LG Twins vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 8/2/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: LG Twins vs Lotte Giants

Date: Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SBS SPORTS

Dong Hui Han and the Lotte Giants (39-51, 7th in KBO) play the LG Twins (55-36, 3rd in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Tuesday, August 2, 2022.

LG has a slugging percentage of .408 and have struck out 581 times, while getting the free base on 312 occasions. They have 444 runs batted in as well as 859 base knocks on the year, while their team batting average is at .270. The Twins have hit 141 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 84 balls out of the stadium. They have tallied 472 runs scored while having a team OBP of .345. As a squad, the LG Twins are scoring 5.1 runs per contest, which puts them at 2nd in the league.

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Ji Hwan Oh is a hitter who should impact this game for LG. In his career, Oh has drilled 138 balls out of the park while driving in 714 runs. During his time in professional baseball, he stepped up to bat 6,208 times and has reached base with a base hit 1,416 times. Oh has recorded a batting average of .264 for his time in baseball, with 853 scored runs and an OPS of .760. His career slugging percentage is .412 in addition to having tallied 2,210 bases. He has fanned 1,385 times and has gotten a free base on 643 at-bats, which contributes in part to a .348 on-base percentage.

The LG Twins are sitting with 2,472 putouts this year, as well as 878 assists and 64 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .981 which ranks 3rd in Korean baseball and they have twisted 83 double plays. The Twins have stolen 78 bases and have been thrown out 16 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 17.0%.

They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.27 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.29. Twins pitchers have allowed 66 long balls and 377 total runs (8th in baseball). LG has allowed 774 base knocks (8.5 per 9 innings) and 340 earned runs. The Twins have a team ERA of 3.71 this season (3rd in baseball), and their staff has rung up 658 hitters.

The Lotte Giants have recorded a team on-base percentage of .319 and a team batting average of .261 over the course of the season. They have struck out on 641 occasions (6th in the league) and have 844 base knocks. Lotte has tallied 69 HRs this season and 373 runs batted in. The Giants hold a slugging % of .380 and they score 4.18 runs per game (8th in the league). They have recorded 156 doubles, while taking a walk 260 times and putting up 393 runs.

Dong Hui Han is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Han has recorded a walk 169 times while being called out on strikes on 341 plate appearances. His OBP is .344 and he has earned a has a OPS in his career of .767. Over the course of the 1,576 at-bats in his career, Han has a batting average of .269 with 424 hits. He has scored 183 runs in addition to having 219 RBIs. He has hit the long ball 51 times, with 667 bases in total and a .423 slugging percentage.

In their 92 tries at swiping a bag, they have had success 67 times and been caught 25 times (27.2% caught stealing percentage). The Lotte Giants have turned 86 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .978 (7th in KBO). The Giants have accrued 942 assists, 77 errors and are sitting with 2,523 putouts this year.

The Giants are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.457 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.97 as a squad for the year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.40 (793 strikeouts against 330 free passes). They sit at 2nd in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 895. They have yielded 51 HR's and they surrender 4.97 runs per 9 innings (8th in baseball). The Lotte pitching staff have conceded 464 runs this season and come in with a team ERA of 4.46 (417 earned runs conceded).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take LG

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