning 5.0 runs per contest, which puts them at 5th in baseball.

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Hye-seong Kim is a batter who can be a difference maker for Kiwoom. For his career, Kim has slapped 15 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 202 runs. In his time in the Majors, he came to bat 2,028 times and came through with a base hit 517 times. Kim has hit .284 for his baseball career, in addition to 307 scored runs and an OPS of .719. His slugging percentage sits at .375 in addition to earning 683 bases. He has struck out 398 times and has walked on 168 occasions, which has contributed to a .344 on-base percentage.

The Kiwoom Heroes have amassed 3,580 putouts thus far, in addition to 1,441 assists and 122 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .976 which is 10th in KBO and have 145 double plays. The Heroes have stolen 83 bases and have been thrown out 35 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 29.7%.

Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.58 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.47. Heroes pitchers have surrendered 98 home runs in addition to 666 runs in total (5th in baseball). Kiwoom has conceded 1,216 base hits (9.2 per 9 innings) and also 572 earned runs. The Heroes are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.31 for the year (4th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 853 hitters.

Jokisch (104-85 career win-loss mark) has earned a FIP of 4.00 while he has faced 6,728 hitters in baseball. He has allowed 1,570 hits (8.8 hits per nine innings) with 448 walks. His earned run average is 3.38 (604 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.255. Jokisch has taken the ball for 1,608 frames and has earned 1,240 punch outs so far in his career.

The Twins have a team slugging % of .377 and they score 4.59 runs per game (8th in baseball). They have recorded 200 doubles, while walking 536 times as well as scoring 610 runs. LG has 107 long balls on the campaign and 581 RBIs. They have been rung up on 854 occasions (9th in baseball) and have a total of 1,118 base hits. The LG Twins have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .343 as well as a batting average of .254 over the course of the season.

Kang-Nam Yoo is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for LG. Over the course of the 2,529 at-bats in his pro career, Yoo has hit .270 with 683 base hits. He has hit it out of the park 94 times, as well as 1,087 total bases and a .430 slugging percentage. Yoo has earned a free base 164 times while striking out on 493 plate appearances. He has tallied 281 runs in addition to having earned 398 runs batted in. His on-base rate is .332 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .762.

Out of their 127 chances at stealing a base, they have had success 88 times and been caught 39 times (30.7% caught stealing percentage). The LG Twins have turned 139 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .983 (3rd in KBO). The Twins have 1,370 assists, 85 errors and have earned a total of 3,524 putouts on the season.

The LG pitching staff have relinquished 528 runs so far this year while having a team ERA of 3.63 (473 earned runs surrendered). They have conceded 77 long balls and they relinquish 4.05 runs per 9 innings (1st in baseball). The Twins are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.315 and have a FIP of 4.05 as a squad this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.95 (976 strikeouts vs 501 walks). They are sitting at 10th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,043.

During his career, Lee has conceded 127 base knocks while he has accumulated 88 strikeouts in 129 frames. Lee (5-5 career mark) has earned a 5.78 earned run average while giving up 8.8 hits per 9 innings. He has given up a total of 83 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.755 and being the owner of a FIP of 6.5. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 0.88 and he has gone up against 596 hitters during his pro baseball career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kiwoom (-105)

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