LG Twins vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 6/2/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: LG Twins vs Lotte Giants

Date: Thursday, June 2, 2022

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

DJ Peters and the Lotte Giants (23-26, 7th in KBO) host the LG Twins (28-23, 4th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Thursday, June 2, 2022.

LG is slugging .388 and have struck out 315 times, while being walked on 165 occasions. They have accumulated 225 runs batted in in addition to 458 base knocks so far this year, and their batting average comes in at .264. The Twins have tallied 79 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 39 balls out of the stadium. They have accumulated 240 runs and hold an OBP of .336. As a team, the LG Twins are scoring 4.7 runs per game, which has them sitting at 3rd in KBO.

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Hyun Soo Kim is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for LG. Kim is sitting with a batting avereage of .315 for his career, with 1,089 scored runs and an OPS of .879. He has struck out 829 times and has taken a walk on 916 occasions, which contributes in part to a .396 OBP. In his professional baseball career, Kim has drilled 230 balls out of the park while knocking in 1,243 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .483 and he has accumulated 3,285 bases. For his time in baseball, he stepped up to the plate 7,888 times and came through with a base hit 2,143 times.

The LG Twins have a total of 1,367 putouts on the year, in addition to 504 assists and 41 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .979 which puts them in 4th in the league and they have twisted 53 double plays. The Twins have swiped 52 bases and have been thrown out 11 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 17.5%.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.91 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.36. Twins pitchers have conceded 30 home runs and also 214 runs in total (7th in the league). LG has yielded 434 base hits (8.6 per 9 innings) and 191 earned runs. The Twins have an earned run average of 3.78 so far this season (7th in the league), and they have struck out 358 hitters.

The Giants have a team slugging percentage of .368 and they are earning 3.90 runs per contest (8th in the league). They have recorded 68 doubles, while getting a free base 134 times as well as notching 195 runs. Lotte has hit 39 long balls so far this year and 184 RBIs. They have struck out on 344 occasions (8th in the league) and have tallied 431 hits. The Lotte Giants have accounted for an OBP of .312 in addition to a batting average of .253 on the season.

DJ Peters is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Peters has tallied a walk 254 times while fanning on 822 plate appearances. He has accounted for 382 runs in addition to having 369 RBIs. His OBP sits at .341 and he has a has a OPS in his career of .819. He has hit it out of the park 122 times, in addition to having 1,123 total bases and a .478 slugging percentage. For the 2,347 official at-bats in his professional career, Peters has hit .254 in addition to 596 base knocks.

The Lotte Giants have twisted 56 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .975 (6th in KBO). The Giants have racked up 528 assists, 47 errors and have a tally of 1,340 putouts so far this year. In their 51 tries at getting a steal, they have been successful 33 times and been caught 18 times (35.3% caught stealing rate).

The Giants are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.369 and have a FIP of 4.43 as a team so far this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.44 (420 strikeouts against 172 walks). They have a ranking of 5th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 439. They have relinquished 21 home runs and they relinquish 4.43 runs per 9 innings (7th in baseball). The Lotte pitching staff have allowed 220 runs this season while holding an ERA of 3.91 (194 earned runs given up).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take LG

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