Lotte Giants vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 7/5/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: 0

Eun Seong Chae and the Hanwha Eagles (31-38, 8th in KBO) host the Lotte Giants (36-35, 4th in KBO) at Hanwha Life Eagles Park on Wednesday, July 5, 2023.

Lotte has a slugging percentage of .340 and have been rung up 484 times, while drawing a walk on 252 occasions. They have tallied 282 RBI's and 608 base knocks this season, while their team batting average is sitting at .255. The Giants have accrued 95 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 28 balls out of the park. They have earned a total of 307 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .328. As a unit, the Lotte Giants are putting up 4.3 runs per game, which has them at 5th in the league.

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Chi-Hong Ahn is a batter who should impact this game for Lotte. For his career, Ahn has hit 134 balls out of the park while driving in 814 runs. For his time in baseball, he stepped up to bat 6,244 times and has notched a base hit 1,630 times. Ahn has earned a batting average of .297 for his career in baseball, in addition to 803 scored runs and an OPS of .798. His slugging percentage sits at .436 and he has a total of 2,395 bases. He has struck out 824 times and earned a walk on 529 occasions, contributing to a .362 on-base percentage.

The Giants have swiped 49 bags and have been caught 22 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 31.0%. The Lotte Giants have amassed 1,903 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 665 assists and 39 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .985 which has them ranked 1st in KBO and they have turned 55 double plays.

The Giants hold a team earned run average of 4.23 for the year (8th in the league), and their staff has struck out 535 batters. Lotte has relinquished 658 base hits (9.3 per 9 innings) as well as 298 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.90 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.48. Giants pitchers have given up 41 home runs and 320 runs (5th in the league).

Hanwha is sitting with 46 home runs on the year as well as 284 RBIs. They have hit 107 two-baggers, while taking a walk 290 times as well as recording 301 runs. The Hanwha Eagles have earned a team on-base percentage of .326 as well as a team batting average of .239 over the course of the season. The Eagles hold a team SLG% of .340 and they tally 4.12 runs per game (8th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 600 occasions (1st in baseball) and have recorded 594 base hits.

Eun Seong Chae is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Hanwha. During the 3,606 at-bats in his pro career, Chae has hit .298 in addition to having 1,073 base hits. He has hit a home run 106 times, as well as 1,606 total bases and also a .445 slugging %. Chae has tallied a free base 265 times while being called out on strikes on 671 tries. He is sitting with 480 runs in addition to having earned 640 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .359 and he has a lifetime OPS of .804.

The Hanwha Eagles have twisted 67 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .981 (5th in the league). The Eagles have accrued 734 assists, 53 errors and are sitting with 1,985 putouts so far this year. Out of their 75 attempts at getting a steal, they have made it 42 times and been caught 33 times (44.0% caught stealing percentage).

The Eagles have a WHIP of 1.357 in addition to having a FIP of 4.31 as a team this season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.00 (550 strikeouts vs 275 walks). They are currently ranked 8th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 622. They have yielded 43 home runs and they give up 4.31 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The Hanwha pitching staff have given up 317 runs over the course of the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.93 (289 earned runs given up).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Hanwha

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