SSG Landers vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 5/7/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Sunday, May 7, 2023

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Seong Han Park and the SSG Landers (17-10, 1st in KBO) go to Gocheok Sky Dome on Sunday, May 7, 2023, where they'll take on the Kiwoom Heroes (13-14, 7th in KBO).

As a team, the SSG Landers are scoring 4.6 runs per game, which is 4th in KBO. They have accumulated 125 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .339. The Landers have tallied 41 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 25 balls out of the stadium. They have accumulated 114 runs batted in in addition to 231 base knocks this year, while their team batting average is at .257. SSG is slugging .388 and have struck out 183 times, while being walked on 106 occasions.

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Seong Han Park is a batter who should be able to impact this game for SSG. In his career, Park has hit 10 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 117 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .360 in addition to having tallied 410 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he faced a pitcher 1,313 times and has delivered with a base hit 319 times. He has fanned 202 times and earned a walk on 146 occasions, contributing to a .362 OBP. Park is sitting with a batting avereage of .280 in his time in baseball, with 142 scored runs and an OPS of .722.

The SSG Landers have amassed 718 putouts for the season, in addition to 265 assists and 26 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .974 which puts them in 7th in the league and have accumulated 25 double plays. The Landers have swiped 14 bases and have been gunned down 11 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 44.0%.

They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.75 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.44. Landers pitchers have surrendered 18 long balls and 107 total runs (8th in KBO). SSG has conceded 229 base hits (8.6 per 9 innings) and 92 earned runs. The Landers have a team ERA of 3.46 so far this season (3rd in baseball), and they have rung up 203 batters.

The Heroes have a team SLG% of .347 and they average 3.89 runs per contest (9th in baseball). The have tallied 44 doubles, while getting a free base 93 times and putting up 105 runs. Kiwoom has tallied 13 HRs this season and 100 runs batted in. They have struck out on 208 occasions (3rd in the league) and have 234 hits. The Kiwoom Heroes have compiled an OBP of .325 and a batting average of .248 so far this season.

Addison Russell is a batter who should impact this game for Kiwoom. Russell has earned a free base 186 times while being called out on strikes on 532 attempts. His OBP is .312 and he has a lifetime OPS of .704. Over the course of the 1,987 at-bats in his professional career, Russell has compiled an average at the plate of .242 in addition to 480 base hits. He has scored 256 runs and has 253 runs batted in. He has gone yard 60 times, as well as 778 total bases and a .392 slugging percentage.

The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 27 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .978 (6th in KBO). The Heroes have racked up 266 assists, 22 errors and have a tally of 717 putouts on the campaign. In their 33 attempts at stealing a base, they have been successful 23 times and been caught 10 times (30.3% caught stealing rate).

The Heroes hold a team WHIP of 1.331 with a FIP of 4.14 as a staff so far this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.53 (195 strikeouts vs 77 walks). They are sitting at 3rd in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 241. They have given up 11 home runs and they concede 4.14 runs per 9 innings (4th in KBO). The Kiwoom pitching staff have conceded 110 runs over the course of the season while holding an ERA of 3.73 (99 earned runs yielded).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Kiwoom and under the total runs

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