Lotte Giants vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 4/14/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Sunday, April 14, 2024

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Gocheok Sky Dome is the venue where Hye Seong Kim and the Kiwoom Heroes (8-6, 4th in KBO) will take on the Lotte Giants (4-11, 9th in KBO) on Sunday, April 14, 2024.

As a team, the Lotte Giants are notching 3.6 runs/g, which has them at 10th in the league. They have 54 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .315. The Giants have compiled 18 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 7 balls out of the park. They have compiled 52 runs batted in as well as 132 hits for the year, and their team batting average is at .248. Lotte has a slugging percentage of .336 and have been called out on strikes 136 times, while being walked on 44 occasions.

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Seung Min Go is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. For his pro baseball career, Go has drilled 9 balls out of the park while knocking in 66 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .379 and he has racked up 247 bases. For his career, he approached the plate 745 times and has delivered with a base hit 169 times. He has fanned 157 times and has been walked on 77 occasions, contributing to a .337 OBP. Go has recorded a batting average of .260 for his baseball career, with 85 runs scored and an OPS of .716.

The Lotte Giants have accumulated 402 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 149 assists and 13 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .977 which ranks 7th in KBO and have accumulated 13 double plays. The Giants have stolen 14 bases and have been caught 9 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 39.1%.

The Giants have a team earned run average of 4.63 so far this year (5th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 130 batters. Lotte has given up 145 base hits (9.7 per 9 innings) and 69 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.03 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.56. Giants pitchers have allowed 15 long balls in addition to 78 runs in total (6th in the league).

Kiwoom has a total of 19 HRs on the campaign to go along with 79 RBIs. They have recorded 20 doubles, while taking a walk 42 times as well as earning 82 runs. The Kiwoom Heroes are sitting with an OBP of .331 as well as a team batting average of .266 on the year. The Heroes hold a team SLG% of .436 and they tally 5.86 runs per outing (3rd in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 112 instances (9th in baseball) and have recorded 130 base hits.

Hye Seong Kim is a batter who should impact this game for Kiwoom. Kim has tallied a walk 283 times while fanning on 569 occasions. He is sitting with 514 runs and also has 325 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .362 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .760. He has homered 30 times, in addition to having 1,187 total bases and a .398 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 2,983 at-bats in his career, Kim has compiled an average at the plate of .301 with 899 base hits.

In their 16 attempts at getting a steal, they have made it 12 times and been caught 4 times (25.0% caught stealing percentage). The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 14 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .984 (4th in KBO). The Heroes have accrued 134 assists, 8 errors and have earned 369 putouts on the campaign.

The Kiwoom pitching staff have given up 71 runs so far this year and come in with a team ERA of 4.83 (66 earned runs surrendered). They have allowed 18 home runs and they allow 5.20 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The Heroes are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.439 and have a FIP of 5.20 as a team for the year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.60 (91 strikeouts vs 57 walks). They sit at 9th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 120.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

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

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