Doosan Bears vs LG Twins Prediction, 5/5/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs LG Twins

Date: Sunday, May 5, 2024

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Chang-ki Hong and the LG Twins (18-15, 5th in KBO) play the Doosan Bears (16-19, 7th in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Sunday, May 5, 2024.

Doosan owns a slugging percentage of .414 and have been rung up 267 times, while getting the free base on 118 occasions. They have 172 RBI's as well as 313 base knocks on the year, while their batting average sits at .266. The Bears have hit 51 doubles as a squad and have hit 37 balls out of the park. They have notched a total of 183 runs scored while having a team OBP of .336. As a unit, the Doosan Bears are notching 5.2 runs/g, which is 6th in the league.

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Soo Bin Jung is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Jung has earned a batting average of .279 for his baseball career, with 843 scored runs and an OPS of .722. He has gone down on strikes 722 times and has been walked on 485 at-bats, contributing to a .350 on-base percentage. For his career, Jung has hit 33 baseballs out of the park while driving in 504 runs. His slugging percentage is .372 and he has a total of 1,823 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped up to the plate 5,616 times and has come through with a base knock 1,368 times.

The Bears have stolen 20 bags and have been thrown out 1 time, which means their caught stealing percentage is 4.8%. The Doosan Bears have a tally of 924 putouts thus far, in addition to 306 assists and 29 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .977 which ranks 7th in Korean baseball and have accumulated 32 double plays.

They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.84 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.53. Bears pitchers have allowed 28 long balls and 182 runs in total (4th in KBO). Doosan has allowed 326 base hits (9.5 per 9 innings) and also 157 earned runs. The Bears are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.59 over the course of the season (4th in the league), and the staff has struck out 269 batters.

The LG Twins have tallied an on-base percentage of .374 as well as a team batting average of .291 on the year. They have struck out on 245 occasions (8th in the league) and have totaled 351 base knocks. LG has 26 long balls this year as well as 183 runs batted in. The Twins hold a slugging % of .411 and they tally 5.54 runs per contest (3rd in the league). They have hit 57 two-baggers, while taking a walk 157 times and scoring 194 runs.

Chang-ki Hong is a batter who should impact this game for LG. Hong has earned a walk 398 times while going down on strikes on 421 attempts. His OBP sits at .429 and he has earned a career OPS of .830. For the 2,178 official at-bats in his pro career, Hong is sitting with a batting avereage of .308 with 671 hits. He has accounted for 432 runs in addition to having earned 241 runs batted in. He has hit a home run 16 times, as well as 874 bases in total and also a .401 slugging %.

In their 47 chances at swiping a bag, they have been successful 36 times and been caught 11 times (23.4% caught stealing percentage). The LG Twins have turned 29 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .977 (8th in KBO). The Twins have 325 assists, 30 errors and have a tally of 933 putouts for the season.

The Twins have a team WHIP of 1.508 with a FIP of 5.12 as a squad for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.12 (275 strikeouts vs 130 walks). They rank 2nd in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 339. They have yielded 30 dingers and they allow 5.12 runs per 9 innings (4th in baseball). The LG pitching staff have relinquished 177 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.60 (159 earned runs given up).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Doosan

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