Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 8/18/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants

Date: Sunday, August 18, 2024

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Sajik Baseball Stadium is the site where Victor Reyes and the Lotte Giants (48-55, 7th in KBO) will play the Kiwoom Heroes (49-61, 10th in KBO) on Sunday, August 18, 2024.

Kiwoom has a slugging rate of .388 and have struck out 833 times, while drawing a walk on 385 occasions. They have 507 RBI's in addition to 1,032 hits for the season, while their average at the plate is at .271. The Heroes have earned 165 two-baggers as a team and have hit 82 balls out of the park. They have a total of 530 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .344. As a squad, the Kiwoom Heroes are putting up 4.8 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 10th in KBO.

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Sung Mun Song is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. For his career, Song has hit 49 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 342 runs. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped up to bat 2,435 times and has come through with a base hit 592 times. Song has recorded a batting average of .272 for his career in baseball, with 279 scored runs and an OPS of .732. His slugging percentage sits at .399 and he has totaled 869 bases. He has struck out 320 times and has taken a walk on 209 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .333 OBP.

The Heroes have swiped 87 bases and have been caught 35 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 28.7%. The Kiwoom Heroes have accumulated 2,923 putouts on the year, in addition to 1,018 assists and 85 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .979 which ranks 6th in KBO and have a total of 100 double plays.

The Heroes have compiled a team ERA of 4.99 so far this year (7th in KBO), and the staff has struck out 714 batters. Heroes pitchers have conceded 107 home runs in addition to 588 runs in total (5th in the league). Kiwoom has given up 1,069 base knocks (9.9 per 9 innings) in addition to 540 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 1.83 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.50.

The Lotte Giants are sitting with an OBP of .351 as well as a batting average of .283 so far this year. They have struck out on 803 occasions (8th in the league) and are sitting with 1,066 hits. Lotte is sitting with 92 home runs on the year in addition to 563 RBIs. The Giants hold a team slugging % of .430 and they average 5.66 runs per contest (2nd in the league). The have tallied 214 doubles, while taking a walk 366 times and scoring 600 runs.

Victor Reyes is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. Over the course of the 4,934 at-bats in his career, Reyes has earned a batting average of .293 with 1,448 base hits. He has hit the long ball 78 times, as well as 2,029 total bases and a .411 slugging percentage. Reyes has drawn a walk 331 times while going down on strikes on 948 plate appearances. He has scored 695 runs in addition to having earned 640 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .339 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .750.

Out of their 101 attempts at stealing a base, they have been successful 72 times and been caught 29 times (28.7% caught stealing percentage). The Lotte Giants have turned 106 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .978 (7th in KBO). The Giants have accrued 1,058 assists, 87 errors and are sitting with 2,819 putouts for the season.

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.558 in addition to having a FIP of 5.57 as a squad for the year. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.07 (825 strikeouts vs 399 walks). They are currently ranked 7th in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 1,064. They have allowed 109 home runs and they surrender 5.57 runs per 9 innings (8th in baseball). The Lotte pitching staff have allowed 582 runs for the season while having a team ERA of 5.08 (530 earned runs given up).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kiwoom

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