SSG Landers vs LG Twins Prediction, 5/9/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs LG Twins

Date: Thursday, May 9, 2024

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: TVING

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the venue where Chang-ki Hong and the LG Twins (18-18, 6th in KBO) will play the SSG Landers (20-16, 4th in KBO) on Thursday, May 9, 2024.

SSG has a slugging % of .405 and have been called out on strikes 278 times, while being walked on 118 occasions. They have 186 runs batted in in addition to 354 hits over the course of the season, while their batting average sits at .273. The Landers have tallied 49 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 40 balls out of the stadium. They have earned a total of 195 runs scored while having a team OBP of .342. As a unit, the SSG Landers are notching 5.3 runs per outing, which puts them at 6th in the league.

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Ji Hoon Choi is a hitter who can be a difference maker for SSG. Choi has an average at the plate of .276 for his baseball career, with 327 scored runs and an OPS of .712. He has been struck out 299 times and has taken a walk on 184 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .338 on-base percentage. In his career, Choi has drilled 21 baseballs out of the park while driving in 176 runs. His slugging percentage sits at .374 in addition to racking up 789 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he came to bat 2,370 times and has delivered with a hit 582 times.

The Landers have swiped 32 bags and have been caught 14 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 30.4%. The SSG Landers have earned 990 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 348 assists and 36 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .974 which ranks 9th in KBO and they have turned 36 double plays.

The Landers are sitting with a team earned run average of 5.70 for the season (9th in KBO), and they have struck out 312 batters. SSG has yielded 352 base hits (9.6 per 9 innings) as well as 209 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.95 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.55. Landers pitchers have yielded 47 home runs and 226 runs in total (2nd in the league).

LG has 28 HRs so far this year as well as 191 runs batted in. They have recorded 62 two-baggers, while walking 170 times and putting up 202 runs. The LG Twins have an OBP of .370 and a team batting average of .287 this year. The Twins hold a team slugging percentage of .410 and they are earning 5.32 runs per contest (5th in the league). They have struck out on 262 occasions (8th in KBO) and have notched a total of 375 base hits.

Chang-ki Hong is a batter who should be able to impact this game for LG. Hong has drawn a free base 400 times while going down on strikes on 424 occasions. He has a total of 432 runs and has 242 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .429 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .831. He has gone yard 16 times, as well as 880 bases in total and a .402 slugging percentage. For the 2,190 at-bats in his pro career, Hong is sitting with a batting avereage of .308 in addition to having 675 base hits.

The LG Twins have turned 32 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .975 (8th in KBO). The Twins have 353 assists, 35 errors and are sitting with 1,014 putouts so far this year. Out of their 58 chances at stealing a base, they got to the bag before the ball 45 times and been caught 13 times (22.4% caught stealing rate).

The Twins hold a team WHIP of 1.512 in addition to having a FIP of 5.06 as a unit this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.10 (298 strikeouts against 142 walks). They rank 2nd in KBO as a staff in total hits given up with 369. They have allowed 31 long balls and they yield 5.06 runs per 9 innings (4th in the league). The LG pitching staff have given up 190 runs for the season while having a team ERA of 4.50 (169 earned runs given up).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take LG

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