Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 7/21/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants

Date: Friday, July 21, 2023

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SBS

Sajik Baseball Stadium is the venue where Chi-Hong Ahn and the Lotte Giants (38-39, 5th in KBO) will take on the Kiwoom Heroes (38-46, 9th in KBO) on Friday, July 21, 2023.

Kiwoom has a slugging percentage of .347 and have struck out 661 times, while drawing a walk on 299 occasions. They have 328 RBI's as well as 758 base knocks this season, and their team batting average is .254. The Heroes have earned 142 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 35 balls out of the park. They have earned 342 runs scored and hold an OBP of .328. As a squad, the Kiwoom Heroes are scoring 4.0 runs per contest, which puts them at 10th in the league.

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Jung Hoo Lee is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. Lee has recorded a batting average of .339 for his time in baseball, in addition to 580 scored runs and an OPS of .896. He has been struck out 304 times and has walked on 380 occasions, contributing to a .406 on-base %. For his pro baseball career, Lee has slapped 65 balls over the fence while knocking in 514 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .490 in addition to having tallied 1,702 bases. For his time in the league, he stepped into the batters box 3,938 times and has come through with a base hit 1,177 times.

The Heroes have swiped 64 bases and have been caught 22 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 25.6%. The Kiwoom Heroes have 2,318 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 854 assists and 59 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .982 which ranks 4th in the league and they have turned 78 double plays.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.39 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.34. Heroes pitchers have allowed 41 home runs and also 361 total runs (4th in baseball). Kiwoom has relinquished 778 base hits (9.1 per 9 innings) as well as 323 earned runs. The Heroes hold a team earned run average of 3.76 this season (3rd in the league), and the staff has rung up 605 hitters.

Lotte has 35 long balls this year in addition to 303 runs batted in. They hit 105 doubles, while walking 267 times and racking up 329 runs. The Lotte Giants have earned a team on-base percentage of .327 in addition to a batting average of .255 this season. The Giants hold a slugging % of .346 and they average 4.27 runs per game (6th in KBO). They have been rung up on 536 occasions (8th in KBO) and have notched a total of 659 hits.

Chi-Hong Ahn is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. During the 5,513 at-bats in his professional career, Ahn has hit .297 in addition to 1,636 base hits. He has gone yard 135 times, as well as 2,404 total bases and also a .436 slugging percentage. Ahn has tallied a free base 532 times while fanning on 827 tries. He has compiled 805 runs and has 816 RBIs. His on-base % is .362 and he has earned a career OPS of .798.

The Lotte Giants have turned 61 double plays and have a fielding rate of .985 (1st in KBO). The Giants have accrued 720 assists, 42 errors and have earned a total of 2,056 putouts this season. Of their 76 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 53 times and been caught 23 times (30.3% caught stealing rate).

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.515 and have a FIP of 4.83 as a pitching staff on the year. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.82 (564 strikeouts vs 310 walks). They have a ranking of 4th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 728. They have given up 50 home runs and they surrender 4.83 runs per 9 innings (9th in the league). The Lotte pitching staff have allowed 368 runs for the year while having an ERA of 4.52 (344 earned runs relinquished).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kiwoom

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