Kia Tigers vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 8/30/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: SBS Sports

Hanwha Life Eagles Park is the venue where Eun-won Jung and the Hanwha Eagles (35-76, 10th in KBO) will take on the Kia Tigers (56-56, 5th in KBO) on Tuesday, August 30, 2022.

Kia has a slugging % of .403 and have been rung up 764 times, while drawing a walk on 431 occasions. They have accumulated 549 RBI's and 1,073 base knocks on the campaign, while their average at the plate is sitting at .273. The Tigers have accumulated 205 doubles as a squad and have smacked 91 balls out of the stadium. They have accumulated 584 runs while holding a team OBP of .351. As a unit, the Kia Tigers are notching 5.2 runs per contest, which has them at 2nd in the league.

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Dae In Hwang is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. For his career, Hwang has hit 31 balls out of the park while knocking in 150 runs. Over the course of his pro career, he came to bat 967 times and has notched a hit 221 times. Hwang has compiled an average at the plate of .253 in his time in baseball, in addition to 80 runs scored and an OPS of .724. His slugging percentage is .409 and he has racked up 357 bases. He has fanned 197 times and earned a walk on 72 occasions, contributing to a .315 OBP.

The Kia Tigers have 3,005 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 1,095 assists and 85 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .980 which ranks 5th in KBO and have accumulated 82 double plays. The Tigers have swiped 49 bases and have been caught 35 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 41.7%.

The Tigers have compiled a team ERA of 4.19 on the campaign (6th in KBO), and their staff has struck out 826 hitters. Tigers pitchers have surrendered 99 long balls in addition to 530 total runs (5th in KBO). Kia has surrendered 1,002 base hits (9.0 per 9 innings) and also 466 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.05 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.40.

The Eagles have a team slugging percentage of .360 and they have an average of 4.08 runs per contest (10th in KBO). They hit 163 doubles, while getting a free base 381 times as well as scoring 461 runs. Hanwha has 75 home runs on the season as well as 429 RBIs. They have struck out on 1,002 occasions (1st in KBO) and have tallied 955 base knocks. The Hanwha Eagles have compiled an on-base percentage of .321 in addition to a batting average of .250 so far this season.

Eun-won Jung is a batter who can be a difference maker for Hanwha. Over the course of the 1,919 at-bats in his pro career, Jung has an average at the plate of .266 in addition to having 511 base knocks. He has gone yard 27 times, with 707 total bases and a .368 slugging percentage. Jung has recorded a walk 282 times while striking out on 385 tries. He is sitting with 285 runs and notched 189 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .360 and he has a career OPS of .728.

The Hanwha Eagles have turned 91 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .975 (9th in Korean baseball). The Eagles have recorded 1,122 assists, 103 errors and have accounted for 2,968 putouts so far this year. Out of their 127 chances at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 86 times and been caught 41 times (32.3% caught stealing rate).

The Hanwha pitching staff have yielded 607 runs this year while having a team ERA of 4.99 (548 earned runs yielded). They have yielded 87 long balls and they concede 5.52 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league). The Eagles have a WHIP of 1.520 and have a FIP of 5.52 as a squad on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.64 (750 strikeouts against 456 free passes). They come in at 3rd in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,047.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia

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