Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 5/28/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants

Date: Saturday, May 28, 2022

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: MBC

Sajik Baseball Stadium is the site where Dae-ho Lee and the Lotte Giants (22-23, 7th in KBO) will play the Kiwoom Heroes (27-20, 2nd in KBO) on Saturday, May 28, 2022.

The Heroes have accrued 79 doubles as a unit and have knocked 31 balls out of the park. Kiwoom has a slugging percentage of .363 and have struck out 347 times, while being walked on 148 occasions. As a unit, the Kiwoom Heroes are notching 4.3 runs per game, which ranks them 5th in the league. They have compiled 186 RBI's and 385 base knocks on the campaign, while their batting average comes in at .240. They have accounted for 202 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .313.

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Chan Hyeok Park is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Kiwoom. Park has an average at the plate of .208 for his career, in addition to 13 runs scored and an OPS of .669. He has been struck out 54 times and has walked on 8 occasions, contributing to a .277 OBP. In his career, Park has hit 6 balls out of the park while driving in 16 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .392 and he has totaled 49 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped up to the plate 137 times and has delivered with a base hit 26 times.

The Kiwoom Heroes have earned a total of 1,274 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 524 assists and 38 errors. Their fielding rate is at .979 which has them ranked 4th in Korean baseball and have earned 42 double plays. The Heroes have stolen 19 bases and have been thrown out 13 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 40.6%.

The Heroes have compiled a team earned run average of 3.37 on the campaign (2nd in KBO), and their staff has struck out 338 hitters. Kiwoom has relinquished 372 hits (7.9 per 9 innings) and 159 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 2.06 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.26. Heroes pitchers have allowed 25 long balls in addition to 188 total runs (8th in baseball).

The Giants hold a team SLG% of .377 and they earn 4.02 runs per contest (7th in baseball). They have hit 64 two-baggers, while taking a walk 129 times and scoring 185 runs. Lotte has recorded 38 home runs for the season in addition to 176 RBIs. They have struck out on 318 instances (8th in KBO) and have recorded 405 base hits. The Lotte Giants are sitting with an OBP of .318 and a team batting average of .258 so far this season.

Dae-ho Lee is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Lee has recorded a walk 971 times while being called out on strikes on 1,434 tries. He is sitting with 1,216 runs in addition to having earned 1,749 RBIs. His on-base % is .380 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .887. He has hit a home run 471 times, with 4,657 total bases and also a .507 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 9,184 at-bats in his career, Lee has accumulated a batting average of .304 with 2,791 base knocks.

The Lotte Giants have twisted 53 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .974 (7th in Korean baseball). The Giants have accrued 476 assists, 45 errors and have amassed 1,229 putouts for the season. Out of their 46 chances at swiping a bag, they have been successful 31 times and been caught 15 times (32.6% caught stealing percentage).

The Lotte pitching staff have conceded 197 runs on the season while having a team ERA of 3.76 (171 earned runs conceded). They have yielded 19 dingers and they give up 4.33 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league). The Giants are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.354 and have a FIP of 4.33 as a pitching staff on the year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.47 (393 strikeouts against 159 walks). They come in at 6th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 395.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte

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