Kiwoom Heroes vs LG Twins Prediction, 5/15/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs LG Twins

Date: Thursday, May 15, 2025

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: TVING

Odds/Point Spread: Kiwoom (+106) LG (-128)

Bo Gyeong Moon and the LG Twins (27-14, 2nd in KBO) play the Kiwoom Heroes (13-31, 10th in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Thursday, May 15, 2025. The line on this matchup has the Heroes coming in at +106 and the Twins are at -128. The over/under opens at 8.5.

As a team, the Kiwoom Heroes are notching 3.9 runs per contest, which is 9th in KBO. They have a total of 173 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .310. The Heroes have compiled 60 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 34 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 162 RBI's and 348 base knocks so far this year, and their batting average comes in at .234. Kiwoom is slugging .347 and have been called out on strikes 388 times, while taking a walk on 143 occasions.

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Ruben Cardenas is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kiwoom. Cardenas is sitting with a batting avereage of .273 for his career, in addition to 428 runs scored and an OPS of .827. He has struck out 650 times and earned a walk on 270 occasions, contributing to a .346 on-base %. For his professional baseball career, Cardenas has slapped 119 balls out of the park while driving in 485 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .481 and he has totaled 1,295 bases. For his time in the league, he came to the plate 3,040 times and has come through with a hit 735 times.

The Kiwoom Heroes have earned 1,149 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 378 assists and 41 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .974 which puts them in 10th in KBO and they have turned 37 double plays. The Heroes have stolen 35 bases and have been caught 16 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 31.4%.

The Heroes have a team earned run average of 6.09 on the season (10th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 304 hitters. Heroes pitchers have conceded 47 home runs in addition to 299 total runs (1st in the league). Kiwoom has given up 485 base knocks (11.4 per 9 innings) as well as 259 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.60 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.76.

LG has accumulated 40 long balls on the season to go along with 205 RBIs. They have hit 58 doubles, while taking a walk 192 times and recording 222 runs. The LG Twins have compiled a team OBP of .360 in addition to a batting average of .262 so far this year. The Twins have a team SLG% of .397 and they are earning 5.41 runs per game (2nd in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 298 occasions (7th in baseball) and have accounted for 353 hits.

Bo Gyeong Moon is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for LG. Moon has drawn a walk 241 times while being called out on strikes on 346 occasions. He has accounted for 274 runs in addition to having earned 301 runs batted in. His on-base percentage comes in at .373 and he holds a has a OPS in his career of .830. He has gone deep 57 times, in addition to having 832 total bases and also a .457 slugging %. Over the course of the 1,822 at-bats in his career, Moon has hit .293 with 534 hits.

The LG Twins have turned 38 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .990 (1st in Korean baseball). The Twins have racked up 398 assists, 15 errors and have amassed 1,083 putouts on the campaign. Out of their 28 tries at getting a steal, they have had success 22 times and been caught 6 times (21.4% caught stealing percentage).

The Twins hold a team WHIP of 1.186 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.32 as a team for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.37 (334 strikeouts against 141 walks). They are currently ranked 10th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 287. They have surrendered 27 homers and they relinquish 3.32 runs per 9 innings (1st in KBO). The LG pitching staff have relinquished 133 runs so far this season while having a team ERA of 3.22 (129 earned runs given up).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kiwoom (+106)

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