LG Twins vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 5/31/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: LG Twins vs Doosan Bears

Date: Friday, May 31, 2024

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Chang-ki Hong and the LG Twins (30-23, 2nd in KBO) are headed to Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Friday, May 31, 2024, where they'll take on the Doosan Bears (30-24, 3rd in KBO).

LG has a slugging percentage of .404 and have struck out 365 times, while taking a walk on 265 occasions. They have accounted for 289 runs batted in as well as 526 hits this season, and their team batting average is sitting at .283. The Twins have compiled 86 doubles as a team and have knocked 39 balls out of the park. They have tallied 310 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .374. As a team, the LG Twins are recording 5.6 runs/g, which puts them at 2nd in baseball.

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Chang-ki Hong is a batter who should be able to impact this game for LG. In his career, Hong has hit 17 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 256 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .404 in addition to racking up 907 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he came to the plate 2,772 times and has delivered with a base hit 696 times. He has struck out 433 times and has gotten a free base on 417 occasions, contributing to a .432 OBP. Hong has hit .310 for his time in baseball, in addition to 445 runs scored and an OPS of .836.

The Twins have stolen 53 bags and have been caught 14 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 20.9%. The LG Twins are sitting with 1,464 putouts this season, in addition to 511 assists and 41 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .980 which ranks 5th in the league and have accumulated 47 double plays.

Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.01 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.52. Twins pitchers have allowed 43 home runs and 271 total runs (5th in baseball). LG has conceded 524 base hits (9.7 per 9 innings) and also 246 earned runs. The Twins have compiled a team earned run average of 4.54 on the year (4th in the league), and their staff has struck out 437 hitters.

Doosan is sitting with 59 HRs on the campaign in addition to 294 RBIs. They hit 92 doubles, while walking 187 times as well as notching 309 runs. The Doosan Bears have accounted for an OBP of .348 in addition to a batting average of .280 for the season. The Bears hold a team slugging % of .432 and they are recording 5.52 runs per contest (4th in the league). They have struck out on 404 occasions (6th in the league) and have recorded 538 base knocks.

Soo Bin Jung is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Doosan. Jung has earned a free base 498 times while going down on strikes on 728 occasions. He has accumulated 860 runs in addition to having 511 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .350 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .721. He has homered 34 times, in addition to having 1,846 total bases and also a .371 slugging percentage. For the 4,973 official at-bats in his career, Jung has accrued an average at the plate of .278 in addition to 1,384 hits.

The Doosan Bears have turned 49 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .979 (7th in KBO). The Bears have 505 assists, 43 errors and are sitting with 1,500 putouts this season. Out of their 37 attempts at stealing a base, they have made it 31 times and been caught 6 times (16.2% caught stealing rate).

The Bears are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.476 with a FIP of 4.95 as a pitching staff so far this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.85 (403 strikeouts against 218 walks). They come in at 3rd in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 520. They have yielded 47 homers and they yield 4.95 runs per 9 innings (3rd in KBO). The Doosan pitching staff have conceded 275 runs for the year while holding an ERA of 4.34 (241 earned runs yielded).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take LG

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