Lotte Giants vs LG Twins Prediction, 7/2/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs LG Twins

Date: Saturday, July 2, 2022

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Ji Hwan Oh and the LG Twins (43-29, 3rd in KBO) host the Lotte Giants (32-38, 8th in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Saturday, July 2, 2022.

Lotte has a slugging percentage of .372 and have been called out on strikes 507 times, while drawing a walk on 206 occasions. They have 285 RBI's as well as 645 hits on the season, and their average at the plate comes in at .257. The Giants have compiled 115 doubles as a squad and have hit 51 balls out of the park. They have tallied 302 runs scored and have an OBP of .318. As a unit, the Lotte Giants are scoring 4.1 runs per outing, which ranks them 8th in KBO.

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Dong Hui Han is a batter who should impact this game for Lotte. Han has recorded a batting average of .265 for his baseball career, with 179 runs scored and an OPS of .763. He has struck out 333 times and has gotten a free base on 164 attempts at the plate, which has contributed to a .342 on-base percentage. In his career, Han has slapped 49 balls over the fence while driving in 207 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .421 and he has a total of 629 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he came to the plate 1,693 times and got on base with a hit 396 times.

The Lotte Giants have a total of 1,971 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 740 assists and 66 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .976 which has them sitting 6th in KBO and they have turned 72 double plays. The Giants have swiped 49 bases and have been thrown out 21 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 30.0%.

The Giants hold a team ERA of 4.19 on the season (9th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 629 batters. Lotte has conceded 672 base hits (9.2 per 9 innings) as well as 306 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.47 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.41. Giants pitchers have conceded 33 home runs and also 343 total runs (4th in KBO).

LG has a total of 57 home runs on the campaign to go along with 338 runs batted in. They have hit 114 two-baggers, while walking 239 times and putting up 361 runs. The LG Twins have accumulated an on-base percentage of .341 in addition to a batting average of .268 this year. The Twins have a team slugging % of .395 and they average 4.95 runs per contest (2nd in the league). They have been rung up on 448 occasions (10th in baseball) and have totaled 671 hits.

Ji Hwan Oh is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for LG. During the 5,297 at-bats in his professional career, Oh has accrued an average at the plate of .264 with 1,397 base knocks. He has gone deep 132 times, as well as 2,170 total bases and a .410 slugging percentage. Oh has tallied a free base 631 times while fanning on 1,365 chances. He has a total of 840 runs in addition to having earned 696 runs batted in. His OBP is .347 and he holds a career OPS of .757.

Out of their 77 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 64 times and been caught 13 times (16.9% caught stealing rate). The LG Twins have turned 70 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .982 (3rd in Korean baseball). The Twins have accrued 710 assists, 50 errors and have earned a total of 1,967 putouts over the course of the season.

The Twins hold a team WHIP of 1.297 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.98 as a unit for the year. They are sitting at 9th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 611. The LG pitching staff have given up 290 runs for the season while holding an ERA of 3.59 (261 earned runs surrendered). Their K/BB ratio is 2.17 (519 strikeouts vs 239 bases on balls). They have given up 51 homers and they allow 3.98 runs per 9 innings (3rd in the league).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Lotte

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