SSG Landers vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 11/5/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Saturday, November 5, 2022

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Ji Hoon Choi and the SSG Landers (88-52, 1st in KBO) head to Gocheok Sky Dome on Saturday, November 5, 2022, where they'll meet the Kiwoom Heroes (80-62, 3rd in KBO).

As a team, the SSG Landers are putting up 5.0 runs per game, which has them at 2nd in KBO. They have earned 720 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .336. The Landers have hit 242 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 138 balls out of the park. They have tallied 682 runs batted in as well as 1,245 hits so far this season, and their team batting average is .254. SSG is slugging .396 and have struck out 1,075 times, while being walked on 530 occasions.

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Ji Hoon Choi is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for SSG. In his career, Choi has drilled 16 balls out of the park while driving in 133 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .376 in addition to racking up 561 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he faced a pitcher 1,690 times and also came through with a base hit 413 times. He has struck out 228 times and has taken a walk on 136 at-bats, contributing to a .343 OBP. Choi has earned a batting average of .277 for his time in baseball, with 234 runs scored and an OPS of .719.

The Landers have stolen 107 bags and have been caught 31 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 22.5%. The SSG Landers have 3,904 putouts on the year, in addition to 1,455 assists and 109 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .980 which puts them in 3rd in KBO and they have turned 138 double plays.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.24 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.29. Landers pitchers have conceded 130 long balls and also 622 runs (7th in the league). SSG has given up 1,223 hits (8.5 per 9 innings) and also 560 earned runs. The Landers are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.87 on the season (3rd in baseball), and the staff has struck out 1,023 batters.

The Heroes hold a slugging percentage of .364 and they are earning 4.31 runs per outing (8th in the league). They have 203 doubles, while walking 527 times as well as recording 621 runs. Kiwoom has tallied 94 long balls for the year as well as 578 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 1,032 occasions (4th in the league) and have recorded 1,250 hits. The Kiwoom Heroes have accumulated an OBP of .333 as well as a team batting average of .252 for the year.

Jung Hoo Lee is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. Lee has drawn a free base 334 times while going down on strikes on 281 tries. He has accrued 530 runs in addition to having 468 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .407 and he has earned a career OPS of .900. He has hit a home run 58 times, with 1,550 bases in total and a .493 slugging %. Over the course of the 3,141 official at-bats in his professional career, Lee has compiled an average at the plate of .342 in addition to 1,073 hits.

The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 134 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .979 (5th in KBO). The Heroes have racked up 1,549 assists, 118 errors and have earned a total of 3,889 putouts this season. Of their 127 chances at swiping a bag, they have had success 85 times and been caught 42 times (33.1% caught stealing rate).

The Heroes have a team WHIP of 1.340 in addition to having a FIP of 4.24 as a team so far this season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.06 (1,010 strikeouts vs 490 bases on balls). They are sitting at 6th in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,247. They have conceded 96 home runs and they concede 4.24 runs per 9 innings (2nd in the league). The Kiwoom pitching staff have conceded 610 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 3.79 (546 earned runs yielded).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take SSG

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