Lotte Giants vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 6/6/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Kia Tigers

Date: Thursday, June 6, 2024

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: TVING

Jun-woo Jeon and the Lotte Giants (23-32, 9th in KBO) go to Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Thursday, June 6, 2024, where they'll meet the Kia Tigers (35-23, 1st in KBO).

The Giants have hit 102 doubles as a team and have knocked 44 balls out of the park. Lotte is slugging .407 and have struck out 446 times, while getting the free base on 173 occasions. As a unit, the Lotte Giants are notching 4.8 runs per contest, which puts them at 9th in KBO. They have 257 RBI's in addition to 547 base knocks on the season, and their team batting average is sitting at .274. They have racked up 274 runs scored and hold an OBP of .338.

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Jun-woo Jeon is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. In his career, Jeon has slapped 203 baseballs out of the park while driving in 919 runs. For his time in baseball, he came to bat 6,951 times and has delivered with a hit 1,862 times. Jeon has hit .300 for his time in baseball, with 1,016 scored runs and an OPS of .830. His career slugging percentage is .466 and he has a total of 2,890 bases. He has struck out 1,028 times and earned a walk on 567 attempts at the plate, which has contributed to a .364 OBP.

The Lotte Giants have a tally of 1,507 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 588 assists and 46 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .979 which is 7th in KBO and have accumulated 56 double plays. The Giants have swiped 42 bases and have been thrown out 22 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 34.4%.

The Giants hold a team ERA of 5.00 this year (7th in the league), and their staff has struck out 426 batters. Giants pitchers have allowed 54 home runs and 301 total runs (7th in KBO). Lotte has allowed 564 base hits (10.1 per 9 innings) in addition to 279 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.09 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.53.

Kia is sitting with 64 home runs so far this season as well as 315 runs batted in. They have recorded 102 doubles, while taking a walk 218 times as well as putting up 331 runs. The Kia Tigers are sitting with a team OBP of .361 as well as a team batting average of .290 this year. The Tigers have a SLG% of .439 and they have an average of 5.61 runs per contest (2nd in KBO). They have struck out on 390 instances (10th in the league) and have recorded 604 hits.

Do Yeong Kim is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Kim has drawn a walk 74 times while striking out on 173 attempts. He is sitting with 158 runs and has 104 RBIs. His OBP sits at .353 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .815. He has gone yard 24 times, as well as 367 bases in total and also a .462 slugging percentage. For the 795 at-bats in his pro career, Kim has hit .291 with 231 base hits.

Of their 62 attempts at getting a steal, they have made it 48 times and been caught 14 times (22.6% caught stealing percentage). The Kia Tigers have turned 62 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .972 (10th in the league). The Tigers have 603 assists, 62 errors and have earned 1,589 putouts on the campaign.

The Tigers have a WHIP of 1.470 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.93 as a squad so far this year. They rank 8th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 546. The Kia pitching staff have allowed 290 runs over the course of the season while holding a team ERA of 4.08 (240 earned runs relinquished). Their K/BB ratio is 1.89 (438 strikeouts vs 232 walks). They have relinquished 61 homers and they allow 4.93 runs per 9 innings (1st in KBO).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte

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