KT Wiz vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 9/4/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs Lotte Giants

Date: Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Jae-gyun Hwang and the KT Wiz (62-63, 5th in KBO) go to Sajik Baseball Stadium on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, where they'll meet the Lotte Giants (56-62, 7th in KBO).

The Wiz have accrued 192 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 133 balls out of the stadium. KT has a slugging percentage of .414 and have been rung up 1,012 times, while taking a walk on 512 occasions. As a squad, the KT Wiz are earning 5.2 runs per outing, which puts them at 8th in baseball. They have amassed 622 runs batted in as well as 1,236 hits over the course of the season, while their batting average is sitting at .276. They have accumulated 662 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .353.

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Jae-gyun Hwang is a batter who should be able to impact this game for KT. Hwang has compiled an average at the plate of .288 for his career, in addition to 1,123 runs scored and an OPS of .443. He has fanned 1,429 times and has walked on 708 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .351 on-base percentage. In his career, Hwang has slapped 224 balls over the fence while driving in 1,089 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .443 and he has totaled 3,364 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he came to bat 8,502 times and has come through with a hit 2,188 times.

The KT Wiz have a total of 3,391 putouts for the season, in addition to 1,125 assists and 105 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .977 which is 8th in KBO and they have turned 90 double plays. The Wiz have swiped 126 bases and have been thrown out 37 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 22.7%.

The Wiz are sitting with a team earned run average of 5.15 over the course of the season (9th in the league), and their staff has rung up 1,003 batters. KT has surrendered 1,282 base hits (10.2 per 9 innings) as well as 647 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 2.57 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.48. Wiz pitchers have given up 132 home runs and also 714 total runs (2nd in the league).

The Giants have a SLG% of .433 and they tally 5.64 runs per contest (2nd in the league). They have put up 241 doubles, while getting a free base 413 times as well as notching 683 runs. Lotte is sitting with 113 home runs on the season as well as 644 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 913 occasions (7th in baseball) and have 1,217 base knocks. The Lotte Giants hold a team on-base percentage of .351 and a team batting average of .283 this year.

Dong Hee Yoon is a batter who should impact this game for Lotte. For the 851 at-bats in his career, Yoon has compiled an average at the plate of .289 with 246 hits. He has gone deep 14 times, in addition to having 345 total bases and also a .405 slugging %. Yoon has recorded a free base 83 times while striking out on 163 occasions. He has recorded 132 runs and also has 110 RBIs. His OBP sits at .351 and he is the owner of a has a OPS in his career of .756.

The Lotte Giants have turned 126 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .978 (7th in Korean baseball). The Giants have accrued 1,212 assists, 99 errors and have a total of 3,221 putouts so far this season. Of their 109 tries at stealing a base, they got to the bag before the ball 78 times and been caught 31 times (28.4% caught stealing percentage).

The Giants are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.537 in addition to having a FIP of 5.50 as a staff on the year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.09 (949 strikeouts vs 454 bases on balls). They are currently ranked 7th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,195. They have yielded 119 dingers and they concede 5.50 runs per 9 innings (8th in the league). The Lotte pitching staff have surrendered 656 runs for the year while having a team ERA of 5.02 (599 earned runs yielded).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte

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