LG Twins vs SSG Landers Prediction, 6/24/2021 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: LG Twins vs SSG Landers

Date: Thursday, June 24, 2021

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Odds/Point Spread: LG (+143) SSG (-185)

Incheon SSG Landers Field is the site where Wilmer Font and the SSG Landers (35-27, 4th in KBO) will play the LG Twins (39-26, 1st in KBO) on Thursday. The odds on this matchup have the Twins coming in at +143 and the Landers are at -185. The total is set at 9. The pitchers taking the mound are Andrew Suarez and Wilmer Font.

LG has a slugging percentage of .392 and have struck out 396 times, while taking a walk on 291 occasions. They have accumulated 285 runs batted in and 539 hits on the season, and their team batting average comes in at .252. The Twins have accrued 102 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 62 balls out of the park. They have earned 294 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .350. As a squad, the LG Twins are compiling 4.5 runs per game, which ranks them 8th in the league.

Chang-ki Hong is a batter who should impact this game for LG. Hong has accumulated a batting average of .295 in his time in baseball, with 172 runs scored and an OPS of .859. He has gone down on strikes 179 times and has gotten a free base on 174 occasions, which contributes in part to a .434 on-base %. In his career, Hong has slapped 11 balls out of the park while driving in 89 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .425 in addition to earning 341 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped up to bat 1,011 times and has delivered with a base hit 237 times.

The LG Twins have a total of 1,729 putouts on the campaign, as well as 705 assists and 42 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .983 which is 2nd in the league and have accumulated 70 double plays. The Twins have swiped 51 bases and have been thrown out 18 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 26.1%.

Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.73 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.35. Twins pitchers have conceded 36 home runs and 248 runs in total (10th in the league). LG has given up 522 base hits (8.2 per 9 innings) in addition to 224 earned runs. The Twins have compiled a team ERA of 3.50 on the season (1st in baseball), and their staff has struck out 446 hitters.

Suarez has pitched in 1,008 innings and has tallied 833 K's during his professional baseball career. Suarez (62-52 career win-loss record) has earned a FIP of 4.33 while facing 4,244 batters in baseball. His ERA is 3.71 (415 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.301. He has given up 1,044 hits (9.3 hits per nine innings) with 267 free passes.

SSG has accumulated 85 home runs so far this season in addition to 290 runs batted in. They have hit 80 doubles, while getting a free base 284 times as well as scoring 311 runs. The SSG Landers have an OBP of .351 as well as a team batting average of .253 so far this season. The Landers hold a team slugging % of .416 and they average 5.02 runs per contest (7th in baseball). They have struck out on 461 instances (4th in the league) and have notched a total of 537 base knocks.

Jamie Romak is a batter who can be a difference maker for SSG. Romak has drawn a walk 953 times while being called out on strikes on 1,931 occasions. He has scored 1,159 runs and racked up 1,242 runs batted in. His on-base percentage comes in at .353 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .837. He has gone deep 381 times, in addition to having 3,498 bases in total and a .484 slugging percentage. For the 7,223 at-bats in his professional career, Romak has recorded a batting average of .260 and has racked up 1,878 hits.

The SSG Landers have twisted 61 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .977 (10th in the league). The Landers have recorded 594 assists, 54 errors and have 1,667 putouts during this campaign. In their 59 tries at stealing a base, they have been successful 37 times and been caught 22 times (37.3% caught stealing percentage).

The SSG pitching staff have surrendered 319 runs over the course of the season while having a team ERA of 4.75 (293 earned runs yielded). They have allowed 64 long balls and they yield 5.17 runs per 9 innings (7th in KBO). The Landers have a team WHIP of 1.533 in addition to having a FIP of 5.17 as a squad so far this season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.53 (468 strikeouts against 305 walks). They are currently ranked 8th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 546.

During his career, Font has conceded 953 hits while he has totaled 1,151 K's in 1,082 innings. Font (64-53 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 4.00 ERA and has surrendered 7.9 hits per 9 innings. He has allowed 481 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.298 and having a FIP of 4.5. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.55 and he has gone up against 4,640 opposing hitters thus far in his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take LG (+143)

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