LG Twins vs SSG Landers Prediction, 5/20/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: LG Twins vs SSG Landers

Date: Friday, May 20, 2022

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Kevin Cron and the SSG Landers (25-12, 1st in KBO) host the LG Twins (23-16, 2nd in KBO) at Incheon SSG Landers Field on Friday, May 20, 2022.

As a unit, the LG Twins are scoring 4.6 runs/g, which has them at 2nd in KBO. They have accumulated 178 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .330. The Twins have accounted for 63 two-baggers as a team and have hit 27 balls out of the park. They have compiled 163 RBI's as well as 344 hits on the year, while their average at the plate is .261. LG has a slugging percentage of .380 and have been called out on strikes 245 times, while taking a walk on 122 occasions.

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Kang-Nam Yoo is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for LG. In his career, Yoo has hit 97 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 419 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .425 in addition to earning 1,140 bases. For his time in baseball, he came to bat 2,995 times and also came through with a base hit 721 times. He has gone down on strikes 531 times and earned a walk on 181 occasions, contributing to a .332 on-base percentage. Yoo has a batting average of .269 for his time in baseball, in addition to 302 runs scored and an OPS of .757.

The LG Twins have a tally of 1,051 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 386 assists and 25 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .983 which puts them in 2nd in KBO and have a total of 36 double plays. The Twins have stolen 43 bases and have been gunned down 10 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 18.9%.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.94 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.32. Twins pitchers have given up 24 long balls in addition to 152 runs in total (5th in baseball). LG has yielded 318 base hits (8.2 per 9 innings) as well as 138 earned runs. The Twins have compiled a team earned run average of 3.55 this year (8th in the league), and the staff has rung up 282 hitters.

The SSG Landers have earned an OBP of .322 as well as a team batting average of .238 on the campaign. They have struck out on 300 instances (3rd in baseball) and are sitting with 312 hits. SSG has recorded 23 home runs for the season to go along with 166 runs batted in. The Landers have a team slugging % of .357 and they average 4.54 runs per contest (3rd in baseball). The have tallied 71 doubles, while walking 141 times and scoring 177 runs.

Kevin Cron is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for SSG. For the 3,816 at-bats in his baseball career, Cron has recorded a batting average of .273 in addition to having 1,040 base knocks. He has hit a home run 200 times, with 1,878 bases in total and also a .492 slugging percentage. Cron has tallied a walk 337 times while going down on strikes on 964 attempts. He has recorded 556 runs and has 738 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .340 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .832.

The SSG Landers have turned 37 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .985 (1st in Korean baseball). The Landers have 407 assists, 23 errors and have a tally of 1,067 putouts this season. In their 44 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 40 times and been caught 4 times (9.1% caught stealing rate).

The Landers have a WHIP of 1.182 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.47 as a unit this season. They sit at 10th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 296. The SSG pitching staff have given up 137 runs so far this season while having a team ERA of 3.42 (135 earned runs surrendered). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.19 (271 strikeouts vs 124 walks). They have allowed 24 dingers and they surrender 3.47 runs per 9 innings (1st in the league).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take LG

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