Kiwoom Heroes vs SSG Landers Prediction, 10/13/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs SSG Landers
Date: Friday, October 13, 2023
Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea
TV: SPOTV2
Incheon SSG Landers Field is the site where Seong Han Park and the SSG Landers (73-64, 4th in KBO) will take on the Kiwoom Heroes (58-81, 9th in KBO) on Friday, October 13, 2023.
Kiwoom is slugging .355 and have been called out on strikes 1,080 times, while drawing a walk on 480 occasions. They have earned 574 runs batted in as well as 1,310 base knocks on the campaign, and their team batting average comes in at .262. The Heroes have recorded 223 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 60 balls out of the park. They have earned 605 runs and hold an OBP of .332. As a team, the Kiwoom Heroes are scoring 4.3 runs per contest, which puts them at 9th in the league.
Hyung Jong Lee is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kiwoom. Lee has earned a batting average of .272 for his career in baseball, in addition to 321 runs scored and an OPS of .775. He has been struck out 467 times and has been walked on 233 at-bats, contributing to a .354 on-base percentage. For his professional baseball career, Lee has drilled 66 balls out of the park while driving in 291 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .421 and he has a total of 948 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he faced a pitcher 2,589 times and has delivered with a base hit 612 times.
The Heroes have swiped 128 bases and have been caught 45 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 26.0%. The Kiwoom Heroes have accounted for 3,815 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,402 assists and 110 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .979 which has them ranked 6th in Korean baseball and they have turned 123 double plays.
The Heroes are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.40 on the year (7th in KBO), and they have struck out 955 hitters. Heroes pitchers have allowed 83 home runs in addition to 696 total runs (3rd in the league). Kiwoom has allowed 1,324 hits (9.4 per 9 innings) as well as 622 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 1.83 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.45.
The SSG Landers have earned an on-base percentage of .335 in addition to a team batting average of .260 this season. They have been called out on strikes on 926 instances (8th in the league) and have earned 1,247 base knocks. SSG has a total of 122 home runs on the season and 597 RBIs. The Landers have a team slugging percentage of .389 and they tally 4.60 runs per outing (5th in the league). They have hit 224 doubles, while taking a walk 489 times and scoring 644 runs.
Seong Han Park is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for SSG. Park has drawn a free base 184 times while being called out on strikes on 248 occasions. His on-base percentage is .359 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .725. During the 1,497 at-bats in his baseball career, Park is sitting with a batting avereage of .281 with 420 hits. He has accounted for 182 runs and has 157 runs batted in. He has homered 17 times, as well as 548 bases in total and also a .366 slugging %.
In their 181 chances at getting a steal, they got to the bag before the ball 126 times and been caught 55 times (30.4% caught stealing rate). The SSG Landers have twisted 154 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .978 (8th in Korean baseball). The Landers have accrued 1,461 assists, 117 errors and have accumulated 3,760 putouts over the course of the season.
The SSG pitching staff have surrendered 689 runs on the season while having an ERA of 4.44 (618 earned runs yielded). They have conceded 102 homers and they allow 4.95 runs per 9 innings (8th in baseball). The Landers have a team WHIP of 1.538 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.95 as a pitching staff on the season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.57 (946 strikeouts against 601 bases on balls). They rank 3rd in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 1,326.
Who will win tonight's baseball game against the spread?
Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kiwoom
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