Lotte Giants vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 9/24/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Saturday, September 24, 2022

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Dae-ho Lee and the Lotte Giants (61-71, 7th in KBO) head to Gocheok Sky Dome on Saturday, September 24, 2022, where they'll meet the Kiwoom Heroes (76-59, 3rd in KBO).

As a squad, the Lotte Giants are notching 4.3 runs per game, which has them sitting at 8th in baseball. They have 578 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .328. The Giants have accumulated 218 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 101 balls out of the park. They have compiled 544 RBI's and 1,247 hits so far this year, while their average at the plate sits at .267. Lotte owns a slugging percentage of .385 and have been rung up 927 times, while drawing a walk on 392 occasions.

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Dae-ho Lee is a batter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. Lee has earned a batting average of .305 for his career, in addition to 1,248 scored runs and an OPS of .887. He has struck out 1,467 times and has taken a walk on 998 occasions, contributing to a .380 OBP. In his career, Lee has drilled 486 baseballs over the fence while driving in 1,820 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .507 in addition to racking up 4,830 bases. For his time in baseball, he approached the plate 10,838 times and has notched a hit 2,901 times.

The Giants have swiped 90 bases and have been gunned down 38 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 29.7%. The Lotte Giants have earned a total of 3,638 putouts on the year, as well as 1,340 assists and 104 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .980 which puts them in 5th in KBO and they have twisted 118 double plays.

The Giants have a team ERA of 4.46 on the year (9th in the league), and the staff has struck out 1,130 batters. Giants pitchers have relinquished 79 home runs and 673 total runs (2nd in the league). Lotte has conceded 1,293 base hits (9.6 per 9 innings) and 601 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.45 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.45.

Kiwoom has 88 HRs on the season and 537 runs batted in. They have put up 194 doubles, while getting a free base 498 times as well as scoring 578 runs. The Kiwoom Heroes have a team OBP of .332 as well as a team batting average of .251 on the campaign. The Heroes hold a team slugging percentage of .363 and they have an average of 4.22 runs per outing (9th in KBO). They have struck out on 979 occasions (4th in baseball) and have 1,173 base knocks.

Sung Mun Song is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. Song has tallied a walk 120 times while going down on strikes on 222 plate appearances. He has a total of 170 runs and also has 189 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .313 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .687. He has gone deep 27 times, with 512 bases in total and a .374 slugging percentage. In the 1,368 official at-bats in his professional career, Song is sitting with a batting avereage of .254 in addition to having 348 hits.

The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 122 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .978 (7th in KBO). The Heroes have accrued 1,471 assists, 114 errors and have accumulated 3,690 putouts on the season. In their 124 tries at stealing a base, they have made it 82 times and been caught 42 times (33.9% caught stealing rate).

The Heroes hold a team WHIP of 1.333 in addition to having a FIP of 4.23 as a pitching staff on the year. They sit at 6th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 1,173. The Kiwoom pitching staff have surrendered 578 runs so far this year while holding an ERA of 3.77 (515 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.06 (960 strikeouts against 466 walks). They have allowed 90 homers and they concede 4.23 runs per 9 innings (4th in the league).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Lotte

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