Lotte Giants vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 9/12/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Kia Tigers

Date: Thursday, September 12, 2024

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Socrates Brito and the Kia Tigers (80-50, 1st in KBO) host the Lotte Giants (57-66, 8th in KBO) at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Thursday, September 12, 2024.

Lotte has a slugging percentage of .428 and have struck out 961 times, while taking a walk on 427 occasions. They have 663 runs batted in in addition to 1,274 hits for the year, and their batting average is sitting at .283. The Giants have hit 251 doubles as a team and have hit 113 balls out of the stadium. They have notched a total of 702 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .349. As a squad, the Lotte Giants are scoring 5.5 runs per outing, which is 3rd in the league.

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Victor Reyes is a hitter who should impact this game for Lotte. For his career, Reyes has hit 81 balls over the fence while knocking in 653 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .413 and he has totaled 2,071 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to the plate 5,454 times and has reached base with a base hit 1,478 times. He has fanned 957 times and has been walked on 339 occasions, which contributes in part to a .340 OBP. Reyes has a batting average of .295 in his time in baseball, with 708 runs scored and an OPS of .753.

The Giants have swiped 81 bags and have been gunned down 32 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 28.3%. The Lotte Giants have notched a total of 3,389 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 1,275 assists and 109 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .977 which is 8th in KBO and have accumulated 128 double plays.

The Giants have a team earned run average of 5.09 so far this year (7th in KBO), and the staff has struck out 996 hitters. Lotte has given up 1,265 base hits (10.1 per 9 innings) and 638 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.10 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.54. Giants pitchers have given up 126 home runs and 697 runs in total (5th in KBO).

The Kia Tigers are sitting with a team OBP of .369 as well as a team batting average of .300 so far this season. They have been called out on strikes on 831 occasions (10th in baseball) and have earned 1,411 hits. Kia has a total of 152 HRs on the campaign and 752 runs batted in. The Tigers have a slugging percentage of .461 and they are earning 5.98 runs per contest (1st in the league). They have hit 249 doubles, while getting a free base 485 times as well as earning 789 runs.

Socrates Brito is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. For the 6,506 at-bats in his career, Brito has hit .284 in addition to 1,846 hits. He has gone yard 160 times, with 2,860 total bases and a .440 slugging %. Brito has earned a walk 498 times while fanning on 1,359 chances. He has recorded 988 runs and also has 874 runs batted in. His OBP sits at .335 and he has a has a OPS in his career of .775.

The Kia Tigers have turned 119 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .973 (10th in the league). The Tigers have recorded 1,286 assists, 134 errors and are sitting with 3,549 putouts for the year. Of their 132 chances at stealing a base, they have had success 102 times and been caught 30 times (22.7% caught stealing percentage).

The Tigers hold a team WHIP of 1.484 and have a FIP of 5.33 as a unit for the year. They rank 5th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 1,254. The Kia pitching staff have surrendered 701 runs so far this year while holding a team ERA of 4.41 (580 earned runs given up). Their K/BB ratio is 2.06 (1,034 strikeouts against 502 bases on balls). They have given up 135 homers and they concede 5.33 runs per 9 innings (4th in the league).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

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

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