Kia Tigers vs LG Twins Prediction, 10/6/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Socrates Brito and the Kia Tigers (66-66, 6th in KBO) are headed to Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Friday, October 6, 2023, where they'll take on the LG Twins (83-51, 1st in KBO).

The Tigers have hit 207 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 100 balls out of the park. Kia has a slugging % of .395 and have been called out on strikes 892 times, while being walked on 465 occasions. As a team, the Kia Tigers are knocking in 5.1 runs per contest, which is 2nd in KBO. They have accumulated 631 runs batted in in addition to 1,280 hits this season, and their batting average is sitting at .277. They have racked up 681 runs and have an on-base percentage of .346.

Socrates Brito is a hitter who should impact this game for Kia. For his professional baseball career, Brito has drilled 136 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 776 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .434 in addition to having tallied 2,583 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped up to bat 6,496 times and has delivered with a hit 1,677 times. He has fanned 1,267 times and has taken a walk on 457 at-bats, contributing to a .333 on-base percentage. Brito has a batting average of .282 for his career, in addition to 897 runs scored and an OPS of .767.

The Kia Tigers have earned 3,543 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 1,255 assists and 97 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .980 which ranks 5th in KBO and have a total of 129 double plays. The Tigers have swiped 95 bases and have been thrown out 31 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 24.6%.

Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.69 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.44. Tigers pitchers have allowed 88 home runs and also 624 runs (5th in baseball). Kia has yielded 1,165 hits (8.9 per 9 innings) as well as 559 earned runs. The Tigers have an earned run average of 4.26 so far this season (6th in KBO), and their staff has rung up 907 hitters.

The LG Twins hold a team OBP of .365 and a batting average of .282 for the year. They have been rung up on 765 occasions (10th in the league) and have 1,308 hits. LG has a total of 88 home runs this season as well as 689 RBIs. The Twins hold a team SLG% of .397 and they average 5.44 runs per outing (1st in KBO). The have tallied 218 two-baggers, while getting a free base 559 times as well as racking up 740 runs.

Bo Gyeong Moon is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for LG. Moon has drawn a free base 149 times while going down on strikes on 201 occasions. His on-base percentage sits at .370 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .800. Over the course of the 1,141 at-bats in his pro career, Moon has hit .290 with 331 hits. He has accounted for 165 runs in addition to having 166 RBIs. He has gone deep 27 times, with 491 bases in total and also a .430 slugging percentage.

The LG Twins have twisted 120 double plays and have a fielding rate of .976 (9th in Korean baseball). The Twins have accrued 1,250 assists, 120 errors and have a total of 3,670 putouts for the season. Of their 140 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 111 times and been caught 29 times (20.7% caught stealing rate).

The Twins have a team WHIP of 1.359 with a FIP of 4.24 as a staff for the season. They rank 7th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,196. The LG pitching staff have conceded 576 runs on the year while holding an ERA of 3.68 (500 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.01 (935 strikeouts vs 466 walks). They have surrendered 72 homers and they surrender 4.24 runs per 9 innings (1st in baseball).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take LG

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