The Kiwoom Heroes are taking to the road here to face the Lotte Giants. The Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants 4/30/24 game is taking place at Sajik Baseball Stadium. The game is being aired locally on SBS Sports. If you are trying to catch the game it is starting at 5:30 AM EST.
Kiwoom Heroes Preview
The Kiwoom Heroes come to this game here after losing in their last game. The loss for the Heroes came against the Samsung Lions by a score of 11-6. The Heroes after losing dropped to 7th in the KBO with a record of 13-16 overall, but on the road the Heroes have posted a 4-7 record.
Enmanuel De Jesus is the starter taking to the mound for Kiwoom in this game. In 6 starts so far De Jesus has posted a 3-3 record with a 3.51 ERA and a 1.08 WHIP. He has thrown a total of 33 1/3 innings while giving up 14 runs of which 13 were earned. De Jesus has struck out 37 batters while walking 7, but has given up 29 hits and 3 homers. The Heroes are a horrible pitching team with a 5.31 ERA and have allowed 288 hits with 25 homers. As a team the Heroes are letting the opponents hit at a clip of .280 with a 1.53 WHIP.
The Kiwoom team is not hitting strong either with a .263 average with only 147 runs scored. The Heroes have recorded 262 hits with 45 doubles, 5 triples, and 29 homers. Still, the base running for Kiwoom is missing on the year with 9 steals, but only 2 runners thrown out on the year.
Lotte Giants Preview
The Lotte Giants come to this game here after losing in their last game. The loss for the Giants came against the NC Dinos by a score of 5-3. With the loss the Giants dropped to a record of 8-20-1 on the year and 10th place. The Giants are playing decent at home, though, with a 6-7-1 record.
Lee In-bok is coming in for his 6th appearance on the year of which 5 were starts. Lee has posted a 0-1 record with a 6.26 ERA and a 1.65 WHIP. Lee In-bok has thrown a total of 23 innings on the year with 16 runs total given up and all of those were earned. Lee has allowed 32 hits and 4 homers, but has struck out 11 batters while walking only 6. This year the Giants have posted a 5.14 ERA and have allowed 293 hits with 30 homers allowed. Lotte has ended up getting a 1.56 WHIP and the opponents have hit at a clip of .296.
Lotte is a poorly hitting team with a .258 average and 116 runs scored. The Giants have managed to get a total of 262 hits with 45 doubles, 7 triples, but have some good power hitting finally with 18 homers. The Giants have stolen 30 bases and have been caught stealing 10 times.
Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants 4/30/24 Pick: Lotte Giants
The Giants I think are going to pull out a win in this game here. Playing at home the Giants are actually fairly hard to beat and that is exactly where the Giants are playing in this game here. The Heroes, though, are a horrible team when it comes to playing on the road. That is going to lead us to seeing the Heroes struggling again in this game here. Still, even with both of these teams having horrible pitching the offenses are just as bad, if not worse, and that leads us to think the under is going to hit here as well.
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