Kia Tigers vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 4/19/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Lotte Giants

Date: Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SBS SPORTS

Sajik Baseball Stadium is the site where Dong Hui Han and the Lotte Giants (5-6, 6th in KBO) will take on the Kia Tigers (3-7, 10th in KBO) on Wednesday, April 19, 2023.

Kia has a slugging percentage of .309 and have struck out 82 times, while getting the free base on 36 occasions. They have accumulated 26 RBI's as well as 83 base knocks on the campaign, and their average at the plate is sitting at .246. The Tigers have recorded 9 doubles as a team and have smacked 4 balls out of the park. They have tallied 30 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .319. As a team, the Kia Tigers are notching 3.0 runs per contest, which has them at 10th in KBO.

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Chang Jin Lee is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. For his career, Lee has hit 16 baseballs out of the park while driving in 137 runs. His slugging percentage sits at .371 and he has accumulated 414 bases. For his career, he came to bat 1,304 times and has come through with a base hit 303 times. He has struck out 232 times and has taken a walk on 150 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .359 OBP. Lee has hit .272 for his baseball career, with 172 scored runs and an OPS of .712.

The Kia Tigers have amassed 264 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 90 assists and 10 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .973 which has them ranked 6th in KBO and have accumulated 8 double plays. The Tigers have stolen 9 bases and have been thrown out 4 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 30.8%.

They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.39 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.49. Tigers pitchers have allowed 9 home runs in addition to 47 runs in total (8th in baseball). Kia has surrendered 80 hits (8.2 per 9 innings) and 44 earned runs. The Tigers have a team earned run average of 4.50 for the season (7th in the league), and their staff has rung up 71 hitters.

Lotte has knocked in 4 home runs for the season to go along with 56 runs batted in. They have hit 13 doubles, while getting a free base 42 times and earning 60 runs. The Lotte Giants have recorded a team on-base percentage of .350 and a team batting average of .275 over the course of the season. The Giants hold a slugging % of .357 and they have an average of 5.45 runs per contest (3rd in baseball). They have been rung up on 68 occasions (10th in baseball) and have a total of 104 base knocks.

Dong Hui Han is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. For the 1,777 at-bats in his professional career, Han has accumulated a batting average of .267 in addition to 474 base hits. He has hit a home run 55 times, in addition to having 737 total bases and also a .415 slugging percentage. Han has drawn a walk 186 times while striking out on 377 chances. He has tallied 198 runs and racked up 240 runs batted in. His on-base percentage comes in at .341 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .756.

Out of their 17 tries at swiping a bag, they have had success 13 times and been caught 4 times (23.5% caught stealing rate). The Lotte Giants have turned 6 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .977 (5th in the league). The Giants have 100 assists, 9 errors and have a tally of 289 putouts this season.

The Lotte pitching staff have surrendered 70 runs so far this season while holding a team ERA of 6.18 (66 earned runs surrendered). They have surrendered 10 home runs and they give up 6.54 runs per 9 innings (10th in KBO). The Giants are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.727 in addition to having a FIP of 6.54 as a team so far this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.47 (81 strikeouts against 55 bases on balls). They are sitting at 3rd in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 111.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Lotte

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