Lotte Giants vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 9/14/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Kia Tigers

Date: Thursday, September 14, 2023

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Gwangju Kia Champions Field is the site where Chan-Ho Park and the Kia Tigers (60-53, 4th in KBO) will take on the Lotte Giants (55-64, 7th in KBO) on Thursday, September 14, 2023.

Lotte has a slugging rate of .356 and have struck out 826 times, while being walked on 433 occasions. They have 486 RBI's in addition to 1,039 base knocks on the season, and their team batting average is .260. The Giants have accumulated 184 doubles as a unit and have hit 55 balls out of the park. They have 522 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .334. As a team, the Lotte Giants are putting up 4.4 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 7th in KBO.

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Jun-woo Jeon is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. In his pro baseball career, Jeon has hit 193 balls out of the park while knocking in 875 runs. His slugging percentage is .464 in addition to racking up 2,755 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he faced a pitcher 6,666 times and has reached base with a hit 1,776 times. He has fanned 989 times and has walked on 543 occasions, contributing to a .363 on-base percentage. Jeon has accumulated a batting average of .299 for his career, in addition to 978 scored runs and an OPS of .827.

The Giants have swiped 74 bases and have been thrown out 38 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 33.9%. The Lotte Giants have earned a total of 3,172 putouts on the year, as well as 1,124 assists and 86 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .980 which puts them in 4th in the league and have earned 91 double plays.

The Giants hold a team ERA of 4.21 this year (6th in the league), and they have rung up 880 batters. Lotte has allowed 1,118 hits (9.5 per 9 innings) in addition to 494 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.94 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.49. Giants pitchers have surrendered 62 long balls in addition to 555 runs in total (5th in KBO).

The Kia Tigers hold a team OBP of .348 as well as a batting average of .277 for the season. They have struck out on 770 instances (9th in baseball) and have 1,100 base hits. Kia has knocked in 87 home runs this year to go along with 558 runs batted in. The Tigers have a team SLG% of .397 and they earn 5.22 runs per contest (2nd in the league). They have hit 179 two-baggers, while taking a walk 415 times and notching 600 runs.

Chan-Ho Park is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Park has tallied a free base 224 times while striking out on 418 plate appearances. He has accumulated 344 runs and has 246 runs batted in. His OBP is .313 and he also has a career OPS of .628. He has gone deep 13 times, in addition to having 791 total bases and a .315 slugging percentage. For the 2,510 at-bats in his baseball career, Park has earned a batting average of .253 in addition to having 634 hits.

The Kia Tigers have twisted 105 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .979 (7th in KBO). The Tigers have 1,054 assists, 87 errors and have earned 3,049 putouts over the course of the season. In their 106 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 82 times and been caught 24 times (22.6% caught stealing rate).

The Tigers hold a team WHIP of 1.414 with a FIP of 4.60 as a unit on the season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 1.75 (801 strikeouts against 459 walks). They come in at 9th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 978. They have surrendered 69 homers and they yield 4.60 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The Kia pitching staff have surrendered 520 runs this season and come in with a team ERA of 4.10 (463 earned runs conceded).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Lotte

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