LG Twins vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 4/14/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: LG Twins vs Doosan Bears

Date: Sunday, April 14, 2024

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: TVING

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the site where Soo Bin Jung and the Doosan Bears (7-10, 8th in KBO) will take on the LG Twins (8-8, 6th in KBO) on Sunday, April 14, 2024.

The Twins have hit 25 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 13 balls out of the park. LG is slugging .414 and have been called out on strikes 114 times, while drawing a walk on 81 occasions. As a squad, the LG Twins are scoring 6.2 runs per game, which has them sitting at 1st in the league. They have tallied 97 RBI's in addition to 184 hits this season, while their team batting average is sitting at .302. They have notched a total of 105 runs while holding a team OBP of .387.

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Chang-ki Hong is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for LG. Hong has accumulated a batting average of .309 for his baseball career, in addition to 423 runs scored and an OPS of .833. He has fanned 408 times and has walked on 389 occasions, which contributes in part to a .430 on-base percentage. For his career, Hong has hit 16 balls out of the park while knocking in 238 runs. His slugging percentage is .403 in addition to having tallied 857 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he approached the plate 2,619 times and has come through with a hit 656 times.

The Twins have swiped 14 bases and have been gunned down 5 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 26.3%. The LG Twins have notched a total of 462 putouts thus far, in addition to 154 assists and 9 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .986 which ranks 3rd in Korean baseball and they have turned 14 double plays.

They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.85 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.56. Twins pitchers have surrendered 12 home runs and also 85 total runs (5th in the league). LG has yielded 166 hits (9.7 per 9 innings) and 79 earned runs. The Twins hold a team earned run average of 4.62 this year (4th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 137 batters.

The Bears have a SLG% of .415 and they are recording 4.82 runs per contest (8th in KBO). They have recorded 27 two-baggers, while getting a free base 68 times and recording 82 runs. Doosan has tallied 19 home runs on the campaign in addition to 78 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 148 occasions (1st in the league) and have totaled 140 base hits. The Doosan Bears have a team OBP of .329 and a team batting average of .246 this year.

Soo Bin Jung is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Jung has earned a walk 479 times while striking out on 717 attempts. He has recorded 835 runs and also has 500 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .351 and he holds a has a OPS in his career of .725. He has hit the long ball 33 times, in addition to having 1,808 total bases and also a .374 slugging percentage. In the 4,831 official at-bats in his pro career, Jung has hit .280 with 1,353 base hits.

The Doosan Bears have turned 14 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .973 (9th in the league). The Bears have recorded 156 assists, 17 errors and have accumulated 450 putouts this season. Out of their 12 attempts at swiping a bag, they have had success 12 times and been caught 0 times (0.0% caught stealing rate).

The Bears hold a team WHIP of 1.467 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.40 as a staff so far this year. They rank 4th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 157. The Doosan pitching staff have given up 90 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.74 (79 earned runs given up). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.21 (139 strikeouts against 63 free passes). They have allowed 13 dingers and they surrender 5.40 runs per 9 innings (7th in KBO).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take LG

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