Lotte Giants vs SSG Landers Prediction, 6/18/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs SSG Landers

Date: Sunday, June 18, 2023

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Seong Han Park and the SSG Landers (36-23, 2nd in KBO) play the Lotte Giants (31-26, 4th in KBO) at Incheon SSG Landers Field on Sunday, June 18, 2023.

The Giants have earned 80 doubles as a unit and have knocked 23 balls out of the park. Lotte owns a slugging percentage of .349 and have been called out on strikes 392 times, while getting the free base on 207 occasions. As a unit, the Lotte Giants are scoring 4.6 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 3rd in KBO. They have recorded 244 RBI's and 498 hits on the campaign, while their team batting average comes in at .259. They have accumulated 264 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .332.

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Jin Hyuk No is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. In his career, No has slapped 74 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 356 runs. His slugging percentage is .426 in addition to having tallied 1,051 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to bat 2,777 times and has delivered a base hit 659 times. He has gone down on strikes 614 times and earned a walk on 245 occasions, contributing to a .335 on-base %. No has hit .267 in his time in baseball, in addition to 329 scored runs and an OPS of .761.

The Lotte Giants have notched a total of 1,543 putouts thus far, as well as 521 assists and 30 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .986 which has them sitting 2nd in KBO and have accumulated 40 double plays. The Giants have swiped 46 bags and have been gunned down 17 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 27.0%.

The Giants hold a team ERA of 4.08 on the season (6th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 448 batters. Lotte has given up 530 base hits (9.3 per 9 innings) and 233 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 1.99 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.47. Giants pitchers have surrendered 31 long balls in addition to 249 runs (7th in the league).

The Landers hold a slugging % of .382 and they have an average of 4.50 runs per game (4th in the league). They have 88 doubles, while walking 208 times as well as earning 270 runs. SSG has compiled 55 HRs over the course of the season in addition to 253 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 423 instances (5th in the league) and have recorded 510 hits. The SSG Landers have earned an OBP of .327 as well as a team batting average of .251 over the course of the season.

Seong Han Park is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for SSG. For the 1,261 at-bats in his pro career, Park has accrued an average at the plate of .278 in addition to 350 base hits. He has homered 11 times, as well as 449 bases in total and also a .356 slugging percentage. Park has drawn a free base 161 times while being called out on strikes on 218 chances. He has tallied 156 runs in addition to having 131 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .360 and he has a lifetime OPS of .716.

The SSG Landers have turned 52 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .978 (7th in KBO). The Landers have accrued 603 assists, 49 errors and have earned 1,609 putouts so far this season. In their 66 chances at getting a steal, they have been successful 44 times and been caught 22 times (33.3% caught stealing percentage).

The SSG pitching staff have yielded 244 runs so far this year while holding an ERA of 3.68 (219 earned runs allowed). They have conceded 40 long balls and they concede 4.09 runs per 9 innings (4th in the league). The Landers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.420 in addition to having a FIP of 4.09 as a team over the course of the season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 1.68 (429 strikeouts vs 256 walks). They come in at 7th in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 505.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Lotte

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