Lotte Giants vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 5/1/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: Lotte Giants vs Kiwoom Heroes
Date: Thursday, May 1, 2025
Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea
TV: SPO-T
Odds/Point Spread: Lotte (-160) Kiwoom (+132)
Victor Reyes and the Lotte Giants (17-13, 4th in KBO) are headed to Gocheok Sky Dome on Thursday, May 1, 2025, where they'll meet the Kiwoom Heroes (11-21, 10th in KBO). The odds on this game have the Giants coming in at -160 and the Heroes are at +132. The total has been set at 8.5.
The Giants have hit 60 doubles as a team and have smacked 17 balls out of the park. Lotte has a slugging rate of .400 and have been rung up 215 times, while drawing a walk on 110 occasions. As a team, the Lotte Giants are putting up 4.8 runs per contest, which has them at 4th in the league. They have 141 RBI's and 309 base knocks this year, and their average at the plate sits at .287. They have earned 149 runs while having a team OBP of .361.
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Victor Reyes is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. In his pro baseball career, Reyes has drilled 83 baseballs out of the park while driving in 683 runs. His slugging percentage sits at .414 and he has totaled 2,157 bases. For his time in the league, he came to bat 5,667 times and got on base with a base knock 1,539 times. He has been struck out 987 times and has walked on 354 at-bats, which has contributed to a .341 OBP. Reyes has earned a batting average of .296 for his career in baseball, with 731 runs scored and an OPS of .755.
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The Lotte Giants have a tally of 822 putouts this season, as well as 292 assists and 27 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .976 which ranks 8th in Korean baseball and they have turned 19 double plays. The Giants have stolen 22 bases and have been gunned down 5 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 18.5%.
The Giants are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.53 so far this year (7th in KBO), and the staff has struck out 268 batters. Lotte has allowed 267 hits (8.8 per 9 innings) and also 138 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 1.93 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.48. Giants pitchers have surrendered 25 home runs in addition to 155 runs (3rd in the league).
Kiwoom has tallied 23 home runs for the season as well as 118 runs batted in. They have 44 doubles, while walking 107 times and putting up 128 runs. The Kiwoom Heroes hold an OBP of .313 in addition to a team batting average of .234 this season. The Heroes hold a team slugging percentage of .343 and they tally 4.00 runs per contest (8th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 286 instances (1st in the league) and have earned 253 base knocks.
Sung Mun Song is a hitter who should impact this game for Kiwoom. For the 2,433 at-bats in his baseball career, Song has compiled an average at the plate of .272 with 661 base hits. He has hit the long ball 58 times, with 984 bases in total and also a .404 slugging %. Song has tallied a walk 242 times while fanning on 365 attempts. He has a total of 325 runs and has 377 RBIs. His OBP is .335 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .739.
Out of their 36 chances at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 23 times and been caught 13 times (36.1% caught stealing rate). The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 25 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .973 (9th in KBO). The Heroes have accrued 275 assists, 31 errors and have earned a total of 834 putouts this season.
The Kiwoom pitching staff have yielded 206 runs this year and come in with a team ERA of 5.47 (169 earned runs yielded). They have conceded 35 homers and they relinquish 6.67 runs per 9 innings (9th in baseball). The Heroes have a WHIP of 1.709 with a FIP of 6.67 as a unit this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.76 (227 strikeouts vs 129 bases on balls). They sit at 1st in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 346.
So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?
Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Kiwoom (+132) and under the total runs
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