Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 9/16/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants

Date: Friday, September 16, 2022

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Sajik Baseball Stadium is the venue where Dae-ho Lee and the Lotte Giants (56-68, 7th in KBO) will take on the Kiwoom Heroes (72-55, 3rd in KBO) on Friday, September 16, 2022.

The Heroes have accrued 177 doubles as a unit and have smacked 84 balls out of the park. Kiwoom has a slugging percentage of .362 and have struck out 923 times, while being walked on 477 occasions. As a unit, the Kiwoom Heroes are compiling 4.2 runs/g, which has them sitting at 8th in baseball. They have accounted for 502 RBI's in addition to 1,102 hits for the season, while their batting average sits at .250. They have earned a total of 542 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .333.

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Sung Mun Song is a batter who should impact this game for Kiwoom. Song has compiled an average at the plate of .253 in his time in baseball, with 165 runs scored and an OPS of .687. He has struck out 219 times and has been walked on 119 occasions, which has contributed to a .313 OBP. For his career, Song has hit 27 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 184 runs. His career slugging percentage is .374 in addition to having tallied 500 bases. For his time in baseball, he came to bat 1,481 times and has delivered with a base hit 339 times.

The Kiwoom Heroes have amassed 3,477 putouts for the season, as well as 1,386 assists and 104 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .979 which puts them in 7th in Korean baseball and they have twisted 114 double plays. The Heroes have stolen 77 bases and have been caught 38 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 33.0%.

The Heroes are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.70 over the course of the season (3rd in KBO), and the staff has rung up 904 hitters. Heroes pitchers have given up 86 home runs in addition to 537 runs in total (7th in baseball). Kiwoom has surrendered 1,085 hits (8.4 per 9 innings) in addition to 477 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.08 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.31.

The Lotte Giants have compiled an on-base percentage of .326 as well as a batting average of .263 over the course of the season. They have struck out on 870 occasions (6th in the league) and have recorded 1,155 base hits. Lotte has recorded 98 home runs on the year as well as 503 RBIs. The Giants have a slugging percentage of .383 and they are recording 4.17 runs per contest (9th in the league). They have hit 205 doubles, while taking a walk 375 times as well as putting up 534 runs.

Dae-ho Lee is a batter who should impact this game for Lotte. Lee has tallied a free base 996 times while going down on strikes on 1,464 plate appearances. He has amassed 1,246 runs and has 1,814 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .380 and he has a career OPS of .887. He has homered 485 times, with 4,817 bases in total and a .507 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 9,493 at-bats in his baseball career, Lee has an average at the plate of .305 in addition to 2,892 hits.

The Lotte Giants have twisted 115 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .980 (4th in Korean baseball). The Giants have recorded 1,263 assists, 98 errors and have earned a total of 3,425 putouts so far this season. Out of their 123 chances at stealing a base, they have been successful 87 times and been caught 36 times (29.3% caught stealing percentage).

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.455 in addition to having a FIP of 5.07 as a unit over the course of the season. They sit at 1st in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 1,220. The Lotte pitching staff have surrendered 643 runs this season while holding an ERA of 4.52 (573 earned runs yielded). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.41 (1,061 strikeouts vs 441 free passes). They have conceded 76 long balls and they concede 5.07 runs per 9 innings (9th in the league).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kiwoom

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