Lotte Giants vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 6/22/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Saturday, June 22, 2024

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Gocheok Sky Dome is the site where Sung Mun Song and the Kiwoom Heroes (27-42, 10th in KBO) will take on the Lotte Giants (29-38, 8th in KBO) on Saturday, June 22, 2024.

Lotte is slugging .419 and have been rung up 515 times, while getting the free base on 209 occasions. They have earned 330 runs batted in as well as 672 base knocks this season, and their average at the plate is .278. The Giants have hit 128 two-baggers as a team and have hit 57 balls out of the stadium. They have accumulated 357 runs and have an on-base percentage of .341. As a unit, the Lotte Giants are scoring 5.2 runs per game, which is 7th in the league.

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Victor Reyes is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. Reyes has earned a batting average of .291 for his baseball career, with 665 runs scored and an OPS of .743. He has been struck out 924 times and has been walked on 316 at-bats, which has contributed to a .336 on-base percentage. In his career, Reyes has slapped 74 balls out of the park while knocking in 614 runs. His career slugging percentage is .407 and he has racked up 1,948 bases. In his time in the Majors, he came to bat 5,200 times and has reached base with a base knock 1,393 times.

The Lotte Giants have a total of 1,824 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 697 assists and 52 errors. Their fielding rate is at .980 which puts them in 5th in the league and have accumulated 68 double plays. The Giants have swiped 51 bases and have been gunned down 24 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 32.0%.

The Giants hold a team ERA of 5.09 on the campaign (9th in KBO), and they have struck out 513 batters. Giants pitchers have conceded 63 home runs and also 369 total runs (5th in KBO). Lotte has surrendered 690 hits (10.2 per 9 innings) as well as 344 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.06 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.54.

Kiwoom has knocked in 53 home runs on the campaign as well as 309 runs batted in. They have put up 100 doubles, while getting a free base 238 times and racking up 320 runs. The Kiwoom Heroes have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .341 as well as a team batting average of .269 for the year. The Heroes have a SLG% of .384 and they average 4.64 runs per game (10th in baseball). They have struck out on 506 instances (8th in baseball) and have a total of 643 hits.

Sung Mun Song is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. Song has tallied a walk 189 times while going down on strikes on 294 occasions. His on-base percentage sits at .324 and he has a lifetime OPS of .713. During the 2,013 at-bats in his career, Song has hit .263 with 530 hits. He has accumulated 251 runs in addition to having 308 RBIs. He has gone deep 44 times, as well as 783 total bases and also a .389 slugging percentage.

The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 65 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .978 (7th in KBO). The Heroes have recorded 632 assists, 56 errors and have notched a total of 1,825 putouts during this campaign. Of their 78 tries at swiping a bag, they have made it 55 times and been caught 23 times (29.5% caught stealing percentage).

The Heroes hold a team WHIP of 1.518 in addition to having a FIP of 5.52 as a squad so far this year. They have a ranking of 5th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 678. The Kiwoom pitching staff have surrendered 373 runs on the year while holding a team ERA of 5.03 (340 earned runs yielded). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.74 (426 strikeouts vs 245 free passes). They have conceded 64 homers and they allow 5.52 runs per 9 innings (8th in baseball).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kiwoom

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