LG Twins vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 3/31/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: LG Twins vs Kiwoom Heroes
Date: Sunday, March 31, 2024
Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea
TV: MS-T
Hae Min Park and the LG Twins (4-1, 3rd in KBO) travel to Gocheok Sky Dome on Sunday, March 31, 2024, where they'll take on the Kiwoom Heroes (0-4, 10th in KBO).
As a unit, the LG Twins are compiling 6.5 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 1st in KBO. They have 39 runs while holding a team OBP of .406. The Twins have earned 10 two-baggers as a team and have hit 3 balls out of the park. They have 37 RBI's as well as 72 hits so far this season, and their batting average is .326. LG is slugging .421 and have been called out on strikes 37 times, while getting the free base on 27 occasions.
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Hae Min Park is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for LG. In his career, Park has drilled 51 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 526 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .383 in addition to earning 1,941 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he came to bat 5,791 times and has notched a base hit 1,456 times. He has struck out 839 times and earned a walk on 503 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .353 OBP. Park has hit .287 in his time in baseball, in addition to 886 runs scored and an OPS of .736.
The Twins have swiped 3 bases and have been thrown out 1 time, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 25.0%. The LG Twins have a tally of 171 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 69 assists and 6 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .976 which has them ranked 6th in the league and they have turned 9 double plays.
The Twins have a team earned run average of 2.21 on the year (2nd in baseball), and they have struck out 47 batters. Twins pitchers have given up 3 long balls in addition to 16 runs in total (9th in the league). LG has conceded 43 hits (6.8 per 9 innings) and also 14 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.61 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.07.
The Heroes have a team slugging percentage of .309 and they score 3.00 runs per game (9th in baseball). They have hit 3 two-baggers, while walking 10 times and recording 12 runs. Kiwoom is sitting with 3 home runs this season to go along with 11 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 45 instances (5th in KBO) and have recorded 28 base hits. The Kiwoom Heroes have accounted for an OBP of .275 and a team batting average of .206 so far this season.
Hyung Jong Lee is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. In the 2,263 official at-bats in his career, Lee has accrued an average at the plate of .272 with 616 hits. He has gone deep 66 times, with 952 total bases and also a .421 slugging percentage. Lee has drawn a free base 234 times while going down on strikes on 470 plate appearances. He has compiled 321 runs and has 294 RBIs. His on-base % is .354 and he also has a career OPS of .775.
The Kiwoom Heroes have twisted 1 double play and have accounted for a fielding rate of .993 (2nd in the league). The Heroes have recorded 38 assists, 1 error and have earned a total of 99 putouts over the course of the season. In their 10 attempts at swiping a bag, they have had success 10 times and been caught 0 times (0.0% caught stealing rate).
The Kiwoom pitching staff have given up 26 runs so far this year while holding a team ERA of 6.82 (25 earned runs surrendered). They have allowed 5 home runs and they surrender 7.09 runs per 9 innings (9th in KBO). The Heroes have a team WHIP of 1.939 and are the owners of a FIP of 7.09 as a team over the course of the season. Their K/BB ratio is 0.88 (22 strikeouts against 25 free passes). They rank 9th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 39.
So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?
Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Kiwoom and under the total runs
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