Lotte Giants vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 9/25/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Kia Tigers

Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Gwangju Kia Champions Field is the site where Do Yeong Kim and the Kia Tigers (84-53, 1st in KBO) will play the Lotte Giants (63-71, 7th in KBO) on Wednesday, September 25, 2024.

The Giants have compiled 271 doubles as a team and have hit 122 balls out of the park. Lotte is slugging .429 and have been called out on strikes 1,040 times, while being walked on 469 occasions. As a squad, the Lotte Giants are scoring 5.6 runs per game, which has them sitting at 2nd in baseball. They have accumulated 723 runs batted in and 1,389 base knocks on the campaign, and their average at the plate is sitting at .284. They have a total of 767 runs and have an OBP of .350.

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Seung Min Go is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. In his career, Go has hit 20 balls out of the park while driving in 143 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .413 in addition to racking up 447 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped up to bat 1,223 times and got on base with a hit 302 times. He has struck out 220 times and has been walked on 115 occasions, contributing to a .345 on-base %. Go has compiled an average at the plate of .279 in his time in baseball, with 158 runs scored and an OPS of .758.

The Lotte Giants have 3,656 putouts thus far, as well as 1,351 assists and 121 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .976 which is 9th in Korean baseball and they have turned 136 double plays. The Giants have swiped 86 bases and have been caught 35 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 28.9%.

The Giants are sitting with a team ERA of 5.05 on the campaign (7th in KBO), and the staff has rung up 1,090 hitters. Lotte has given up 1,383 hits (10.1 per 9 innings) as well as 689 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 2.13 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.54. Giants pitchers have conceded 135 home runs and 761 runs (3rd in the league).

The Kia Tigers have accounted for a team OBP of .370 and a batting average of .301 on the season. They have struck out on 875 occasions (10th in the league) and have 1,493 base knocks. Kia is sitting with 161 HRs this year as well as 785 runs batted in. The Tigers have a team slugging % of .463 and they average 5.95 runs per contest (1st in baseball). They have hit 261 two-baggers, while taking a walk 508 times as well as earning 827 runs.

Do Yeong Kim is a batter who should impact this game for Kia. For the 1,088 official at-bats in his baseball career, Kim has recorded a batting average of .311 in addition to having 338 hits. He has hit a home run 48 times, as well as 578 total bases and also a .531 slugging %. Kim has drawn a walk 124 times while fanning on 232 occasions. He has accrued 247 runs and also has 172 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .383 and he has a career OPS of .914.

Out of their 138 tries at stealing a base, they got to the bag before the ball 107 times and been caught 31 times (22.5% caught stealing percentage). The Kia Tigers have turned 125 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .973 (10th in the league). The Tigers have recorded 1,341 assists, 140 errors and are sitting with 3,705 putouts for the year.

The Tigers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.476 with a FIP of 5.30 as a team so far this season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.09 (1,090 strikeouts against 522 free passes). They rank 7th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 1,314. They have yielded 139 long balls and they relinquish 5.30 runs per 9 innings (4th in baseball). The Kia pitching staff have surrendered 732 runs on the season while having a team ERA of 4.40 (608 earned runs allowed).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kia

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