Lotte Giants vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 5/28/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Sunday, May 28, 2023

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Chi-Hong Ahn and the Lotte Giants (24-15, 3rd in KBO) travel to Gocheok Sky Dome on Sunday, May 28, 2023, where they'll meet the Kiwoom Heroes (19-26, 8th in KBO).

The Giants have accounted for 56 doubles as a squad and have hit 16 balls out of the stadium. Lotte has a slugging % of .349 and have been called out on strikes 251 times, while drawing a walk on 150 occasions. As a squad, the Lotte Giants are scoring 4.7 runs per game, which has them sitting at 2nd in the league. They have tallied 164 RBI's and 332 base knocks on the campaign, while their batting average sits at .255. They have notched a total of 182 runs and hold an OBP of .333.

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Chi-Hong Ahn is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Ahn has accrued an average at the plate of .297 in his time in baseball, with 793 runs scored and an OPS of .801. He has been struck out 808 times and has gotten a free base on 517 occasions, which contributes in part to a .362 on-base %. In his career, Ahn has hit 134 balls over the fence while knocking in 801 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .439 and he has totaled 2,363 bases. In his time in the Majors, he stepped up to bat 6,119 times and got on base with a hit 1,600 times.

The Giants have swiped 30 bases and have been caught 11 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 26.8%. The Lotte Giants are sitting with 1,052 putouts this season, as well as 345 assists and 19 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .987 which has them sitting 2nd in the league and they have turned 27 double plays.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.14 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.41. Giants pitchers have conceded 21 long balls and also 166 runs (9th in baseball). Lotte has surrendered 350 hits (9.0 per 9 innings) and 157 earned runs. The Giants have a team earned run average of 4.03 this season (8th in the league), and the staff has struck out 306 batters.

The Heroes hold a slugging % of .338 and they are scoring 3.78 runs per contest (9th in baseball). They have recorded 71 doubles, while getting a free base 148 times as well as notching 170 runs. Kiwoom has accounted for 18 home runs this season to go along with 163 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 331 instances (4th in baseball) and have earned a total of 383 base knocks. The Kiwoom Heroes have tallied a team OBP of .319 as well as a team batting average of .246 this year.

Jung Hoo Lee is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kiwoom. Lee has recorded a walk 357 times while going down on strikes on 296 plate appearances. He has tallied 553 runs and racked up 491 RBIs. His OBP sits at .404 and he holds a career OPS of .892. He has homered 62 times, as well as 1,619 total bases and a .488 slugging percentage. For the 3,317 official at-bats in his pro career, Lee has earned a batting average of .337 and has racked up 1,119 hits.

The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 40 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .979 (6th in KBO). The Heroes have recorded 449 assists, 36 errors and have amassed 1,196 putouts this year. Of their 52 tries at swiping a bag, they have had success 38 times and been caught 14 times (26.9% caught stealing rate).

The Heroes hold a team WHIP of 1.308 and have a FIP of 4.02 as a squad for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.63 (318 strikeouts vs 121 walks). They sit at 2nd in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 400. They have allowed 19 homers and they relinquish 4.02 runs per 9 innings (2nd in KBO). The Kiwoom pitching staff have surrendered 178 runs over the course of the season while having a team ERA of 3.55 (157 earned runs yielded).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Kiwoom and under the total runs

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