Lotte Giants vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 7/4/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Doosan Bears

Date: Thursday, July 4, 2024

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the site where Kyeong-min Ho and the Doosan Bears (44-39, 4th in KBO) will play the Lotte Giants (35-40, 7th in KBO) on Thursday, July 4, 2024.

As a team, the Lotte Giants are knocking in 5.5 runs per game, which has them at 3rd in the league. They have tallied 432 runs while holding a team OBP of .348. The Giants have compiled 155 doubles as a squad and have hit 64 balls out of the park. They have amassed 400 RBI's as well as 782 hits on the season, while their batting average sits at .284. Lotte has a slugging percentage of .428 and have struck out 581 times, while drawing a walk on 251 occasions.

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Seung Min Go is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. For his career, Go has hit 14 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 105 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .407 in addition to earning 340 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he came to the plate 957 times and has come through with a base hit 232 times. He has gone down on strikes 186 times and has gotten a free base on 100 occasions, which contributes in part to a .352 on-base percentage. Go has recorded a batting average of .278 in his time in baseball, with 123 runs scored and an OPS of .759.

The Lotte Giants have accumulated 2,070 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 783 assists and 56 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .981 which ranks 4th in the league and have a total of 84 double plays. The Giants have swiped 54 bags and have been caught 26 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 32.5%.

The Giants have a team earned run average of 5.03 on the year (6th in the league), and they have struck out 584 batters. Lotte has given up 783 hits (10.2 per 9 innings) and also 386 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.03 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.55. Giants pitchers have surrendered 72 long balls in addition to 414 total runs (9th in the league).

The Doosan Bears have compiled a team OBP of .347 and a team batting average of .281 on the campaign. They have struck out on 612 instances (4th in baseball) and have recorded 821 hits. Doosan has accumulated 85 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 426 RBIs. The Bears have a slugging percentage of .426 and they earn 5.32 runs per contest (5th in the league). They have hit 140 two-baggers, while walking 278 times and putting up 452 runs.

Kyeong-min Ho is a batter who can be a difference maker for Doosan. Ho has tallied a walk 390 times while going down on strikes on 434 occasions. His OBP sits at .358 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .748. Over the course of the 4,895 at-bats in his baseball career, Ho has earned a batting average of .294 with 1,440 hits. He has accrued 740 runs and racked up 613 runs batted in. He has gone deep 58 times, with 1,908 bases in total and also a .390 slugging %.

In their 72 attempts at swiping a bag, they have had success 55 times and been caught 17 times (23.6% caught stealing percentage). The Doosan Bears have turned 67 double plays and have a fielding rate of .982 (3rd in the league). The Bears have recorded 756 assists, 56 errors and have earned a total of 2,280 putouts this season.

The Bears have a WHIP of 1.486 with a FIP of 5.04 as a unit this year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.84 (610 strikeouts vs 332 free passes). They rank 2nd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 797. They have given up 80 HR's and they relinquish 5.04 runs per 9 innings (2nd in the league). The Doosan pitching staff have conceded 426 runs on the campaign while having a team ERA of 4.54 (383 earned runs yielded).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Lotte

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