Lotte Giants vs SSG Landers Prediction, 8/1/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs SSG Landers

Date: Thursday, August 1, 2024

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Seung Min Go and the Lotte Giants (41-52, 8th in KBO) are headed to Incheon SSG Landers Field on Thursday, August 1, 2024, where they'll take on the SSG Landers (49-48, 6th in KBO).

As a unit, the Lotte Giants are compiling 5.5 runs per game, which has them sitting at 3rd in the league. They have notched a total of 523 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .347. The Giants have hit 184 doubles as a team and have smacked 78 balls out of the stadium. They have accrued 487 RBI's as well as 942 hits for the season, and their average at the plate is .278. Lotte is slugging .417 and have been called out on strikes 728 times, while drawing a walk on 329 occasions.

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Seung Min Go is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. Go has accumulated a batting average of .276 for his career in baseball, in addition to 133 scored runs and an OPS of .752. He has been struck out 194 times and has been walked on 105 at-bats, contributing to a .349 OBP. In his career, Go has hit 15 balls out of the park while knocking in 111 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .403 and he has a total of 363 bases. For his time in baseball, he stepped up to the plate 1,027 times and has reached base with a base knock 248 times.

The Lotte Giants have a tally of 2,547 putouts so far this season, as well as 958 assists and 77 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .979 which puts them in 7th in Korean baseball and have earned 97 double plays. The Giants have swiped 68 bags and have been caught 28 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 29.2%.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.13 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.54. Giants pitchers have relinquished 97 home runs in addition to 523 runs in total (5th in baseball). Lotte has allowed 956 base knocks (10.1 per 9 innings) and 476 earned runs. The Giants have a team earned run average of 5.05 for the year (7th in the league), and they have rung up 750 hitters.

The SSG Landers have accumulated a team OBP of .346 as well as a team batting average of .274 on the campaign. They have been called out on strikes on 734 occasions (5th in baseball) and have earned 930 base hits. SSG is sitting with 92 long balls on the campaign and 484 runs batted in. The Landers hold a slugging % of .408 and they are recording 5.16 runs per game (7th in KBO). They have 154 two-baggers, while taking a walk 336 times as well as putting up 506 runs.

Seong Han Park is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for SSG. Over the course of the 1,873 at-bats in his pro career, Park has recorded a batting average of .283 in addition to 530 base knocks. He has homered 23 times, as well as 695 total bases and a .371 slugging %. Park has drawn a free base 231 times while going down on strikes on 305 attempts. He has accumulated 243 runs in addition to having 204 RBIs. His on-base rate is .361 and he also has a career OPS of .732.

Out of their 115 chances at stealing a base, they have been successful 83 times and been caught 32 times (27.8% caught stealing percentage). The SSG Landers have turned 84 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .976 (9th in the league). The Landers have accrued 913 assists, 86 errors and have 2,586 putouts on the campaign.

The SSG pitching staff have allowed 552 runs this year while having an ERA of 5.19 (497 earned runs surrendered). They have allowed 111 home runs and they yield 5.76 runs per 9 innings (10th in baseball). The Landers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.528 with a FIP of 5.76 as a unit on the season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 1.89 (811 strikeouts against 429 walks). They rank 10th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 888.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take SSG

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