KT Wiz vs LG Twins Prediction, 4/6/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: KT Wiz vs LG Twins
Date: Saturday, April 6, 2024
Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea
TV: SPO-T
Baek Ho Kang and the KT Wiz (2-8, 10th in KBO) head to Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Saturday, April 6, 2024, where they'll take on the LG Twins (5-4, 5th in KBO).
KT has a slugging percentage of .392 and have struck out 85 times, while drawing a walk on 33 occasions. They have compiled 50 RBI's as well as 101 base knocks for the season, while their batting average is sitting at .277. The Wiz have tallied 12 two-baggers as a team and have hit 10 balls out of the park. They have earned a total of 52 runs scored while having a team OBP of .344. As a squad, the KT Wiz are notching 5.2 runs per game, which has them at 6th in baseball.
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Baek Ho Kang is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for KT. In his professional baseball career, Kang has hit 96 baseballs out of the park while driving in 414 runs. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped up to bat 2,871 times and has come through with a base knock 776 times. Kang has hit .311 for his career in baseball, in addition to 411 scored runs and an OPS of .887. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .495 and he has racked up 1,236 bases. He has been struck out 499 times and has walked on 338 occasions, which contributes in part to a .392 on-base %.
The NC Dinos have earned 219 putouts so far this season, as well as 65 assists and 1 error. Their fielding rate sits at .978 which puts them in 6th in KBO and they have turned 9 double plays. The Wiz have swiped 10 bags and have been caught 1 time, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 9.1%.
Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.20 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.86. Wiz pitchers have conceded 12 home runs and also 79 runs (1st in baseball). KT has conceded 129 base hits (13.2 per 9 innings) and 79 earned runs. The Wiz are sitting with a team ERA of 8.06 over the course of the season (10th in the league), and their staff has struck out 77 hitters.
LG has 9 HRs this year and 54 RBIs. They have hit 13 doubles, while walking 41 times as well as putting up 56 runs. The LG Twins have accumulated a team on-base percentage of .377 and a batting average of .298 this year. The Twins have a team slugging percentage of .416 and they are earning 5.60 runs per game (3rd in baseball). They have struck out on 67 instances (8th in KBO) and have accounted for 106 base hits.
Hae Min Park is a hitter who can be a difference maker for LG. Over the course of the 5,092 official at-bats in his career, Park is sitting with a batting avereage of .287 in addition to having 1,460 base hits. He has homered 51 times, as well as 1,945 total bases and a .382 slugging percentage. Park has drawn a free base 504 times while striking out on 844 occasions. He has tallied 888 runs in addition to having 528 runs batted in. His on-base percentage comes in at .352 and he has earned a career OPS of .735.
Out of their 6 attempts at stealing a base, they have been successful 5 times and been caught 1 time (16.7% caught stealing percentage). The LG Twins have turned 10 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .984 (5th in Korean baseball). The Twins have accrued 95 assists, 6 errors and are sitting with 273 putouts so far this year.
The LG pitching staff have surrendered 39 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.56 (36 earned runs conceded). They have yielded 7 dingers and they concede 3.86 runs per 9 innings (2nd in the league). The Twins hold a team WHIP of 1.352 in addition to having a FIP of 3.86 as a squad for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.11 (78 strikeouts against 37 free passes). They rank 4th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 86.
Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?
Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take LG
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