Lotte Giants vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 8/20/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Sunday, August 20, 2023

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Hyung Jong Lee and the Kiwoom Heroes (43-63, 10th in KBO) play the Lotte Giants (49-51, 7th in KBO) at Gocheok Sky Dome on Sunday, August 20, 2023.

The Giants have compiled 148 doubles as a team and have hit 50 balls out of the park. Lotte is slugging .358 and have been called out on strikes 684 times, while drawing a walk on 368 occasions. As a squad, the Lotte Giants are knocking in 4.5 runs per game, which puts them at 6th in the league. They have recorded 413 runs batted in and 878 hits so far this season, and their batting average sits at .261. They have earned 446 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .335.

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Jun-woo Jeon is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Jeon has earned a batting average of .297 for his career in baseball, with 968 scored runs and an OPS of .824. He has struck out 979 times and earned a walk on 539 occasions, contributing to a .362 OBP. In his career, Jeon has hit 191 baseballs out of the park while driving in 861 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .462 and he has racked up 2,715 bases. For his time in the league, he came to the plate 6,593 times and has notched a base hit 1,747 times.

The Lotte Giants have 2,674 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 954 assists and 64 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .983 which has them sitting 1st in the league and they have twisted 75 double plays. The Giants have stolen 62 bags and have been thrown out 30 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 32.6%.

The Giants have a team ERA of 4.41 on the season (9th in KBO), and their staff has struck out 724 batters. Lotte has allowed 948 base hits (9.6 per 9 innings) as well as 437 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.85 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.50. Giants pitchers have surrendered 58 long balls in addition to 481 runs in total (3rd in KBO).

Kiwoom has knocked in 45 home runs on the campaign to go along with 426 RBIs. They have recorded 167 doubles, while taking a walk 377 times and putting up 446 runs. The Kiwoom Heroes have compiled an OBP of .327 in addition to a team batting average of .253 on the year. The Heroes hold a team slugging percentage of .343 and they score 4.09 runs per game (10th in baseball). They have been rung up on 828 occasions (1st in the league) and have totaled 965 base hits.

Hyung Jong Lee is a batter who can be a difference maker for Kiwoom. Lee has drawn a walk 227 times while being called out on strikes on 460 occasions. His on-base percentage is .355 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .779. In the 2,223 at-bats in his pro career, Lee is sitting with a batting avereage of .274 with 608 hits. He has accrued 318 runs and racked up 286 runs batted in. He has homered 66 times, in addition to having 943 bases in total and a .424 slugging percentage.

Of their 127 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 95 times and been caught 32 times (25.2% caught stealing rate). The Kiwoom Heroes have twisted 94 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .980 (5th in Korean baseball). The Heroes have recorded 1,085 assists, 80 errors and have earned a total of 2,932 putouts for the year.

The Heroes hold a team WHIP of 1.422 in addition to having a FIP of 4.79 as a squad this year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.02 (752 strikeouts vs 372 bases on balls). They have a ranking of 1st in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 1,017. They have surrendered 61 HR's and they give up 4.79 runs per 9 innings (8th in the league). The Kiwoom pitching staff have yielded 520 runs for the year while having a team ERA of 4.30 (467 earned runs yielded).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

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

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