Kia Tigers vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 6/3/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Lotte Giants

Date: Saturday, June 3, 2023

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Hyoung Woo Choi and the Kia Tigers (22-22, 5th in KBO) are headed to Sajik Baseball Stadium on Saturday, June 3, 2023, where they'll meet the Lotte Giants (27-17, 3rd in KBO).

The Tigers have accounted for 59 two-baggers as a team and have hit 25 balls out of the stadium. Kia is slugging .361 and have been called out on strikes 349 times, while drawing a walk on 142 occasions. As a squad, the Kia Tigers are putting up 4.2 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 6th in baseball. They have accumulated 171 runs batted in in addition to 399 hits this season, and their team batting average is .265. They have a total of 185 runs while having a team OBP of .333.

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Hyoung Woo Choi is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Choi is sitting with a batting avereage of .313 for his career, with 1,182 runs scored and an OPS of .937. He has been struck out 1,262 times and has walked on 1,039 occasions, contributing to a .403 OBP. In his pro baseball career, Choi has hit 361 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 1,488 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .534 in addition to earning 3,831 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he came to bat 8,407 times and got on base with a base hit 2,241 times.

The Tigers have swiped 30 bases and have been gunned down 10 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 25.0%. The Kia Tigers have earned a total of 1,168 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 400 assists and 32 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .980 which ranks 5th in the league and they have twisted 46 double plays.

The Tigers have compiled a team ERA of 3.42 this year (3rd in the league), and the staff has struck out 319 batters. Kia has conceded 343 base hits (7.9 per 9 innings) and also 148 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.65 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.38. Tigers pitchers have relinquished 24 home runs and also 172 runs in total (10th in KBO).

Lotte has a total of 17 HRs on the season in addition to 185 RBIs. The have tallied 63 doubles, while getting a free base 164 times as well as racking up 203 runs. The Lotte Giants have tallied an OBP of .334 as well as a team batting average of .259 for the season. The Giants hold a slugging percentage of .350 and they are scoring 4.61 runs per game (2nd in baseball). They have been rung up on 286 occasions (10th in the league) and have recorded 380 hits.

Kang Nam Yoo is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. Over the course of the 3,102 at-bats in his career, Yoo is sitting with a batting avereage of .266 in addition to having 825 base hits. He has homered 104 times, with 1,281 bases in total and also a .413 slugging percentage. Yoo has drawn a walk 214 times while striking out on 621 tries. He has scored 353 runs in addition to having earned 461 RBIs. His OBP comes in at .330 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .743.

The Lotte Giants have turned 30 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .987 (2nd in the league). The Giants have 387 assists, 21 errors and have notched a total of 1,181 putouts so far this season. Out of their 47 chances at swiping a bag, they have been successful 35 times and been caught 12 times (25.5% caught stealing rate).

The Giants are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.401 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.16 as a staff this season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.20 (348 strikeouts against 158 walks). They are sitting at 7th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 393. They have surrendered 22 dingers and they give up 4.16 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The Lotte pitching staff have surrendered 182 runs on the year while holding an ERA of 3.94 (172 earned runs conceded).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Lotte

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