Lotte Giants vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 8/30/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Hye Seong Kim and the Kiwoom Heroes (64-51, 4th in KBO) host the Lotte Giants (52-60, 6th in KBO) at Gocheok Sky Dome on Tuesday, August 30, 2022.

The Giants have accounted for 184 doubles as a team and have hit 85 balls out of the stadium. Lotte is slugging .377 and have struck out 802 times, while taking a walk on 340 occasions. As a squad, the Lotte Giants are notching 4.1 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 9th in the league. They have tallied 447 RBI's and 1,030 base knocks this year, while their batting average is sitting at .260. They are sitting with 475 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .322.

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DJ Peters is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. In his career, Peters has hit 125 balls out of the park while driving in 383 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .472 and he has totaled 1,168 bases. In his time in the Majors, he came to the plate 2,834 times and has delivered with a base hit 627 times. He has been struck out 852 times and earned a walk on 267 occasions, contributing to a .341 on-base percentage. Peters has accrued an average at the plate of .253 for his career in baseball, in addition to 397 scored runs and an OPS of .813.

The Giants have swiped 76 bags and have been caught 32 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 29.6%. The Lotte Giants have accumulated 3,111 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 1,146 assists and 90 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .979 which is 6th in Korean baseball and have earned 103 double plays.

The Giants have a team earned run average of 4.40 on the season (8th in the league), and their staff has rung up 961 batters. Giants pitchers have yielded 64 home runs in addition to 567 runs in total (3rd in KBO). Lotte has given up 1,094 hits (9.5 per 9 innings) as well as 507 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.40 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.44.

Kiwoom has accumulated 78 home runs this season to go along with 460 runs batted in. They have 164 doubles, while getting a free base 435 times as well as recording 497 runs. The Kiwoom Heroes have compiled an OBP of .333 in addition to a batting average of .250 on the campaign. The Heroes have a slugging percentage of .362 and they score 4.25 runs per game (8th in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 836 occasions (5th in KBO) and have a total of 1,004 hits.

Hye Seong Kim is a batter who can be a difference maker for Kiwoom. In the 2,315 at-bats in his career, Kim has accrued an average at the plate of .289 in addition to 670 base hits. He has homered 19 times, with 876 total bases and also a .378 slugging percentage. Kim has drawn a free base 217 times while fanning on 477 chances. He has amassed 391 runs in addition to having 249 runs batted in. His on-base % is .350 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .728.

The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 101 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .978 (7th in Korean baseball). The Heroes have accrued 1,247 assists, 97 errors and have accounted for 3,157 putouts for the year. In their 104 tries at swiping a bag, they have had success 70 times and been caught 34 times (32.7% caught stealing percentage).

The Kiwoom pitching staff have given up 502 runs on the season while having a team ERA of 3.82 (446 earned runs surrendered). They have surrendered 83 HR's and they surrender 4.29 runs per 9 innings (4th in baseball). The Heroes hold a team WHIP of 1.311 in addition to having a FIP of 4.29 as a unit for the year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.11 (821 strikeouts vs 390 walks). They have a ranking of 6th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 989.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kiwoom

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