Lotte Giants vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 8/18/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Friday, August 18, 2023

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Gocheok Sky Dome is the venue where Hye Seong Kim and the Kiwoom Heroes (43-63, 10th in KBO) will play the Lotte Giants (49-51, 7th in KBO) on Friday, August 18, 2023.

The Giants have compiled 148 doubles as a squad and have hit 50 balls out of the stadium. Lotte is slugging .358 and have struck out 684 times, while taking a walk on 368 occasions. As a unit, the Lotte Giants are notching 4.5 runs per game, which puts them at 6th in KBO. They have accrued 413 runs batted in as well as 878 base knocks over the course of the season, while their batting average is sitting at .261. They have earned 446 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .335.

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Min Suk Kim is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. Kim has recorded a batting average of .274 for his time in baseball, with 57 scored runs and an OPS of .694. He has been struck out 101 times and has taken a walk on 29 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .330 on-base %. In his career, Kim has drilled 4 baseballs out of the park while driving in 34 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .364 and he has a total of 133 bases. For his time in the league, he approached the plate 408 times and has reached base with a hit 100 times.

The Giants have swiped 62 bags and have been caught 30 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 32.6%. The Lotte Giants are sitting with 2,674 putouts thus far, as well as 954 assists and 64 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .983 which is 1st in the league and have a total of 75 double plays.

Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.85 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.50. Giants pitchers have yielded 58 long balls and 481 runs in total (3rd in the league). Lotte has relinquished 948 base hits (9.6 per 9 innings) and 437 earned runs. The Giants have compiled a team earned run average of 4.41 for the year (9th in KBO), and their staff has rung up 724 batters.

The Kiwoom Heroes have compiled an OBP of .327 and a batting average of .253 so far this season. They have been rung up on 828 occasions (1st in KBO) and have notched a total of 965 base knocks. Kiwoom has recorded 45 HRs on the campaign to go along with 426 RBIs. The Heroes have a slugging percentage of .343 and they have an average of 4.09 runs per game (10th in baseball). They have 167 doubles, while getting a free base 377 times and scoring 446 runs.

Hye Seong Kim is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kiwoom. Kim has drawn a walk 263 times while striking out on 545 occasions. His on-base % is .357 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .747. Over the course of the 2,800 at-bats in his professional career, Kim has a batting average of .297 with 831 base hits. He has scored 478 runs and has 300 runs batted in. He has homered 25 times, as well as 1,091 total bases and a .390 slugging percentage.

The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 94 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .980 (5th in KBO). The Heroes have recorded 1,085 assists, 80 errors and have amassed 2,932 putouts this year. Of their 127 chances at swiping a bag, they have been successful 95 times and been caught 32 times (25.2% caught stealing percentage).

The Kiwoom pitching staff have given up 520 runs this season while holding a team ERA of 4.30 (467 earned runs conceded). They have conceded 61 home runs and they allow 4.79 runs per 9 innings (8th in the league). The Heroes are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.422 and have a FIP of 4.79 as a team on the year. Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.02 (752 strikeouts against 372 walks). They rank 1st in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 1,017.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

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

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