LG Twins vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 4/13/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

4/12/2023

Game: LG Twins vs Lotte Giants

Date: Thursday, April 13, 2023

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Hae Min Park and the LG Twins (6-3, 3rd in KBO) go to Sajik Baseball Stadium on Thursday, April 13, 2023, where they'll meet the Lotte Giants (3-4, 6th in KBO).

The Twins have recorded 14 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 1 ball out of the park. LG has a slugging rate of .352 and have been rung up 41 times, while drawing a walk on 44 occasions. As a unit, the LG Twins are recording 5.1 runs per game, which has them at 2nd in the league. They have 45 runs batted in as well as 88 hits on the campaign, and their average at the plate sits at .290. They are sitting with 46 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .383.

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Hae Min Park is a batter who should impact this game for LG. Park has hit .286 for his career in baseball, with 804 scored runs and an OPS of .737. He has struck out 765 times and has been walked on 459 occasions, contributing to a .353 on-base percentage. In his career, Park has hit 45 balls out of the park while driving in 468 runs. His career slugging percentage is .384 in addition to having tallied 1,764 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped into the batters box 5,240 times and came through with a base hit 1,315 times.

The LG Twins have accumulated 243 putouts so far this season, as well as 86 assists and 11 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .968 which has them ranked 7th in KBO and have a total of 5 double plays. The Twins have stolen 6 bags and have been gunned down 1 time, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 14.3%.

The Twins have a team ERA of 2.78 on the year (2nd in KBO), and they have struck out 58 batters. LG has conceded 69 base knocks (7.7 per 9 innings) as well as 25 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.07 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.20. Twins pitchers have surrendered 4 long balls and also 34 runs (6th in baseball).

The Giants have a team slugging percentage of .336 and they earn 4.00 runs per game (8th in KBO). They have put up 7 two-baggers, while walking 25 times as well as scoring 28 runs. Lotte has a total of 3 home runs on the campaign as well as 26 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 43 instances (9th in KBO) and have earned a total of 56 base hits. The Lotte Giants are sitting with a team on-base percentage of .318 in addition to a batting average of .241 on the season.

Jun-woo Jeon is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. Jeon has tallied a free base 504 times while fanning on 941 plate appearances. He has scored 919 runs and has 812 runs batted in. His OBP is .362 and he has a lifetime OPS of .826. He has homered 180 times, as well as 2,584 total bases and a .464 slugging percentage. During the 5,572 official at-bats in his pro career, Jeon has an average at the plate of .299 with 1,665 base hits.

The Lotte Giants have turned 4 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .979 (4th in Korean baseball). The Giants have racked up 51 assists, 5 errors and have earned 184 putouts over the course of the season. Out of their 7 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 5 times and been caught 2 times (28.6% caught stealing percentage).

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.588 in addition to having a FIP of 5.43 as a squad for the year. Their K/BB ratio is 1.80 (54 strikeouts against 30 free passes). They sit at 7th in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 67. They have conceded 5 home runs and they relinquish 5.43 runs per 9 innings (9th in the league). The Lotte pitching staff have surrendered 37 runs this season while having a team ERA of 5.01 (34 earned runs yielded).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take LG

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