Lotte Giants vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 8/20/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Kia Tigers

Date: Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: TVING

Gwangju Kia Champions Field is the venue where Do Yeong Kim and the Kia Tigers (67-46, 1st in KBO) will take on the Lotte Giants (49-57, 8th in KBO) on Tuesday, August 20, 2024.

Lotte is slugging .429 and have been called out on strikes 815 times, while taking a walk on 373 occasions. They have 575 runs batted in in addition to 1,094 base knocks for the year, while their team batting average is at .283. The Giants have hit 217 doubles as a team and have knocked 95 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 614 runs while having a team OBP of .351. As a unit, the Lotte Giants are compiling 5.6 runs per game, which puts them at 2nd in the league.

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Seung Min Go is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Go has accumulated a batting average of .276 for his baseball career, in addition to 140 runs scored and an OPS of .752. He has been struck out 205 times and has taken a walk on 107 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .346 OBP. For his career, Go has hit 17 baseballs out of the park while driving in 121 runs. His slugging percentage sits at .406 and he has accumulated 391 bases. For his time in baseball, he stepped up to bat 1,092 times and has reached base with a base hit 266 times.

The Giants have stolen 73 bases and have been gunned down 29 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 28.4%. The Lotte Giants have accounted for 2,897 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,087 assists and 87 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .979 which ranks 6th in KBO and have accumulated 110 double plays.

The Giants have compiled a team earned run average of 5.05 over the course of the season (8th in the league), and they have rung up 850 batters. Lotte has yielded 1,095 hits (10.2 per 9 innings) and 542 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.09 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.56. Giants pitchers have allowed 111 home runs and 594 runs in total (8th in KBO).

Kia has recorded 134 HRs for the season in addition to 648 runs batted in. They have recorded 212 doubles, while walking 445 times as well as racking up 683 runs. The Kia Tigers have an OBP of .368 in addition to a team batting average of .295 on the season. The Tigers have a team slugging percentage of .456 and they average 5.94 runs per contest (1st in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 739 instances (10th in the league) and are sitting with 1,217 hits.

Do Yeong Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. For the 1,007 official at-bats in his professional career, Kim has earned a batting average of .305 with 307 base hits. He has hit a home run 41 times, as well as 516 total bases and a .512 slugging %. Kim has drawn a free base 114 times while striking out on 219 plate appearances. He is sitting with 220 runs and has 155 runs batted in. His on-base % is .377 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .889.

The Kia Tigers have turned 104 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .973 (10th in Korean baseball). The Tigers have 1,142 assists, 117 errors and have earned 3,102 putouts on the campaign. Of their 118 tries at stealing a base, they have been successful 92 times and been caught 26 times (22.0% caught stealing percentage).

The Kia pitching staff have given up 612 runs over the course of the season while holding a team ERA of 4.39 (504 earned runs allowed). They have relinquished 111 dingers and they surrender 5.33 runs per 9 innings (4th in the league). The Tigers have a WHIP of 1.501 and have a FIP of 5.33 as a pitching staff on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.00 (891 strikeouts vs 445 walks). They are currently ranked 4th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,107.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

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

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