LG Twins vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 4/12/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: LG Twins vs Lotte Giants

Date: Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Sajik Baseball Stadium is the venue where Dong Hui Han and the Lotte Giants (2-4, 8th in KBO) will play the LG Twins (6-2, 2nd in KBO) on Wednesday, April 12, 2023.

The Twins have accrued 11 doubles as a team and have hit 0 balls out of the park. LG has a slugging % of .333 and have struck out 32 times, while taking a walk on 35 occasions. As a squad, the LG Twins are compiling 5.1 runs/g, which ranks them 3rd in the league. They have accumulated 40 RBI's and 77 hits on the year, while their team batting average comes in at .285. They have earned 41 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .372.

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Ji Hwan Oh is a hitter who can be a difference maker for LG. For his career, Oh has hit 146 balls over the fence while knocking in 750 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .414 and he has a total of 2,301 bases. For his career, he came to the plate 6,432 times and came through with a base hit 1,472 times. He has struck out 1,426 times and has taken a walk on 672 occasions, contributing to a .350 on-base percentage. Oh has accumulated a batting average of .265 for his time in baseball, with 884 runs scored and an OPS of .764.

The LG Twins are sitting with 219 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 77 assists and 7 errors. Their fielding rate is at .977 which has them sitting 5th in KBO and have accumulated 4 double plays. The Twins have stolen 6 bags and have been thrown out 1 time, which means their caught stealing rate is 14.3%.

They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.04 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.16. Twins pitchers have relinquished 4 long balls and also 28 total runs (6th in baseball). LG has yielded 60 base knocks (7.4 per 9 innings) and 20 earned runs. The Twins hold a team ERA of 2.47 over the course of the season (1st in the league), and their staff has rung up 51 batters.

The Giants have a team SLG% of .322 and they average 3.67 runs per game (8th in baseball). They have recorded 4 doubles, while walking 22 times and scoring 22 runs. Lotte has 3 home runs this year as well as 22 RBIs. They have been rung up on 36 occasions (8th in KBO) and have 47 hits. The Lotte Giants have recorded an OBP of .313 in addition to a team batting average of .236 for the year.

Dong Hui Han is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. Han has earned a free base 184 times while fanning on 375 attempts. His on-base percentage is .341 and he has a lifetime OPS of .758. Over the course of the 1,762 official at-bats in his career, Han has earned a batting average of .267 and has racked up 471 base hits. He has scored 197 runs and has 238 RBIs. He has gone deep 55 times, in addition to having 734 bases in total and a .417 slugging percentage.

The Lotte Giants have turned 3 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .985 (1st in KBO). The Giants have racked up 43 assists, 3 errors and have accounted for 157 putouts for the year. Out of their 4 chances at stealing a base, they have been successful 4 times and been caught 0 times (0.0% caught stealing percentage).

The Lotte pitching staff have conceded 32 runs for the season while having an ERA of 5.01 (29 earned runs relinquished). They have relinquished 4 homers and they concede 5.50 runs per 9 innings (9th in baseball). The Giants are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.478 in addition to having a FIP of 5.50 as a squad for the season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.14 (45 strikeouts against 21 walks). They come in at 7th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 56.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take LG

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