Lotte Giants vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 9/13/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Kia Tigers

Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: 0

Gwangju Kia Champions Field is the site where Socrates Brito and the Kia Tigers (60-52, 4th in KBO) will play the Lotte Giants (55-63, 7th in KBO) on Wednesday, September 13, 2023.

The Giants have accounted for 183 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 55 balls out of the stadium. Lotte has a slugging rate of .357 and have been called out on strikes 819 times, while drawing a walk on 431 occasions. As a squad, the Lotte Giants are putting up 4.4 runs per contest, which ranks them 6th in baseball. They have 483 RBI's as well as 1,033 hits on the season, while their batting average sits at .260. They have earned 519 runs while holding a team OBP of .335.

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Chi-Hong Ahn is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. Ahn has recorded a batting average of .297 for his time in baseball, in addition to 829 scored runs and an OPS of .799. He has been struck out 844 times and has taken a walk on 551 occasions, contributing to a .363 OBP. For his professional baseball career, Ahn has hit 138 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 835 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .436 and he has racked up 2,464 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped up to the plate 6,427 times and has delivered a base hit 1,678 times.

The Giants have swiped 73 bags and have been thrown out 38 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 34.2%. The Lotte Giants have earned 3,145 putouts this year, in addition to 1,119 assists and 86 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .980 which has them sitting 4th in the league and they have turned 91 double plays.

They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.92 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.48. Giants pitchers have given up 62 long balls in addition to 551 total runs (5th in the league). Lotte has surrendered 1,101 base knocks (9.5 per 9 innings) and 490 earned runs. The Giants have a team ERA of 4.21 on the year (6th in the league), and their staff has struck out 868 batters.

The Kia Tigers have earned a team OBP of .348 in addition to a batting average of .277 for the season. They have been called out on strikes on 765 occasions (9th in the league) and have a total of 1,088 hits. Kia has a total of 84 HRs this season as well as 550 runs batted in. The Tigers hold a slugging % of .395 and they score 5.18 runs per contest (2nd in baseball). They have hit 178 doubles, while taking a walk 410 times as well as recording 591 runs.

Socrates Brito is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. Brito has tallied a walk 455 times while fanning on 1,258 chances. His OBP comes in at .333 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .767. For the 5,867 at-bats in his career, Brito has accumulated a batting average of .282 in addition to 1,652 base hits. He is sitting with 885 runs and has 761 RBIs. He has homered 133 times, in addition to having 2,545 total bases and a .434 slugging percentage.

In their 103 tries at swiping a bag, they have made it 79 times and been caught 24 times (23.3% caught stealing percentage). The Kia Tigers have turned 104 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .979 (7th in the league). The Tigers have recorded 1,042 assists, 87 errors and have earned 3,025 putouts for the season.

The Kia pitching staff have relinquished 510 runs so far this season while holding a team ERA of 4.04 (453 earned runs yielded). They have surrendered 66 dingers and they relinquish 4.55 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball). The Tigers have a team WHIP of 1.411 with a FIP of 4.55 as a pitching staff this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.75 (797 strikeouts vs 455 walks). They rank 9th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 967.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kia

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